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Chicago Police Department Sgt. Joseph Giambrone claimed Congress Theater staffers failed to cooperate with police and were “untruthful” about serving alcohol on a night that left several underage patrons hospitalized. 

Chicago rapper Chief Keef must spend 60 days in juvenile detention for violating probation on a gun conviction.

Chicago rapper Chief Keef has been taken into custody after a juvenile court judge decided a video of him firing a semiautomatic rifle at a New York gun range was a violation of probation.

The major-label debut from the young Chicago rapper is a bleak, nihilistic celebration of street violence, gang culture, and disrespect for women. It arrives as the city nears the end of a year that’s seen an epidemic of violent killings in black neighborhoods every bit as tragic—and preventable—as those in Newtown, Conn.

Even after the phenomenal worldwide success of Kanye West, in recent years Chicago hip-hop took a back seat to the sounds coming from the left and right coasts, as well as the Dirty South.

47 percent of the people who read this don't want to take responsibility for themselves, at least, according to Mitt Romney.

Still no charges in the Lil Jojo killing as feuds simmer, the Bears had a bad, bad night in Green Bay, and an offer for goats to work at O'Hare