Voters chose former teacher Brandon Johnson to replace Lori Lightfoot to lead the nation's third-largest city.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot, weighed down by fights with unions and a surge in crime, failed to qualify for a runoff election—four years after winning all 50 of Chicago’s wards.

'Empire' actor Jussie Smollett, who was accused of staging a hate-crime attack, was dropped of all charges by prosecutors. How does the FBI define a hate-crime attack? We explain. USA TODA

All three organizations voted for Foxx, who as Cook County State’s Attorney oversees prosecutions in the city of Chicago and inner ring suburbs, to resign.

Lausch earned his undergraduate degree from Harvard University in 1992 and his law degree from Northwestern University.

Chicago Police have dismissed reports that an attack on Empire actor Jussie Smollett was a hoax.

Video shows a passenger being forcibly removed from a United Airlines flight in Chicago.

At least one adult was also involved, authorities added at a news conference.

Four people have been charged with hate crimes and other felonies in connection with a Facebook Live video. The video, which has since been taken down, appears to show the torture and taunting of a white special needs man. USA TODAY NETWORK

The first cousin of Chicago Bulls star Dwyane Wade was shot and killed in Chicago Friday afternoon, the Wade family has confirmed.

AFTER decades of issuing travel warnings to its citizens overseas, America is experiencing the shoe on the other foot.

A Chicago police officer whose fatal shooting of an unarmed woman was one of a series of killings of young black people that shattered the public's trust has opted to quit rather than fight to keep his job.