A man was charged after a woman was sexually assaulted in The Loop on Thursday. Chicago police said Rasheed Griffin was charged with felony counts, including aggravated sexual assault and aggravated battery. He is expected in court on Saturday for a detention hearing.

Embattled Det. Marco Torres told another officer that he needed his former girlfriend’s address to give to a gang member who had requested “a grand” to “get rid of her.”

Chicago Blackhawks center Connor Bedard suffered a right shoulder injury on the game’s final play Friday night, wincing in pain as he left the ice after a 3-2 loss to the St. Louis Blues.

A child was found after being kidnapped inside a stolen car on Sunday night on Chicago's South Side. Chicago police said a 30-year-old man left his car running in the 7300 block of South Lafayette with a 10-year-old in the back seat. Police said two men then entered and fled with the child inside.

A WBEZ analysis of employment data finds a lack of evidence that Chicago’s previous head tax, or its repeal, is to blame for job trends in Chicago, and sheds light on who the mayor’s new proposal could affect.

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For the second year in a row, the ice skating rink at Campus Martius in downtown Detroit tops USA Today’s 10Best list of Best Ice Skating Rinks. Detroit’s rink beat out Chicago’s Maggie Daley Park Ice Skating Ribbon to take the top spot.

Chicago police shot and killed a man while investigating a stolen car in the Arcadia Terrace neighborhood on Tuesday night.

Former President Barack Obama surprised elementary students at a Chicago Public Library branch, reading to them and joking around while wearing a festive Santa hat.

Muskegon County Airport is expanding daily service to Chicago O’Hare International Airport with 14 additional flights.

Dangerously cold conditions have arrived in the Chicago area with below-zero highs and snow on the way. The National Weather Service issued a Cold Weather Advisory for the entire Chicago area and Northern Illinois, as well as Northwest Indiana, through 12 p.m. Sunday for the incoming freezing front.