New Lenox victim scammed out of $37,000 in bitcoin ploy, police say

A victim in New Lenox lost more than $37,000 in a recent scam by someone who said they were from the U.S. Treasury Department.

2 Utah officers killed, police dog injured

“They requested additional units. And then stopped answering their radio,” police said after two officers were killed responding to a disturbance.

Boy, 9, dies after West Loop attack

A 9-year-old boy is reportedly brain dead after an attack caused him to fall down the stairs this month in the West Loop.

Man, 4-year-old struck on Chicago crosswalk in hit-and-run

A man and a 4-year-old boy were hospitalized after a car hit them on a crosswalk Sunday night in the West Rogers Park neighborhood.

Semi-truck driver arrested after illegal U-turn kills 3 people on Florida Turnpike: FLHSMV

A semi-truck driver has been arrested for vehicular homicide after the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles says he made a reckless maneuver which turned deadly on the Florida Turnpike in St. Lucie County on Tuesday.

Teen boy found shot, killed in Chicago area home, police say

A 17-year-old boy was found shot to death inside a home in northwest suburban Hampshire late Saturday night.

12 people shot, 3 killed, inside Brooklyn nightclub; 4 suspects on the loose

Three people are dead, and nine others injured after police say several gunmen opened fire inside a nightclub in Brooklyn early Sunday morning.

9 teens charged in deadly South Carolina shooting of 16-year-old

Police in South Carolina have charged nine Myrtle Beach-area teens, including his girlfriend and a romantic rival, in the murder.