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Across the street from a car wash, next to a fenced-off former lumber yard stands one of Chicago’s most prolific park safety speed cameras.

One driver called the program "an extra hidden tax," but it has made Chicago safer, city says.

A man and woman were walking outside in the 11500 block of South Eggleston Avenue when they heard multiple shots, police said.

The NCAA has fallen short of upholding its commitment to gender equity by prioritizing its cash cow Division I men’s basketball tournament “over everything else,” according a scathing review released Tuesday after an uproar over how the association conducts its championship events. More Headlines

denissimonov - stock.adobe.com A man has been charged with fatally shooting another man during a fight in May in West Pullman on the Far South Side. Larry Scott, 32, faces one count of first-degree murder in the shooting death of 37-year-old Travis Willis, Chicago police said. The night of May 1, Willis was standing outside with a group of people in the 11800 block of South Lafayette Avenue when he began arguing with another man, according to police. The two started fighting and Scott shot Wi...

AP Photo/Evan Vucci On paper, the administration’s strategy should be easy enough to implement. “Strike forces” are being rolled out in Democratic strongholds like New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago. The ATF is targeting supposed “rogue gun dealers” and gun traffickers. Big city mayors are already spending millions of dollars on summer jobs programs and other strategies designed to focus on at-risk youth without involving police. None of these tactics take a long amount of time to p...

CHICAGO — Eight people have died and at least 51 others were injured in shootings since Friday afternoon, police said. Around 12:30 a.m. Sunday, five men ages 23 to 50 were shot by a man who entered the yard where they were gathered in the South Austin neighborhood, police said. Police did not provide additional details about the shooting, including whether there had been additional people in the yard who were also shot. Three men were injured in a shooting in the East Garfield Park neighb...

TOKYO — Belated and beleaguered, the virus-delayed Tokyo Summer Olympics finally opened Friday night with cascading fireworks and made-for-TV choreography that unfolded in a near-empty stadium, a colorful but strangely subdued ceremony that set a striking tone to match a unique pandemic Games. More Headlines

Chicago family blasts city, says theyre moving after baby girl shot in head: report David Aaro The family of a 1-month-old girl shot in the head earlier this month says they are moving out of Chicago over gun violence in the city, according to a report. Terriana Smith was one of seven people injured in a mass shooting in the citys Englewood neighborhood on July 1. She was recently discharged after spending 15 days at the hospital.  "Im getting out of here, today. I have to leav...