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Tasia Fortune was apparently killed in a drug dispute before her body was hung in a tree in a "staged" lynching behind an abandoned home in the Mississippi capital this summer, a detective testified Friday.

Crash-and-grab thieves stole an ATM from a North Side business early Saturday morning, Chicago police said.

Murder victim David Navidad-Parra's father-in-law punched convicted killer Abel Uribe after spotting him laughing during a sentencing hearing in Phoenix, Arizona.

A person of interest is in custody after a child was critically injured in a Southwest Side shooting early Saturday morning, Chicago police said.

A driver is dead after two suspects chased him down and shot him, causing him to crash on the city's South Side on Friday night, Chicago police said.

Eleven current and former Ford Heights elected officials and municipal employees face a combined 79 felony counts in an alleged scheme to use taxpayer money for personal trips to casinos, according to Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul.

The mothers of two teen boys who were allegedly targeted with racist and threatening messages on Snapchat are urging parents to monitor their children's social media activity after Oswego police announced hate crime and other felony charges against another 13-year-old boy.

At least six businesses were burglarized early Friday morning on Chicago's South Side, Chicago police said.

The Chicago City Council deferred action on the Chicago parking meter deal at a special meeting.

Chicago baseball fans are celebrating after both the White Sox and Cubs secured spots in the MLB postseason. The final Cubs-Red Sox game Saturday will be moved to Florida as a storm approaches Boston.