Two more people were confirmed dead of cold-related causes Wednesday, bringing the total in Cook County to 17 so far this season. Anthony Tomassetti, 33, was found dead Nov. 28 lying between buildings in the 8100 block of Knox Avenue in Skokie, the Cook County medical examiner’s office and Skokie police said. An autopsy ruled his death an accident, saying…

A man is in custody Friday after he allegedly stabbed a man to death in Lake View and called authorities to report it, police say. The stabbing, which police say is possibly domestic-related, happened about 11:45 a.m. in the 800 block of West Dakin Street, Chicago police said. A 44-year-old man called 911 to report that he had just killed…

The family of a pregnant woman who was fatally struck by a truck last month in River North has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the driver and his employer. Michael Boshardy filed the four-count suit Oct. 11 in Cook County Circuit Court on behalf of his wife and their daughter, naming Edward J. Metz and Rauch Clay Sales Corporation...

Pictures of 5-month-old Anayelli Avina were pressed up against the window of her Hammond home Monday after police said the girl died Saturday, days after being beaten.

The baby of pregnant woman killed by a semi-truck in River North has died.

A 29-year-old woman has been identified after she was hit and killed by a semi while crossing a street in downtown Chicago Tuesday, authorities said. NBC 5’s Natalie Martinez has the latest.

A woman whose body was found partially burned earlier this month behind a building in south suburban Riverdale died of strangulation, authorities have ruled. A Riverdale village inspector on a “routine inspection” found Rachel Catledge, 34, dead about 11:30 a.m. Sept. 5 in an alley behind a building in the 14000 block of South Atlantic Avenue, according to a statement...

A family in south suburban Riverdale gathered on Monday to search for answers in their loved one’s death, three days after her body was found. NBC 5’s Natalie Martinez reports.

A family in south suburban Riverdale gathered on Monday to search for answers in their loved one’s death, three days after her body was found.