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A white Florida man who told detectives he had a “pet peeve” about illegal parking in handicapped spots was convicted late Friday of manslaughter for the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man in a dispute over a handicapped spot.

Police are searching for a driver who mowed down 19 Canadian Geese as they tried to cross a street in Mundelein over the weekend.

Police are searching for a driver who mowed down 19 Canadian Geese as they tried to cross a street in Mundelein over the weekend. NBC 5’s Lexi Sutter has the details.

A former Chicago police sergeant has been charged with aggravated battery after beating three men in a 2018 Andersonville bar fight.

An Ohio high school student’s prom proposal sign referencing black people picking cotton has been condemned by school officials as hurtful and inappropriate.

A teen girl battling a brain tumor was recovering from surgery and visiting with family, when she suddenly fell ill again.

Emboldened by the new conservative majority on the Supreme Court, anti-abortion lawmakers and activists in numerous states are pushing near-total bans on the procedure in a deliberate frontal attack on Roe v. Wade. Mississippi and Kentucky have passed laws that would ban most abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected — which means as early as six weeks, when many...

Adult film star Stormy Daniels briefly appeared at the Illinois Capitol on Friday to protest the state’s tax on strip clubs.

Attorneys for New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft and other defendants in a Florida massage parlor prostitution case are asking a judge to block the release of video that police say shows them engaging in sexual acts.

Hidden away, in the custody of the sheriff’s office in Berrien County, Michigan, are the two best pieces of evidence in the most notorious unsolved crime in Chicago history.

A 57-year-old woman died after falling from a swing Tuesday afternoon at the NeoCon show held at the Merchandise Mart in River North.

With frustration mounting over lawmakers’ inaction on gun control, the American Medical Association on Tuesday pressed for a ban on assault weapons and came out against arming teachers as a way to fight what it calls a public health crisis.

Authorities were searching for a Chicago man Wednesday who was arrested and accused of threatening Chicago gay bars and then accidentally released from Cook County Jail.

A Chicago suburb ranked among the top 10 best destinations for retirees across the nation in a newly released list.

Friday marked another day of action for students in Chicago and its suburbs as many walked out of class on the 19th anniversary of the Columbine High School massacre.

Illinois could lose one of its 18 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives if the state’s population continues to decline.

Event organizers estimate that over 80,000 people participated in Saturday’s “March for Our Lives” rally in Chicago.