Buena Park

The mother of a second grader at Disney Magnet School in Chicago’s Buena Park neighborhood is facing child endangerment charges and expected in court after her son Tuesday brought her gun to school and the weapon “accidentally discharged” in the classroom while inside his backpack, police say.

A little girl celebrating her birthday Tuesday went through a terrifying ordeal after a gun went off in her classroom, grazing a classmate’s stomach. Natalie Martinez has the exclusive conversation with her parents.

Officials were questioning a person of interest in connection to a shooting that injured a man while walking a dog Saturday in Buena Park on Chicago’s North Side, police said. Just before 11:30 p.m. Saturday, a 34-year-old man was shot while walking his dog in the 4000 block of N. Broadway in Buena Park. Police said the man “heard shots…

One man died and three people, including an off-duty police officer, were wounded Friday night after a fight and shooting that sent shoppers running for cover at a Costco in Corona, police said.

A man is in custody and the area is safe after a barricade incident on Chicago’s North Side, police officials say.

Ikea has relaunched the recall of what had been 29 million chests and dressers following the death of an eighth child. CEO Lars Petersson said the company wants to increase awareness of the recall for several types of chest and dressers that can easily tip over if not anchored to a wall. The death of a California toddler, who was...

Thomas Ueno is sought in connection with a domestic violence report that led to a kidnapping and pursuit.