Conventional wisdom about violence is wrong, Jens Ludwig, director of the University of Chicago Crime Lab, says in ...

Two Chicago men are facing a slew of felony charges in connection with an alleged crime spree last summer that eventually led to a shootout with an off-duty police officer on the ...

The recent show of force in Streeterville might serve as a metaphor for the state of the current response to Chicago’s crime ...

Speaking to NBC Washington in 2020, an undocumented worker named Kilmar Abrego Garcia described his worst fear after an arrest led to him being labeled a gang member. “All my hopes were gone,” he told ...

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Federal prosecutors say the fearsome reputation of the Rollin' 60s gang allowed Eugene "Big U" Henley to intimidate ...

Al Capone’s name has become synonymous with Prohibition-era gang violence. Like many outlaws of the era, he is today romanticized as a mob legend, Capone’s actual climb to the top in 1920s Chicago was ...

llinois House Republicans waited too long to file a lawsuit challenging legislative maps drawn in 2021, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled Wednesday. As a result, the Democratic-majority court will ...

BRYAN/HOUSTON, Texas (FOX 44) – A 47-year-old illegal alien from Venezuela and documented Tren de Aragua gang member has been arrested in Bryan. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the FBI ...

Villatoro Santos faces deportation under ICE detainer. Officials claim Villatoro Santos is a top MS-13 leader on the East Coast. Defense warns of risks if deported to El Salvador without due ...

The premise that these individuals are not gang members is based on faulty assumptions.” A Trump administration official also told NBC News the White House has confidence in the ongoing efforts ...

ICE, however, alleged that he was a certified gang member based on information that came from a confidential informant used by county police, records state. Police also cited his Chicago bulls hat ...