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An Amazon employee was fatally shot at a Melrose Park delivery station Thursday morning in what police believe was a targeted attack stemming from a personal dispute, and the suspect remains at large.

As summer temperatures climb, new Census Bureau data reveals that access to air conditioning isn't equal across all counties.

A Chicago man accused of attacking a woman in her home, stealing her purse and then striking her with a vehicle is now in custody after turning himself in, authorities said.

A South Carolina detective has been arrested and fired after allegedly pointing his department-issued firearm at a fellow officer inside the Myrtle Beach Police Department, according to authorities.

Chicago police are warning residents and visitors about a pair of cellphone robberies in the Loop that investigators believe may be connected.

A prominent Catholic priest was removed from his role as an exorcist in his archdiocese after comments he made linking UFOs to the presence of demon activity in a recent Facebook post.

Residents in south suburban Lansing are being urged to shelter in place as police search for a suspect who remains at large.

Federal officials have filed charges against the man accused of assaulting a flight attendant and trying to escape a Frontier Airlines plane before passengers pinned him down while the plane was en route to Chicago earlier this week. 

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced a major initiative to combat Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses across the country.

Police, a bomb squad and federal agents responded Thursday to a death investigation on the Eisenhower Expressway, prompting the closure of Interstate 290 in both directions near Interstate 294 for about eight hours.

A family member stopped a teen who was heading to a suburban Chicago elementary school with a gun on the last day of classes, authorities said.