spokesman

A substitute teacher berated a Utah fifth grader after he said during a pre-Thanksgiving lesson that he was thankful he’s finally going to be adopted by his two dads, the parents said. The boy’s classmates said the teacher told him, “that’s nothing to be thankful for” and lectured the 30 kids in the class about her views on homosexuality. She...

Consumers may think they’re avoiding the crush this holiday season by shopping online, unaware that as they’re trying to get through the digital doors, so too are hordes of bots. And they’re throwing elbows, NBC News reports. Up to 97 percent of all online traffic to retailer login pages this holiday shopping week comes from bots, largely operated by organized...

The man who was seen being body-slammed by a Chicago police officer in a widely circulated video on social media was charged with felony aggravated battery and other crimes, police said Saturday.

The mother of a man who was hospitalized after being slammed to the ground by a Chicago police officer on Thursday shared her thoughts with NBC 5 after seeing video of the incident.

A woman was critically injured after being hit by a train Friday at the Jackson station, suspending Blue Line service in the Loop for over an hour.

A man was hospitalized after being slammed to the ground by police Thursday in Chatham when he allegedly spit on an officer while being detained for drinking alcohol in public.

Security forces shot dead 40 anti-government protesters in over 24 hours amid spiraling violence in the capital and Iraq’s south, security and medical officials said, one day after an Iranian consulate was torched. Iran condemned the burning of its consulate in the holy city of Najaf as violence continued into the night across southern Iraq, where security forces had killed...

Sen. Martin Sandoval has submitted his resignation to the Illinois Secretary of Senate’s office months after federal agents raided his office.

Clothing donation bins are conveniently located at gas stations, parking lots and sidewalks throughout the city and suburbs that make it easy for residents to give away unwanted items. But NBC 5 Investigates has found many are operated, not by charities, but by for-profit companies that are difficult to track.

Criminal prosecution and convictions of polluters have fallen to quarter-century lows under the Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency, deepening three years of overall enforcement declines, according to Justice Department statistics. And while the administration says it’s focusing on quality over quantity in pollution cases, using its enforcement resources to go after the biggest and worst offenders, an Associated Press analysis...

Billionaire and former New York mayor Mike Bloomberg filed official paperwork to run for president in the 2020 Democratic primary. It is a key procedural move and not a declaration that he is indeed running. A spokesman for Bloomberg explained that filing in the state of Alabama started a 15-day process to file with the FEC. “This is not an...

Five officers were injured Thursday when two Chicago police vehicles collided in a crash in the city’s East Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side.

 NBC 5’s Sky 5 was over a police chase Wednesday following a shooting in Chicago’s Lawndale neighborhood. 

Timothy Vandervere of Beach Park was convicted of killing members of a Kenosha family back in an April 2019 crash near Bristol, Wisconsin. Now, NBC 5 Investigates has found that Vandervere had a long history of citations, convictions and supervisions which never appeared on his public driving record.

Former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett has filed a countersuit against the city of Chicago and wants a jury trial to decide his case.

Senn High School was placed on lockdown Monday morning while the school’s resource officer searched for and arrested two students with pellet guns.

A Gary, Indiana councilman has pleaded innocent to charges he kidnapped, confined and intimidated a teenager he believed was involved in the theft of his automobile.

Senn High School was placed on lockdown Monday morning while the school’s resource officer searched for and arrested two students with pellet guns.

The family of Marlen Ochoa gathered to remember the young mother Saturday on what would have been her 20th birthday.

On what would have been her 20th birthday, Marlen Ochoa’s memory is being honored by family and friends with a balloon release and ceremony in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood.