NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A heavily criticized months-long federal law enforcement operation in Chicago has caused a decrease in crime and resulted in the removal of criminal illegal immigrants, the Department of Homeland Security said Wednesday. Since the Operation Midway Blitz in September, many crimes have dropped, including a 15% drop…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A habitual criminal from Chicago whose record stretches back four decades has been sentenced to six years in state prison after prosecutors said he broke into two businesses less than two days after his latest release from the Illinois Department of Corrections. Vance Patton, 59, pleaded guilty…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Chicago police are on the hunt for a man who they say stabbed a woman in the chest without provocation on a train platform near the University of Illinois Chicago Saturday night. The victim, a 27-year-old woman, was sitting on a bench at the train station when…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A man who carjacked a Rolls-Royce from an 83-year-old woman in Chicago while on probation won’t be riding in luxury anytime soon after being sentenced to 10 years in prison. Trevon Robinson, 19, of Chicago, pleaded guilty to a felony count of aggravated vehicular hijacking with a…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A father and son in Chicago were killed after a jewelry store robbery over the weekend, according to police. The Chicago Police Department said an unknown male offender entered a jewelry store at around 5:49 p.m. on Saturday in Chicago’s Little Village area and stole items, FOX…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A manhunt is underway after federal immigration agents were targeted in four violent attacks Saturday while conducting enforcement operations in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood, where rioters opened fire, hurled debris and rammed vehicles in what the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) called an unprecedented assault on law…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Authorities are searching for a man who allegedly shot at U.S. Border Patrol agents Saturday during immigration operations in Chicago. Border patrol agents were conducting immigration enforcement operations in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood, when a man driving a black Jeep fired shots at agents and fled the…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in Chicago this week arrested a Mexican national and former DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) recipient with a violent and lengthy criminal history who entered the U.S. illegally, officials said. ICE described Alan Eduardo Garcia’s arrest as “high-risk” because…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! James Watson, who co-discovered the double-helix structure of DNA in 1953, has died at age 97. Born in Chicago in 1928, Watson made the groundbreaking discovery at just 24 years old alongside British physicist Francis Crick. Watson died in hospice care after a brief illness, his son…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! New records obtained by Chicago’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) revealed on Tuesday the “gift room” showcased by Mayor Brandon Johnson’s office in February was constructed only after investigators were blocked from inspecting gifts already received, raising fresh questions about where the city property — including cufflinks,…
