The Chicago officer who fatally shot Ronald Johnson last year has dropped calls for the court to levy sanctions, or penalties, against the the victim's mother, who allegedly made threats towards him on social media, CBS Chicago reports.

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Due to a programming error, 3,2000 inmates have been released early from prisons in the state of Washington. The programming error was first discovered in 2002 and has yet to be fixed.

Lakeisha Holloway is accused of driving her car into a bustling Las Vegas commercial strip, killing one person and injuring dozens.

A community is mourning the loss of Zaevion William Dobson, who risked his life to save others when a gunman randomly opened fire.

​​   Chicago enters the weekend with at least 14 people wounded in several shootings across the city since Friday afternoon. Six of the shootings happened in a two-hour period during the early hours of Saturday morning, The Chicago Tribune reports. Four of the shootings were reportedly drive-by shootings while others stemmed from robberies and fights. The […]

An organization for abused women is fighting for the release of a pregnant Chicago mother currently facing jail time for killing her abusive boyfriend.

An ex-con who brutally tortured his ex-girlfriend has been sentenced to 25 years in prison, Pix11 reports.

William Porter testified he wasn't aware he broke any police practices when he didn't seek medical attention for Gray.

Bernie Sanders took his campaign platform away from the podium and walked the streets of Sandtown-Winchester, where Freddie Gray grew up.

Johnson, 25, was fatally shot by Officer George Hernandez eight days before the shooting of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald.