Only winning 29 percent of the vote, Anita Alvarez conceded and congratulated her successor.
A 16-year-old boy who vowed that athletics would be his path out of Chicago and away from its rampant violence was shot and killed Sunday evening in front of his home. Andre Taylor, a multi-sport athlete at Percy Julian High School, was found suffering from a gunshot wound to the forehead on his front lawn, […]
Plus, President Obama narrows SCOTUS finalists down to three and Maryland HBCU will offer minor in Hip-Hop Studies next fall.
The man himself says he's going to drop not one, but three albums a year moving forward.
It was so cold outside this rat was trying to make it’s way inside LOL.
Jennifer Hudson’s former brother-in-law William Balfour who was convicted of killing her mother, brother and nephew has spoken out for the first time since he was sentenced to life in prison in 2012. In an interview with ABC7 from Pontiac Correctional Center, Balfour has claimed evidence from the murder was planted in a conspiracy to put him […]
Vic Mensa is riding the high wave after playing some of his music during Kanye West‘s Yeezy Season 3 fashion show. Mensa is letting the whole world hear the track that he previewed at Madison Square Garden, entitled “Danger.” The party track is produced by Papi Beatz and channels Chicago drill mixed with a bit of […]
Parents of former Little League baseball players from the Jackie Robinson West team in Chicago have sued multiple parties over scrutiny their children faced after they were stripped of their national title two years ago.
Matthew Williams, 21, was shot and killed at a friend’s house on the city’s South Side; the police have no suspects at this time.
An entire family of six was found dead in their Chicago-area home this week, including 10 and 13-year-old boys, The Chicago Tribune reports.
The criticism against the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois began in January when the non-profit organization teamed up with the Chicago Police Department to monitor police stops with the help of contact cards and thorough reports on incidents between officers and civilians.
The city of Chicago and its police force has been under heavy scrutiny, most especially since the release of footage showing the fatal shooting of 17-year-old LaQuan McDonald. Now, a new video of a police shooting has emerged involving another Black 17-year-old boy. The New York Times reports: For the second time in recent months, […]
