Ten hostages are safe after a tense 15-hour standoff at a downtown Bakersfield bank ended early Wednesday with the death of the suspect, authorities said.

A 27-year-old man was shot during a robbery in Bronzeville Wednesday night, Chicago police said.

A man was charged after authorities say he brought an explosive device and other weapons through a security checkpoint at a California airport.

Staff members at a zoo in Michigan City, Indiana were hospitalized after an incident involving wolves following the death of wolf in a separate medical event, officials said.

For nearly a decade, a coalition of youth and community leaders has walked in Bronzeville, bringing attention to the disparities Black and brown women and girls face regarding missing persons and unsolved murders.

A body found by Aurora police in a retention pond has been identified as the missing woman being searched for, officials said.

A man was stabbed during a fight on a CTA Blue Line train downtown Chicago, police said.

Spencer Leak Jr., the vice president of Leak & Sons Funeral Homes, has died, his family said Sunday.

The Bank of America Chicago 13.1 half-marathon takes place this weekend and street closures will affect Douglass, Garfield and Humboldt parks.

A small explosion inside of a home in the northwest suburbs left two people hurt, officials said.