The city's police forensics lab will take up most of the space of a new $100 million University City building.

The selection kicks off a new, monthslong phase of planning, development, and construction. Securing funding and selecting a ...

Activists are rallying in support of a Columbia University graduate, and legal permanent resident, who's being detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Students gathered on the University of Chicago’s campus Tuesday, calling on their school to be transparent about their ...

Authorities in Tuscaloosa are hopeful that new forensic techniques may lead to answers in the nearly forty-year-old unsolved ...

Chuck's Gun Shop in Riverdale has shut down after years of protests and investigations linking it to guns used in Chicago crimes, with many local activists celebrating its closure.

A Chicago non-profit received $25 million in funding Thursday to lead a previously discontinued violence-prevention program after the school board voted unanimously for its reinstatement.

When asked to pick three top issues facing Chicago, around two-thirds of respondents said crime was the biggest problem. High taxes and inflation were the other top concerns listed by respondents.

Students of BRAC University staged a demonstration on their ... Additionally, they urged the authorities to deploy armed patrol teams in high-crime areas, ensure police stations are fully staffed ...

Last fall, the University of Chicago Crime Lab released research on the program’s effects over time. Teenagers who participated were nearly 40% less likely to be arrested for a violent crime ...

Republican and Democratic lawmakers at the Colorado State Capitol have joined forces on a bill they hope restores trust in the state's crime lab after a scandal involving a veteran DNA analyst.

Two Provident Hospital staff members stabbed Monday afternoon at the Bronzeville hospital have been released. Pat Nabong/Sun-Times file Share Two Provident Hospital staff members who were wounded ...