State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke says Hoover, 75, took advantage of “misguided public policies and disinvestment” and ravaged Chicago’s neighborhoods with his creation of the Gangster Disciples.

A federal grand jury has indicted six purported Chicago gang members for racketeering conspiracy, accusing the gang of involvement in 13 homicides as well as spates of other violence across the city ...

WASHINGTON (WLS) -- President Donald Trump slammed Chicago's violence as he kicked off African American History Month at the White House Wednesday during a meeting with African American ministers.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An alleged Latin Kings member accused of putting a bounty out on U.S. Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino in Chicago entered a ...

CHICAGO (AP) — One of Chicago’s most infamous gang leaders asked Gov. JB Pritzker for clemency Wednesday after winning a pardon from President Donald Trump earlier this spring, arguing that he had ...

Gangs in Chicago have a long, dangerous history, some operating with the sophistication and hierarchy of corporations. In the 1980s, the leaders of the El Rukns were convicted of conspiring in a ...

Two alleged Chicago gang members are facing federal charges after guns and "switch" devices were found inside their home last ...

Chicago has posted death statistics that rival the number of soldiers lost in Afghanistan, but some locals are trying to reverse the violence. Recently, ABC News held a televised sit-down, Don’t Shoot ...

When federal agents unexpectedly detained a Chicago teen and his mother last month, outraged community members rallied to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A federal grand jury has indicted six purported Chicago gang members for racketeering conspiracy, accusing the gang of involvement ...