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An Avianca Airlines flight bound for New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport was diverted to Miami after several passengers were injured during turbulence.

Sex trafficking revolves around coercion and control. People are often lured into a life that exploits their very being. Cook County Sheriff's Police say "The Track" on Chicago's West Side is an area plagued by sex trafficking.

Residents and activists in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood are calling for criminal charges against an off-duty Chicago police officer after a shooting that injured two men and a block riddled with bullets.

Union leaders are remembering a CTA rail janitor as a hero after he was fatally stabbed at a Green Line train station Thursday on Chicago's Near West Side.

New York Comic Con marks its 20th anniversary at the Javits Center with guests including Hayden Christensen, Idina Menzel and William Shatner.

The National Hurricane Center reports that the storm's maximum sustained winds increased to 100 mph on Thursday.

President Donald Trump's administration announced Thursday it was suspending Microsoft and several other firms from a program allowing foreign workers to apply for green cards as it also lashed out at universities that bring international students to the U.S. on exchange programs.

Former Ambassador and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel returned to the city Thursday for a celebration of a youth mentoring program he championed during his time in office, while also acknowledging he is considering his own political future.

The Pentagon says the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the execution would be "public."

The final witness of the day was a Chapel Hill Police forensic evidence technician who walked jurors through video recorded at the crime scene.