The Chicago Crime Commission will release data Thursday on street gangs in Chicago. There are an estimated 73 active gangs in Chicago with as many as 150,000 gang members. The commission is expected to offer some insight into the reasons behind the growth of gangs and the i …
Three teenagers stand charged with a hate crime, after they allegedly attacked an African-American youth in the Beverly neighborhood in December and put a noose around his neck. The victim, who is 17, and one of the alleged attackers are both students at Brother Rice High S …
January 5, 2012 (CHICAGO) -- A Chicago Planned Parenthood clinic has begun offering vasectomies for men who've decided they've completed their families or don't want to father children. The nonprofit family planning organization has launched the service at its Near North He …
s CBS 2’s Kris Habermehl reports, the City of Naperville will pull the plug on the cameras after three years in operation.
CHICAGO (CBS) – Starting Jan.
A new automotive safety law that goes into effect Jan. 1 in Illinois requires all backseat passengers to use seat belts. Gov.
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A 12-year-old girl suffered toxic shock syndrome, organ failure and was hospitalized for nearly a month after using a Tampax Pearl Plastic tampon, a lawsuit filed Wednesday claims. Michelle and Kevin Matthias claim their 12-year-old daughter became physically sick, July 3, …
CHICAGO (CBS) — Organizers of the Gay Pride Parade have decided to reverse one of the changes that had been planned for next year, in an effort to accommodate a Roman Catholic church on Belmont Avenue. As WBBM Newsradio’s Bob Conway reports, back on October, org …
The Alliance Against Intoxicated Motorists is expanding its “Drunkbusters” program throughout Illinois for the next two weekends. The program, in which callers can be paid $100 for reporting an impaired driver who’s eventually arrested for DUI, runs year …
There have been as many as 260 confirmed cases of pertussis, or whooping cough, in DuPage County this year, according to Elmhurst Memorial Healthcare Infection Control Practitioner Annemarie Schmocker. She said the hospital has seen many outpatient cases in school-age, and h …
Nguyen had the “crap” beaten out of him, which is fitting. It was after this beatdown when Nguyen hatched his devious, devious plan. After both players were ejected for the fight, Nguyen angrily hurled one of Bermingham’s gloves into the stands.
Dr. Raymond Strikas says flu season does not usually peak until January or February, but so far, this is a mild one.
CHICAGO (AP) — Seven vinyl banners draped this month along one of Chicago's most iconic bridges, advertisements some have dubbed "a visual crime" and "commercial graffiti," are reviving a debate about how governments raise money in tough economic times.
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Nobody believed Julio Artuz, a 15 year old New Jersey special education student, when he complained of being bullied by his teacher. So he caught the whole thing on tape.
The suit alleges that David Osama Haddad was bullied by the perpetrators for more than a year before the altercation.
SPRINGFIELD -- A House panel approved Mayor Rahm Emanuel's speed camera legislation today, a move designed to slow down traffic to increase public safety near schools. The legislation, sponsored by House Majority Leader Barbara Flynn Currie, D-Chicago, now goes to the full Hou …
The Michael Jordan statue is not far away, so all those visitors who show up daily to take pictures of the monument to the greatest basketball player ever now can walk over and see the statues of Mikita and Hull. The organization's decision to erect statues completes the j …
A state labor relations board will ask for court intervention to block Chicago Public Schools from lengthening its school day and perhaps to reverse the decision by schools who already implemented an extended day. The details of the request for injunctive relief will come in …
The Chevy Corvette car and speedboat hybrid might be the slickest amphibious vehicle on the planet, but when it comes to campers, nothing compares to the luxury the Elemment Palazzo offers.
Every adult Muslim is supposed to perform the hajj at least once in a lifetime if they are physically and financially able to. Millions go each year. In 2008, Khan asked for almost three weeks of unpaid leave to perform the hajj.
CHICAGO (CBS) — The squabble between the Chicago Public Schools and its teachers union over plans for a longer school day will go before a state labor panel. The Chicago Teachers Union, in a news release, claimed Thursday night that the Illinois Educational Labor Rela …
She ran and walked even as contractions started kicking in regularly toward the end of the race. But she managed to cross the finish line -- and grab a bite to eat -- before giving birth to baby girl June Sunday night.
So in a welcome step for little feet and parents, children 12 and younger are no longer required to remove their shoes every time they go through airport security.
During President Barack Obama’s historic rise from state Senator to the highest office in the land, he has endured relentless disrespect from his various critics on both sides of the aisle.
Until now, only one was covered by insurance..Guess which..Starting in August, women will no longer have to pay more than men for the prescriptions (the Pill, Viagra, Cialis) that enable them to have active sex lives.
Tween girls who spend much of their waking hours switching frantically between YouTube, Facebook, television and text messaging are more likely to develop social problems, says a Stanford University study published in a scientific journal on Wednesday.
The Chicago Crime Commission will release data Thursday on street gangs in Chicago. There are an estimated 73 active gangs in Chicago with as many as 150,000 gang members. The commission is expected to offer some insight into the reasons behind the growth of gangs and the i …
Three teenagers stand charged with a hate crime, after they allegedly attacked an African-American youth in the Beverly neighborhood in December and put a noose around his neck. The victim, who is 17, and one of the alleged attackers are both students at Brother Rice High S …
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