Crime and Public Safety

An American diplomat assigned to the U.S. Embassy in Yangon, the biggest city in Myanmar, was found dead with police investigating the death as a possible homicide.

A man and a woman have been charged after police say they stole more than $2,200 worth of merchandise from a Chicago Lululemon store before crashing their vehicle while trying to flee police.

A Chicago police officer working with a federal gun trafficking task force shot a suspect after a vehicle pursuit that followed an attempted robbery of undercover ATF agents in Country Club Hills, according to new details released Thursday.

A suburban Chicago man is facing a felony charge after a reported road rage shooting on I-294 earlier this week.

Aurora police say a convicted felon was arrested after officers recovered a stolen Glock, a rifle and suspected drugs during a search warrant Tuesday.

Arlington Heights police have released a composite sketch and surveillance image of a suspect as they continue investigating a violent, unprovoked attack near Lake Arlington earlier this week.

Vance Boelter pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday to charges stemming from the fatal shootings of Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark Hortman, and the shootings that injured Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette Hoffman.

A 10-year-old dog reportedly named Baby was stolen from a vehicle in a Target parking garage on Chicago's North Side Wednesday afternoon.

Chicago police say a man was found stabbed in the neck at a CTA bus terminal on the city's Northwest Side late Wednesday night.

An Oak Brook teen accused of causing a crash that killed a suburban Chicago couple will remain in custody after a DuPage County judge considered new evidence presented Tuesday, prosecutors said.

The FBI, ATF and Illinois State police have three investigations going on after what happened in Country Club Hills Tuesday night.

Four sports cars were stolen, and several others were damaged at two Joliet-area hotels early Tuesday morning in what police believe may be a targeted crime tied to a major car event.

The Cook County State's Attorney's Office has declined to file criminal charges in the death of 16-year-old Lilly Bova, a decision that has left her family devastated and searching for answers more than two months after the fatal shooting.

Three family members have been arrested after a child was found shot to death inside a Riverdale home on Tuesday evening.

An anonymous former child actor has filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles against Sean "Diddy" Combs alleging sexual assault in 2007, while also suing his talent agencies for negligence.