CHICAGO — Federal agents carrying out the Trump administration’s “Operation Midway Blitz” immigration enforcement campaign will be indefinitely restricted from using riot control weapons like pepper balls and tear gas without adequate justification and warning after a federal judge’s ruling Thursday.

Greg Bovino lied about his team’s behavior during protests that ‘shocks the conscience,’ Judge Sara Ellis says

The Cook County Sheriff’s Office said its Fugitive Apprehension Unit, working with the U.S. Marshals Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force, arrested 40-year-old John Banuelos on Oct. 17 in west suburban Cicero.

The Chicago Police Department is criticized for not releasing footage of a Border Patrol shooting, and the involved federal agent, Charles Exum, is scrutinized for his post-incident conduct and evidence handling.

After a month of intense litigation over immigration agents’ repeated use of tear gas and pepper balls against Chicago-area protesters, a federal judge issued a preliminary injunction setting guidelines around agents’ use of force during “Operation Midway Blitz.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago business owners are still struggling to recover one year after the unrest following the murder of George Floyd. In many ways, River North has come back from that devastating first night of looting. Certainly, the restaurants and ...

CHICAGO (AP) — More than a dozen Chicago police officers and supervisors were captured on video “lounging” inside a burglarized congressional campaign office and even appeared to be making popcorn and brewing coffee as people vandalized and stole ...

A crumbling rail overpass in Back of the Yards was the site of a violent riot that erupted during the Pullman strike of 1894, and also where a headless horseman has reportedly been spotted.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Many are wondering where we go after the week of unrest in the streets of Chicago and cities all over the country. Martin Luther King, III, offered his perspective. "I know we're a better nation than this," he said. That belief makes him ...