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A suspect who allegedly sent a letter containing the deadly poison ricin to the White House was detained trying to enter the United States from Canada, a federal law enforcement official said Sunday.

Police say a suspect has been arrested in connection with the stabbings of multiple homeless people in Chicago. Authorities had been searching for a serial attacker they believe has been stabbing homeless people in the neck while they sleep in the city. Further details on the arrest weren’t immediately released but authorities say charges are pending. Chicago police issued...

Police are searching for a man they believe has been stabbing homeless people in the neck while they sleep in Chicago. NBC 5’s Chris Hush reports

Police are searching for a man they believe has been stabbing homeless people in the neck while they sleep in Chicago. Authorities issued an alert Thursday after four recent incidents, two of which took place on Michigan Avenue, leaving one man dead, and another which took place at a Chicago Transit Authority Red Line station. In each case, the suspect…

Police are warning residents in the South Loop and CTA passengers after a man was killed and three others were wounded in a series of stabbings reported in recent weeks. In each case, the suspect approached homeless men while they were asleep and stabbed them in the neck, Chicago police said. The fatal stabbing took place at 9 a.m. July…

Police are warning Northwest Side residents of a break-in and attempted home invasion Thursday in Logan Square. A man tried to break in through the rear of two homes on May 14, according to Chicago police. In the first case, about 12:20 p.m. in the 2000 block of North Sawyer Avenue, he was confronted and ran off. In the second…

Ten iPhones were stolen Wednesday morning from the Oakbrook Center Apple Store, Oak Brook police said. According to police, Oakbrook Center security saw on surveillance video three suspects grab several iPhones and run out of the store Wednesday morning. The estimated value of the loss is up to $10,000, police said. According to police, the three suspects fled in a…

A patient at a mental health clinic in west suburban Maywood was charged with sexually assaulting a staff member there last week. Deandre Coleman, 23, faces charges of aggravated criminal sexual abuse and aggravated battery involving strangulation, Illinois State Police said. Coleman allegedly assaulted an employee at John Madden Mental Health Center, 1200 S. 1st Ave., on Jan. 8, state police…

Chicago police released an image Tuesday night of a possible suspect involved in the roberry that took place at a currency exchange business inside The Shops at North Bridge on Chicago’s Magnificent Mile Monday night.

A man who allegedly pointed a gun at a woman outside a Walmart in west suburban St. Charles has been arrested, police said in a news release issued Friday.

An Oak Park resident was carjacked at gunpoint on Friday by an 18-year-old man and 10-year-old boy, police said.

An Oak Park resident was carjacked at gunpoint on Friday by an 18-year-old man and 10-year-old boy, police said. Lisa Chavarria reports.

The arrest of a Mexican farmworker in the death of an Iowa college student renewed calls to change immigration laws, but it also focused attention on the immigrant workers whose labor is essential to the state’s agricultural industry. Hours after authorities found the body of Mollie Tibbetts and charged the suspect with murder, politicians including President Donald Trump, the Iowa...

The death of an Iowa college student who had been missing for one month before her body was found in a cornfield earlier this week has been ruled a homicide.

The attorney for a Mexican man accused of killing an Iowa college student challenged the government’s statement Wednesday that the suspect has been living in the United States illegally.

The man accused of killing University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts has appeared in court after being arrested in connection with the heinous crime. NBC 5’s Phil Rogers has the latest. 

The family of an Iowa college student whose body was found in a cornfield near the area she disappeared from while jogging last month released a statement to the public Wednesday.

Surveillance video caught the moment when a man fell through the ceiling of a New Hampshire supermarket for a second time, authorities said.

The estranged stepfather of a Wisconsin man suspected of stealing guns and threatening attacks in an anti-government manifesto for the White House is desperate for the fugitive to surrender.