After a public meeting Sunday, a committee appointed Jessica Vasquez to the Cook County Board of Commissioners for the 8th District. She will replace Anthony Joel Quezada after he became Chicago's 35th Ward alderman.

A 19-year-old suspect charged with sexually assaulting women and breaking into homes on the North Side appeared in court on Sunday and was ordered to remain in custody.

The annual St. Jude Memorial March honors all Chicago Police Department officers that have died in the line of duty.

Italian-American residents are criticizing a settlement between the Chicago Park District and the Joint Civic Committee of Italians Americans to move a Christopher Columbus statue indoors after it was removed from Arrigo Park in 2020.

Former Republican Illinois Governor George Ryan died Friday at the age of 91. He will be remembered this week with a visitation and memorial service in his hometown of Kankakee.

Brazilian police said that they had thwarted a plot to detonate a bomb at Lady Gaga' s concert of at least 2 million people.

A small, home-built kit airplane crashed in California on Saturday afternoon damaging two homes, catching fire and killing two people and a dog onboard, officials said.

For more than two decades, Sean "Diddy" Combs was one of one of hip-hop's most opportunistic entrepreneurs, but behind the scenes, U.S. prosecutors say he was coercing and abusing women for years.

Police said a family gathering was taking place when an uninvited guest arrived. The guest was asked to leave, but not before he began firing into the crowd.

TIME100 2025 celebrates Snoop Dogg, Hiroyuki Sanada and Nicole Scherzinger among the most influential people shaping the world.