Eliza Fawcett

The weekend massacres in El Paso and Dayton, just 12 hours apart, highlight the increasing frequency of mass shootings nationwide and make it even more important for people to act...

To thousands on social media, Charlie Mae Harris' granddaughter is the 15-year-old girl with special needs crying for help as a gang of girls punches and slaps her in a...

It was a slow night for Uber driver Syed Subhan. And that may have helped save the life of a young woman who was grabbed off a street near DePaul...

A federal civil rights lawsuit accuses Chicago police officers of using excessive force in three raids on the same South Side home over three months this year. "Not once, not...

Stephanie Johnson was at her desk in the Loop Thursday afternoon when she and co-workers received a text message alert warning of "ongoing police activity" in their building. The message...

Lacedric Banks walked onto the stage leading Ziggy, a young pit bull. He softly told him to "sit" and "stay." Then, holding Ziggy's leash out, Banks walked around him in...

The search for the Humboldt Park Lagoon alligator entered its third day Thursday, with more traps in place to catch the reptile, as the curious gathered at the park, unsuccessfully...

A massive rusted safe was uncovered by construction crews at a Lakeview synagogue two weeks ago, and no one has been able to crack it open. In late June, excavators...