Chicago Police Department

The Christmas tree at Chicago's Public Safety Headquarters took on a special significance Friday as Gold Star and Gold Badge families gathered to wrap presents for children living in domestic violence shelters.

The candidacy of Chicago Police Sergeant John Poulos for a judgeship in Cook County is stirring controversy.

Terrified students and professors cowered in classrooms and dorms as a gunman roamed the floors of a University of Nevada, Las Vegas building, killing three people and critically wounding a fourth before dying in a shootout with police.

Chicago taxpayers have shouldered the burden of nearly $700 million in lawsuit payouts against the city since the turn of the millennium.

Chicago's police oversight agency released videos Wednesday showing a deadly shootout between a gunman and police last November in the Grand Crossing neighborhood.

Crews are still on the scene of a house fire in North Lawndale searching for an unaccounted for man. The fire left a woman and two Chicago police officers injured. The home is unstable, and utility workers are working to shut off the gas in the home before firefighters further their search.

Two firefighters were injured while trying to get people out of a house fire on the West Side Wednesday morning. The officers were injured when a porch collapsed. A 75-year-old woman was critically hurt.

A Chicago police officer is accused of falsely reporting an armed robbery.

A City Council committee is scheduled to convene next week to consider significant pay raises for Chicago police.