There are helpful things to do that don’t require lots of money or a big political fight, writes Jens Ludwig, director of the ...

CHICAGO - A man was shot and killed at a West Side grocery store around midday on Tuesday. The shooting happened in the 500 ...

Conventional wisdom about violence is wrong, Jens Ludwig, director of the University of Chicago Crime Lab, says in “Unforgiving Places,” in which he looks at why Greater Grand Crossing has so many ...

The recent show of force in Streeterville might serve as a metaphor for the state of the current response to Chicago’s crime ...

The Chicago Bears surprised many, including WR Luther Burden III, but he was the highest-graded player on their board to ...

Illinois State University students grappled Monday with the aftermath of a second shooting on or very near campus this school ...

Like the stock market reacting to a tariff announcement, the Chicago Cubs bullpen plunged in a 10-run eighth ... ignited by Carson Kelly’s three-run shot — his second of the game and sixth in only 31 ...

The Chicago Cubs will look to continue to flex their offensive muscle on Wednesday night when they conclude their season series against the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers.

Jens Ludwig, director of the University of Chicago’s Crime Lab, has a new book arguing that almost all conventional wisdom ...

The Illini have gone all-in on Euro players, and it’s something college hoops has never really seen before.

When the Chicago Sky began training camp this past weekend, there was a familiar face on the roster, at least for Angel Reese ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is ... The man who admitted to a 2022 mass shooting at a suburban Chicago Independence Day parade was set to be sentenced ...