Chicago police: Crime numbers down compared to last year Chicago police say crime numbers are down compared to this time last year. CHICAGO - A Lynwood man who works for the CTA is accused of shooting a 37-year-old man at the CTA's 95th Street Red Line Stop Saturday on Chicago's South Side. Sylvester Adams, 53, faces one felony count of attempted first-degree murder and one felony count of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon.

Daniel K. Inouye was a Japanese American soldier with the 442nd Infantry Regiment during World War II who rose to become the highest-ranking U.S. Senator when he died in 2012.Wally McNamee/Corbis via Getty ImagesSenator Daniel Inouye in his U.S. Capitol office on August 4, 1964. Inouye would go on to serve as a Senator for Hawaii until his death in 2012. From 1963 until he died in 2012, Daniel Inouye served as the senator for the state of Hawaii.

CHICAGO - Chicago's monthly cash assistance program got underway Monday with the first $500 monthly payments going out to low-income households who faced financial hardship during the pandemic. The cash payments are funded through the $31.5 million Chicago Resilient Communities Pilot, which gives 5,000 Chicago households $500 cash payments every month for a year. "In order to recover fully from the economic impacts of COVID-19, we must develop solutions that equitably and inclusively address the challenges facing our residents,"

Gary names new police chief --- first permanent chief in three years Indiana State Police worked with the city of Gary for more than a year to improve public safety. GARY, Ind. - A new police chief was named in Gary, Indiana Friday.  Indiana State Police worked with the city of Gary for more than a year to improve public safety. The city has not had a permanent police chief in three years.

article Alia Sierra, 17, is being charged as an adult after authorities say she crashed a car into a house and killed two girls inside. (Clinton County Jail) FOX NEWS - An Indiana teen has been charged as an adult after prosecutors say she was high on opiates when she crashed her car into a house at 107 mph, killing an 8-year-old girl and her older sister inside. Alia Sierra, 17, appeared in court Friday on ten felony counts, including reckless homicide, causing death while operating a motor vehicle with a controlled substance in the blood and criminal recklessness.

article SUN TIMES MEDIA WIRE - A golf course employee in west suburban Westchester was crushed to death Wednesday by lawn care equipment, according to police. Timothy Garvin, of New Lenox, was spraying chemicals at the Chicago Highlands Golf Course when a large liquid container fell and crushed him, according to Westchester Police Chief Steven Stelter. Police were called about 8:44 a.m. to the golf course at 2 Blue Bird Trail and found the 31-year-old under the tank near the 6th hole, Stelter said.

article Patrick J. Goshorn, Jr., 30 | Will County Sheriff Mike Kelley  HOMER GLEN, Ill - A 30-year-old man was arrested in Orland Park after he failed to appear in court on a hate crime charge, according to Will County court records.  Patrick J. Goshorn, Jr., 30, of Homer Glenn, was arrested in connection to an anti-Muslim vandalism incident on Sept. 17, 2018, in the 13000 block of West Sparrow Court in Homer Glen.

Humans have always thought their sense of smell is worse than dogs'. But a new study shows that we've underestimated what our noses can do.Carl Court/AFP/Getty Images Just because a sense of smell is different doesn’t mean that it’s worse. With that in mind, a new neuroscience review claims that us humans have been a little too hard on ourselves when it comes to our sniffing abilities. “We’re discovering, to our delight, that the human smell system is much better than we were led to believe,” John P.

The 36-foot-long whale was only discovered in the remote jungle when swooping scavenger birds alerted local officials with their screeching.Bicho D’agua Institute/FacebookThe whale is 36 feet long and weighs 10 tons. While it’s no surprise that the Amazon rainforest is teeming with life, one particular discovery last week left even a seasoned team of wildlife experts and biologists in awe — when they came across the carcass of a 10-ton humpback whale in the shrubbery of Brazil’s Marajó Island.

For over 20 years, Jeremy Dewitte has been impersonating police officers in Central Florida — and committing countless other crimes all the while.X (Formerly Twitter)Jeremy Dewitte is one of Florida’s most notorious fake cops. Jeremy Dewitte has had a strange criminal career. A “serial” police impersonator, this Florida man has pretended to be a cop for more than two decades. He’s also been arrested for several other crimes, including “lewd lascivious battery sex” with a minor, failure to register as a sex offender, insurance fraud, and repeated violations of probation.