CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago recorded nine homicides between 6 p.m. Friday and midnight Sunday, a weekend police said was the deadliest of the year for a city that had seen a recent decline in the number of fatal shootings. Twenty-three people were killed or injured in shootings during the period, nearly four times as many […]
CHICAGO (AP) — A 29-year-old man who was knocked unconscious when a Chicago police officer body slammed him onto a street curb sued the city and the officer on Thursday, saying the officer should have known the maneuver was dangerous because he is trained in martial arts. The officer detained Bernard Kersh at a South […]
CHICAGO (AP) — A judge on Thursday agreed to allow a girlfriend of R. Kelly retrieve her belongings from the singer’s home in Trump Tower in Chicago, where authorities say she assaulted one of Kelly’s other girlfriends earlier this month. Joycelyn Savage was in court for a hearing concerning the misdemeanor domestic battery count against […]
CHICAGO (AP) — Prosecutors in Chicago were expected to announce on Wednesday which of the sex charges against R&B singer R. Kelly they want to take to trial first. The singer, who remains in jail, would not attend the hearing, his attorney Steve Greenberg said. He said he expected prosecutors to tell the judge which […]
CHICAGO (AP) — Animal control officials in Chicago said Sunday that DNA tests confirm a coyote recently captured in the city is the same animal that attacked a 6-year-old boy. READ MORE STORIES ON BLACKAMERICAWEB.COM: An evaluation determined that the animal was shot with a BB gun, “which could have caused the limp in its […]
CHICAGO (AP) — Two gunmen fired through the window of a Chicago barbershop Thursday evening, injuring three juveniles and two adults who were getting their hair cut, police said. Chicago police Deputy Chief of Patrol Ernest Cato told The Chicago Tribune that the gunmen had walked into the store in the West Garfield Park neighborhood and looked […]
CHICAGO (AP) — A judge has ordered Google to turn over a year’s worth of Jussie Smollett’s emails, private messages, photographs and location data to a special prosecutor who is looking into why prosecutors abruptly dismissed criminal charges against the actor. SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER: On Wednesday, the Chicago Tribune reported that it had […]
You may have heard of Joanne the Scammer, the fictional internet scammer that shows up regularly in memes. But Chicago may have a real-life version of Joanne in a woman named Candace Clark, who is accused of running an elaborate scam to steal money via fake swearing-in ceremonies, where actors were allegedly hired to make […]
CHICAGO (AP) — One person has been charged in connection with a shooting early Sunday at a house party that left 13 people wounded, four of them critically, Chicago police said. The shooting stemmed from a dispute at the memorial party, Chief of Patrol Fred Waller said at a news conference. He said shots were […]
Disgraced actor Jussie Smollett may return to “Empire” before the sixth and final season comes to an end. Showrunner Brett Mahoney revealed to TVLine that there have been discussions about bringing Smollett back to the show. “It would be weird in my mind to end this family show and this family drama of which he was such a significant part of without […]
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A Chicago family is speaking out about the city’s poor emergency services after their loved one died while waiting for an ambulance. “I wouldn’t wish this pain on anybody,” Sandra Williams told CBS Chicago. “I wouldn’t wish what I saw and witnessed last night on my worst enemy.” According to the report, Williams’ mother Tina had just returned […]
