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Body cam footage released Tuesday of a traffic stop in Chicago gone horrifically wrong is calling into question the official story told by police on the scene. Five plainclothed Chicago police swarmed 26-year-old Dexter Reed’s car on March 21, pumping 96 shots into his vehicle after Reed apparently fired at officers. However, the officers’ body cam footage tells a very confusing story.
Four young women were injured after their car was struck by a CSX freight train just outside Chicago in the early hours of Saturday, authorities said. The crash happened at a railroad intersection in Harvey, a suburb 20 miles south of Chicago, a CSX spokesperson confirmed to the Daily News. “At approximately 1:50 am CT this morning, a CSX train came into contact with a vehicle at the Wood St. ...
“Seems like there’s a lack of compassion around here,” one resident trapped inside his home said.
Family members said Maria Roque's 14-year-old son attempted to save his mother's life after she was shot in the shoulder, chest and thumb.
A six-year-old Muslim boy has been killed and a 32-year-old woman seriously injured in an attack linked to the Israel-Hamas conflict.