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A woman whose car was smashed by people jumping on the windshield said her husband was beaten as he sat in the driver's seat. He's been taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital.

For years now, Chicago residents and police have faced an annual problem: when the weather gets warm, teenagers like to flood public places and behave badly. Chicago has just undergone an unusually early warm spell, and as if on cue, teenagers rampaged two nights in a row.

“In no way do I condone the destructive activity we saw in the Loop and lakefront this weekend," Chicago Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson said in a statement. "However, it is not constructive to demonize youth who have otherwise been starved of opportunities in their own communities."

"Most importantly, parents and guardians must know where their children are and be responsible for their actions. Instilling the important values of respect for people and property must begin at home," Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said.

Two teenage boys were wounded by gunfire while standing in a crowd in Downtown Chicago Saturday night. 

There was a celebration Thursday for the late Chicago Mayor Harold Washington.

Chicago police officers broke up unruly crowds that were causing skirmishes and blocking traffic Wednesday night on Michigan Avenue.

The report tracks things like pedestrian activity, parking volume, hotel occupancy and on-site worker numbers.

A Chicago man was charged in connection with a robbery Tuesday morning in the Loop.

Chicago has unveiled its plan to manage traffic when NASCAR hosts its street race in Grant Park this summer.

"The weather is beautiful, we’ve been all around the city. We went to West Loop, we came down to Millennium Park, did some walking, now we’re by the water, Navy Pier," said Angel Ogunnaike.

New details were released on Wednesday after an armed suspect robbed a downtown Chicago bank earlier this month that resulted in a security guard being shot. Here's how much was stolen:

A teenage boy was charged in connection with a carjacking earlier this month in the Loop.

Kevin Powell was well known to the staff at Matthew House, a Bronzeville soup kitchen where many homeless Chicagoans gather for breakfast after riding CTA trains through the night.