Milwaukees Common Council now requires Milwaukee Police Department officers to intervene and report if they see unreasonable use of force by any other law enforcement officer, including federal

A 54-year-old Monee man was pronounced dead over the weekend after an apparent watercraft incident, the Will County Coroner's Office said.

Drivers were asked to avoid an intersection in suburban Aurora as police investigated a crash involving a utility pole on Tuesday afternoon, authorities said. The Aurora Police Department posted on Facebook at 3:01 p.m. that police and firefighters were on the scene of a collision near East Galena Boulevard and North Spencer Street. Galena Boulevard was ...

Meanwhile, the fundraiser for the woman in the video tops $180K.

Tens of thousands of people in Los Angeles have been engulfed in a dense cloud of smoke for nearly a week from a fire in a massive warehouse

A new "Eagle L" statue has been unveiled at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse campus, symbolizing the widely recognized "Eagle in the L" athletics logo.

The teen, formerly known only as Jane Clinton Doe, had been fatally shot in the head, and her death was ruled a homicide, the nonprofit said.

Chicago drill rapper Mello Buckzz was in custody Tuesday after being pulled over in her Mercedes SUV with an open bottle of vodka and a stolen gun in the car on the West Side.The rapper, whose real name is Melanie U. Doyle, 25, was booked into the Cook County Jail on June 16, a day after her arrest and was being held without bail, according to the Cook ...

More than 1,500 items a month end up at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airports lost and found. Most dont have quite such a happy ending.

From memoir and sci-fi to romance and more, these books will grip you like a penalty shootout in the final match.

The agreement, which the American states and Canadian province will sign Thursday, has been years in the making.

Savannah Guthrie shared new comments on the case of her missing mother on the NBC morning show Tuesday after reports emerged that a ransom note claimed Nancy Guthrie was dead.

A 17-year-old Minooka boy riding a dirt bike was killed in a crash Monday night in Joliet, police said. The driver of the vehicle involved was charged with driving under the influence.

With uncertainty reigning over where the Chicago Bears will build a new stadium, yet another suburb is throwing its hat into the ring to keep the team in Illinois. McCook Mayor Terry Carr is the latest public official who has put forward a proposal to keep the Bears in Illinois, and he is hoping to convince the team to build a stadium within the suburb ...

Why did the chicken cross the Eisenhower Expressway in Chicago? Illinois State Police had the perfect response to that question when asked Tuesday morning. The scene unfolded around 9 a.m. on I-290 near Kedzie. NBC 5 Storm Team Meteorologist Kevin Jeanes captured footage of the animal on the side of roadway during rush hour. Jeanes reported traffic ...

Gov. Mike Kehoe sat down with the Post-Dispatch on Tuesday alongside police Chief Robert Tracy and board president Chris Saracino to talk about the first year of the takeover.

Buses will replace trains from June 29 to Aug. 19. Green Line trains wont run in downtown Minneapolis between July 1-26 and Aug. 16-19.

Despite its initial request being denied, Egypt will get a couple of days in Seattle before its final FIFA Mens World Cup group stage match against Iran.

The United States is putting together bags with a childrens book on so-called reverse racism, and with a document that defends the countrys founding on the basis of slavery.

School District spent $7,000 to study why

A 21-year-old west suburban man has been charged after accidentally firing a gun inside his home, shooting a family member, police said.