William Helton, a 22-year Coweta County Sheriff's Office veteran shot during a July 24 murder-suspect arrest in Fayette County, said he is grateful for the community's backing as he recovers.
Jayden Sweiler · August 4, 2022
Kateryna Yushchenko, who grew up in Chicago's Ukrainian community, says Ukrainians fear most that the world will tire of their war and move on.
Ken Adams · July 22, 2022
Gunfire left eight people dead and at least 17 others injured in Chicago from Friday evening into Sunday, including two wounded teenagers and a 17-year-old girl killed in a car in Englewood.
Ken Adams · July 16, 2022
Forty-one residents of a 72-unit rent-stabilized building on Stratford Avenue are asking a judge to force repairs after years of unresolved problems, including months without cooking gas.
Jacob Leary · July 9, 2022
Neighbors on Chicago's Southwest Side say healthy trees are disappearing from parkway strips and are teaming up with an environmental group to push for protections and replanting.
Ken Adams · June 26, 2022
A run of openings and renovations across the city, from a Presidio overlook to free garden entry in Golden Gate Park, gives residents new places to spend the holiday weekend outdoors.
Mei Ling · May 26, 2022
U.S. case counts have reached their highest level since mid-February, yet many people are resuming pre-pandemic routines and travel as officials hold back on new restrictions.
Ishani Kapalli · May 24, 2022
Four months after opening as a service-referral hub, the city-run facility is functioning largely as an overdose prevention site, raising legal questions and doubts about how many visitors are actually connected to treatment.
Mei Ling · May 11, 2022
Missile attacks on the capital and other cities far from the eastern front prompted Western allies to announce new troop deployments and billions in additional assistance as officials warned the war could last years.
Amy Swan · April 29, 2022
Community members, current and former officials and legal professionals filled City Hall on Wednesday to remember Judge Harry Low, who died at 90 in December 2021.
Mei Ling · April 27, 2022
Prosecutors say Roman Berkovich, 35, was driving 98 mph in a 35 mph zone when his BMW left the road near Monroe, killing 20-year-old Sophie Theriault.
Jennifer Paige · April 24, 2022
Records from nearly every police agency in the county show officers and staff are disproportionately white, and departments say they are working to recruit a more representative workforce.
Jennifer Paige · April 24, 2022
Thirteen women who say they were abused by Larry Nassar have filed administrative claims of $10 million each against the FBI, arguing agents' inaction allowed the abuse to continue.
Ishani Kapalli · April 22, 2022
A federal labor board decision on whether the Atlanta Opera's hair and makeup artists are employees or independent contractors could reach well beyond the stage and into the broader gig economy.
Amy Swan · April 7, 2022
Illinois reported its highest daily case count in nearly a month, but Chicago's public health commissioner said the city appears able to avoid a large wave driven by the BA.2 subvariant.
Ken Adams · April 5, 2022
The World Health Organization attributed the rise in reported deaths largely to reporting changes in the Americas and adjusted figures from India, even as global case counts declined.
Jacob Leary · March 30, 2022
With the FDA authorizing a second booster for people 50 and older and some immunocompromised younger people, experts say the shot is optional and most useful for the most vulnerable.
Jacob Leary · March 30, 2022
Lawmakers in Berlin held a moment of silence for 96-year-old Boris Romanchenko, who survived four Nazi camps and died in an attack on Kharkiv last week.
Ishani Kapalli · March 22, 2022
Attorney General Chris Carr says Georgia will work with other states to examine whether the video app harms the health and safety of children and teens.
Jayden Sweiler · March 4, 2022
Police in Johns Creek, Georgia, and Carmel, Indiana, have identified the husband of 31-year-old Ciera Breland as a person of interest in her disappearance, and he is being held on an unrelated warrant.
Jayden Sweiler · March 2, 2022
A new report from the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says risks to people and ecosystems will rise unavoidably over the next 18 years, but that action taken promptly can still head off some of the gravest harms.
Ken Adams · February 28, 2022
Namor Smith, 74, who once told the Prisoner Review Board to "shove" parole, was freed on a 9-3 vote after the Cook County state's attorney's office dropped its usual opposition.
Ken Adams · February 24, 2022
After an 11-year-old was killed crossing the highway in late January, Coconino County officials are adding electronic warning signs as residents say the crowding keeps getting worse.
Juan Gonzalez · February 7, 2022
A Gila County judge spared Daniel and Lacey Rawlings prison time over the Tonto Creek flood deaths of three young children, citing the couple's remorse and the effect on their two surviving children.
Juan Gonzalez · January 28, 2022
