Chicago police issued a warning about an attempted child luring incident on the South Side on Thursday.

The NAACP's Chicago West Side Branch is reviving its signature Freedom Fund fundraiser this weekend for the first time in seven years, pairing a night of live music with a call to action.

Nine-year-old Anakin Perez died after being hit by a car on his way to McNair Elementary School in Chicago. The driver was taken into custody, but she was later released without charges, CPD said.

A team of researchers from Japan wondered if painting cows with zebralike stripes would prevent flies from biting them. Another group from Africa and Europe pondered the types of pizza lizards preferred to eat.

It's Oktoberfest season and the west suburbs will be sipping on beer and snacking on pretzels all Saturday long!

Grammy-winning songwriter Brett James, known for penning hits including Carrie Underwood's "Jesus, Take the Wheel," died in a small-engine plane crash on Thursday, according to the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. He was 57.

Chicago's recently-closed Klairmont Kollections Automotive Museum will reopen Sept. 19-21 for Mecum Auctions' Larry's Legacy: From the Larry Klairmont Collection.

Demonstrators say immigrant New Yorkers have been illegally detained in Federal Plaza Immigration Court, usually after routine hearings.

We're looking at the start of fall next week, but grilling season is far from over!

More than 100,000 Americans are waiting for a life-saving organ transplant.