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Republicans who say 'Chicago' when asked about gun violence ignore their own local tragedies
USA TODAY Opinion via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoBut what about Chicago? It’s become the rallying cry whenever Black Americans lament the...
Mayor says Chicago will stop using controversial gunshot detection technology this year
USA TODAY via Yahoo Canada News· 5 months agoChicago will not renew its contract to use the controversial gunshot detection system ShotSpotter...
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot Falls Short In Bid For Second Term
HuffPost via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoChicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot had asked voters for four more years to continue her work reducing...
Memorial Day weekend mayhem leaves 53 shot, 11 fatally, in Chicago
ABC News via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoMore than 50 people were shot, 11 fatally, over a violent Memorial Day weekend in Chicago, police...
Macon’s murder rate in 2023 followed a national trend. ‘It’s an improvement’
Macon Telegraph via Yahoo Canada News· 6 months agoOn a cool afternoon in east Macon just two days before Christmas, Artice Pettigrew, 52, died in a...
Dozens killed, hundreds injured in shootings nationwide over Father's Day weekend
USA TODAY via Yahoo Canada News· 3 weeks agoDozens of people were killed and hundreds more injured in shootings across the nation over the...
What to Watch the Week of January 14: Law & Order: SVU 's Return, Plus the Emmys and Critics Choice...
Glamour via Yahoo News· 6 months agoGetty Images; NBC; Francis Specker/CBS via Getty Images; Warner Bros. Discovery/HBO It's been eight...
Homicides dropped by over 10% in America’s biggest cities in 2023
CNN via Yahoo Canada News· 6 months agoAfter three years of distressingly high levels, homicides in the US declined significantly across...
Illinois Bans Assault-Style Weapons In Gun Safety Win
HuffPost via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoIllinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed legislation on Tuesday that bans military-style assault weapons...
Red flag laws get little use as shootings, gun deaths soar
Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoChicago is one of the nation's gun violence hotspots and a seemingly ideal place to employ Illinois'...