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Authorities in Chicago are naming a drug kingpin in Mexico as the city's Public Enemy No. 1 — a label first given to gangster Al Capone and one that hasn't been used since Prohibition.

The reasons people own guns can vary as much as the opinions over what to do about gun violence.In WBEZ’s ongoing series “Our Guns,” we’ve been hearing from local gun owners to learn more about their affinity for firearms.So far, we’ve heard from hunters and American so

Based on the recording, Chicago Supt. Garry McCarthy wants the two officers fired.

Antonio Fenner and Hadiya Pendleton have more in common than divides them. Both black teenagers from Chicago. Both gunned down in the final week of a historically bloody January.

The former leader of a northwestern Indiana gang has been sentenced to 87 years in prison after pleading guilty to racketeering and drug charges.

Two Chicago police officers facing dismissal charges could get a boost Wednesday from a character witness who once trained young people how to file reports on abusive cops.

A woman whose Chicago police officer brother was fatally shot in 2010 says it's time for Congress to pass laws keeping guns from criminals.