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Sci-fi books and movies have imagined a future where police can predict crimes long before artificial intelligence (AI) made ...
Leaders say the expansion will help them meet ambitious goals of reducing shootings, even as President Donald Trump pulls ...
Leaders from various groups helping disrupt crime met to discuss what has been going on this summer in Chicago, and how to ...
Officials in Manhattan and Chicago touted sharp drops in homicides in the first six months of 2025, compared to the same period last year.
The Scaling Community Violence Intervention for a Safer Chicago (SC2) program, which began in February 2024, has resulted in a 39% decrease in shootings and a 40% decrease in shooting victims in the ...
Quality of life considerations like crime rates, health and child care availability, and air quality dictate where people ...
Over the first six months of 2025, shootings and homicides have dropped to some of the lowest levels seen in about a decade.
In Deadly Force, academics Tom S. Clark, Adam N. Glynn, and Michael Leo Owens inject a wealth of new information into the ...
Trump announced a 50% tariff on copper imports Tuesday, triggering a jump in U.S. copper prices that could cause an increase ...
The July Fourth weekend gave Chicagoans some reason for encouragement on violent crime. And some reason for despair.
A violent Independence Day weekend has Chicagoans worried about violent crime, but it was a spike and not a trend. Crime is ...
The Cook County Criminal Justice Dashboard provides a new way for residents to access local criminal justice data ...