Federal jury indicts suspect in CTA burning attack, City Hall fire
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A federal jury indicted a Chicago man who allegedly lit a CTA passenger on fire and set Chicago City Hall on fire three days earlier, according to officials.

Missing Kentucky girl, who was abducted 40 years ago, found alive; Mom arrested in Florida, deputies say

A 3-year-old girl who was reported missing in Kentucky more than 40 years ago is alive and well – living under a different identity and in a different state – and was unaware that she was a victim in a missing person's case, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office.

Man to remain detained in case tied to deadly Chicago shooting

A man accused of illegally possessing ammunition tied to a deadly Chicago shooting will remain in custody while he awaits trial, federal prosecutors said.

Man arrested in Chicago after fleeing Rockford police in private ambulance

Chicago police helped Rockford police and the Cook County Sheriff’s Department in taking a man into custody Wednesday night after authorities said he fled in a private ambulance.

Chicago-area Walmart evacuated due to bomb threat; man charged

A Hoffman Estates man has been charged in connection with a bomb threat that prompted the evacuation of a Walmart store in Streamwood earlier this month, police said.

Boy, 16, killed in shooting on Chicago's Southwest Side

A 16-year-old boy was fatally shot after someone fired into a building from outside early Thursday in the Marquette Park neighborhood.

FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino to resign after turbulent tenure

FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino announced he will resign next month, ending a brief and contentious tenure marked by clashes with the Justice Department.

Elgin woman sentenced to two decades in prison in severe child abuse case

A 55-year-old Elgin woman has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for severely neglecting and starving a child over a three-year period, prosecutors said.

Questions remain over shooter and motive in Brown University attack
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Four days after a deadly mass shooting at Brown University left two students dead, authorities are still trying to identify a shooter and a motive.

Joliet teen charged with aggravated robbery at O'Reilly Auto Parts

An 18-year-old man has been charged with aggravated robbery after police say he implied he had a gun while stealing merchandise from an auto parts store on Monday afternoon in the southwestern suburbs.