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A former Illinois lawmaker has turned himself in after being charged in an alleged “revenge porn” case. NBC 5’s Ash-har Quraishi has the latest details on the case. 

media are reporting that the wife of an American official who left the U.K. after being involved in a fatal road accident no longer has diplomatic immunity. BBC and Sky News said Sunday that U.K. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab had told the family of Harry Dunn that “immunity is no longer pertinent” because the suspect has left the U.K. The...

Emmy night is always a chaotic mix of the humorous, the emotional and the inspirational, mixed with some major sequins and glitter. And on this Emmy night, all those elements came together in one glorious moment: Billy Porter’s win as best actor in a drama for “Pose,” the first openly gay actor to win the award. But Porter’s speech wasn’t...

And the category, a jubilant Billy Porter said as he made Emmys history, “is love, y’all, love.” Porter, known for making fashion statements on red carpets, became the first openly gay man to win an Emmy for best actor in a drama series for his role of Pray Tell on FX’s “Pose.” “I am so overwhelmed and so overjoyed that...

Todrick Hall has been preaching about inclusion, self-acceptance and gay pride for much of his career. So it made sense that he would preach about those messages as he accepted an MTV Video Music Award on behalf of Taylor Swift for her anti-hate anthem “You Need to Calm Down.” The clip, which he co-produced, stars himself and close friend Swift,...

The New York state Health Department has revoked the medical license of a doctor who conducted unsanctioned research on people associated with a cult-like self-improvement group.

Five couples, refugees who fled their Asian country just to be able to spend the rest of their lives with their soulmate, got married in Skokie Wednesday afternoon.

Meet one of the five couples who got married Wednesday afternoon in Skokie, after fleeing their country to safely be able to spend the rest of their life with their soulmate. NBC 5’s Chris Hush reports.

A top Chicago police officer was the center of a police chase in Indiana that topped speeds of 110 mph, audio recordings obtained by NBC 5 Investigates revealed.

Dispatch recordings of a driver being chased by Indiana police at speeds over 110 mph have been released, but this time, it was a CPD officer that was the subject of the pursuit. NBC 5 Investigates’ Chris Coffey has more. 

Police are investigating whether a central Indiana funeral director didn’t bury at least four bodies within a reasonable time as required by state law.

Freshman U.S. Rep. Katie Porter on Monday threw her support behind an impeachment investigation of President Donald Trump, adding another Democratic lawmaker to those clamoring for the move.

In suburban Philadelphia, it took a little more than eight minutes into the question-and-answer session at freshman Rep. Madeleine Dean’s town hall before someone asked about impeachment. The topic was broached in Southern California as Rep. Katie Porter fielded other questions on health care, homelessness, border security and the minimum wage. In military heavy Yorktown, along coastal Virginia, another newly...

A ride-hailing driver shot and killed a New Mexico passenger earlier this year during an argument over “a large amount of vomit” in his Uber vehicle, prosecutors said in new documents. Court documents submitted by the Bernalillo County district attorney last week said the vomit and an argument over a cleanup fee led to the shooting, the Albuquerque Journal reported.

A Sherpa mountaineer extended his record for successful climbs of Mount Everest with his 24th ascent of the world’s highest peak on Tuesday. Kami Rita reached the 8,850-meter (29,035-foot) peak Tuesday, which was his second time on the summit in a week. He climbed to the top on May 15 then returned to base camp before climbing again this week....

Winter is returning to Chicago this weekend and not just for Game of Thrones fans.