While city staff said the program had been a long time coming, the vote eerily came on the same night that a 14-year-old boy was injured in a shooting in ...

The number of former juvenile inmates who allege they were sexually abused at the hands of staff at juvenile detention facilities across Illinois has grown to more than 900, according to their ...

CHICAGO -- Illinois has one of the nation’s worst problems with child sex abuse at juvenile detention centers, attorneys representing more than 900 survivors who have filed lawsuits said Wednesday.

Clashes in Syria between Bedouin tribes, government forces, and the Druze minority have left dozens dead, raising fears of ...

Peel Regional Police have shut down a “violent criminal network,” charging 13 people accused of being involved in a string of co-ordinated home invasions.

Top church leaders in the Holy Land have condemned intensifying Israeli settler violence on the only entirely Christian ...

Three schoolchildren were killed and two others, including the driver, sustained serious injuries after a passenger train rammed into a school van — carrying four students — which was attempting to ...

The Stop the Violence March comes as violent incidents continue in the city, especially involving youth. Marcher Keri Hayes ...

ICE and National Guard raid California pot farms, detain workers, sparking protests and concerns over deportation policy. This live blog is now closed.

Disturbing mass shootings in Philadelphia over Independence Day weekend, part of larger trend of gun violence in USA.