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Chicago police on Wednesday released two 911 calls from the night in January when Jussie Smollett claimed he was attacked. In one of the recordings, an unidentified caller said he worked for Smollett and wanted to report the incident on the "Empire" actor's behalf.
Texas burger chain Whataburger sold its majority stake to a Chicago investment firm on Friday. The once family-controlled chain says the deal with BDT Capital Partners is meant to help Whataburger expand.
New video from the Jussie Smollett hate crime case shows what appears to be a noose around the "Empire" actor's neck. Video from a Chicago police body camera was taken inside Smollett's home in January, when he told them he was attacked. It's part of nearly 1,200 files, including more than 90 hours of footage, newly released by the department. Adriana Diaz reports.
Singer R. Kelly, already facing sexual abuse charges brought by Illinois prosecutors, was arrested in Chicago Thursday on a federal grand jury indictment listing 13 counts including sex crimes and obstruction of justice.
R. Kelly is back in custody, this time facing federal sex crime charges. NYPD detectives and Homeland Security agents arrested Kelly Thursday night in Chicago. He was indicted earlier in the day by two federal courts – the northern district of Illinois, based in Chicago, and the eastern district of New York, based in Brooklyn. The 13-count indictment accuses Kelly of charges related to child pornography, enticement of a minor and obstruction of justice. Jericka Duncan reports.
Three teens are in custody in Chicago after being accused of beating a 15-year-old with special needs. The alleged assault was caught on video and has sparked national outrage.
As the nation grapples with two mass shooting tragedies in Texas and Ohio, dozens of people were shot in Chicago over the weekend, including two mass shootings in less than three hours Sunday. In all, seven people were killed and 46 others were wounded in shootings since Friday evening.
Nurses at University of Chicago Medical Center are holding a one-day strike following what they call a breakdown of contract negotiations between their union and the hospital. The walkout began Friday morning, with nurses marching and chanting outside the hospital.
Chicago chef Bruno Abate is on a mission to change lives one slice at a time. Adriana Diaz reports.
Despite strict stay-at-home orders during the pandemic, gun violence in Chicago has continued.
Someone tested positive for COVID-19, prompting the quick change in plans
President Trump criticized so-called sanctuary cities as he addressed a conference of police chiefs in Chicago. Watch his remarks.
Former President Barack Obama spoke about political division at the annual summit for the Obama Foundation, the couple's nonprofit organization. He said supporters of "woke" culture need to understand, "The world is messy. There are ambiguities."
The Chicago teachers' strike officially ended Thursday after 11 days of missed classes. Classes will resume in the nation's third-largest public school district on Friday.
A 7-year-old girl dressed as a bumblebee was shot while trick-or-treating in Chicago, along with a 31-year-old man. Charlie DeMar of CBS Chicago reports.
Chicago police superintendent Eddie Johnson announced his retirement in an emotional speech Thursday. He served for nearly four years as the chief of the nation's second-largest police department.
Joycelyn Savage, one of the women who was living with R. Kelly at the time of his arrest, is detailing the "abusive" relationship she had with Kelly. In an interview with CBS News' Gayle King earlier this year, she defended her relationship with him. Kelly's lawyer issued a statement calling Savage's comments "unfortunate." Kelly is being held in Chicago on charges of sexual abuse.
Donald Thurman, 26, was arrested was charged with first-degree murder and sexual assault after University of Illinois at Chicago police found 19-year-old Ruth George unresponsive in a campus parking garage. CBS Chicago's Mike Puccinelli reports.
Chicago-area rapper Juice WRLD, whose real name is Jarad A. Higgins, died Sunday after a "medical emergency'' at Midway International Airport. CBSN Los Angeles reports.
Thousands of people gathered in cities across the country for the 2020 Women's March -- the fourth iteration of the event since it began 2017. The Women's March organization has faced controversy and internal turmoil that have turned some away from their demonstrations. CBS Los Angeles' Greg Mills reports.
Kelly is being held at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in downtown Chicago, where there are 49 active COVID-19 cases, according to the Bureau of Prisons.
Ex-Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich spoke to reporters Wednesday afternoon after his release late Tuesday from prison. President Trump commuted the sentence he was serving on corruption charges. Blagojevich called himself a "Trumpocrat," and said he would vote for the president if he were allowed to vote as a convicted felon. Watch his remarks.
Jussie Smollett is on the defensive again, as he fights off new charges that he lied to police and staged a hate crime. Smollett’s original charges were dropped, but a grand jury recently indicted him on six new charges of disorderly conduct that were linked to the old case. Dean Reynolds reports.
The FBI is investigating a controversial police shooting at a Chicago transit station that was captured on camera. Witness video shows the struggle between a man and two Chicago police officers on Friday. The man was shot twice, leaving him in critical condition. Jericka Duncan reports on the latest developments.
John Prine started writing songs while delivering mail in Chicago in the late 1960s. Over the last 50 years, classic tunes just seemed to pour out of him – some sad, like "Angel From Montgomery" and "Sam Stone"; some funny, like "Illegal Smile" and "In Spite of Ourselves." Now, after beating cancer twice, the 72-year-old Prine is back with a new album, "The Tree of Forgiveness," and it's turning into the biggest record of his career, debuting at #2 on the Billboard Rock and Country charts. Anthony Mason pays a visit to Prine (whom Rolling Stone calls the "Mark Twain of American Songwriting") at his home in Nashville.
As U.S.-Iran tension soars, Trump warns violence against protesters could bring an American intervention: "We are locked and loaded and ready to go."
The FBI's field office in Charlotte, North Carolina, said the potential attack was inspired by ISIS.
"You come first," declares the new anchor of the Evening News. "Not advertisers. Not politicians. Not corporate interests — including the new owners of CBS."
Nine of the Minnesota child care centers that were discussed in a viral video, prompting allegations of fraud, were operated as expected when state investigators conducted on-site checks this week, officials said on Friday.
Many of those killed and injured by a fire that tore through a bar in Switzerland's Crans-Montana ski resort were teenagers celebrating the new year.
The U.S. Coast Guard said late Friday it has called off a dayslong search for several people who jumped overboard when their alleged drug-trafficking boats were targeted by the U.S. military.
House Democrats will also be holding a hearing on the five-year mark of the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol.
Grok, the chatbot developed by Elon Musk's company xAI, said it is fixing "lapses in safeguards" after social media users said it was generating sexualized photos of minors.
The U.S. Geological Survey said the earthquake had a preliminary magnitude of 6.5 with the epicenter near the Pacific coast resort town of Acapulco.