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Ohio pastor Darrell Scott is moving his talked-about summit to address gun violence in Chicago to Washington, D.C. Tuesday after talking with President Donald Trump about the idea in February.

The Chicago Police Department said Thursday that four people were killed in four hours and a pregnant woman was found dead during a violent spree of attacks that included at least nine victims.

Chicago police arrested two more men Friday in connection with the deadly Valentine's Day shooting of a 2-year-old boy, whose horrifying death was streamed on Facebook.

A two-year-old boy was fatally shot in Chicago Tuesday in what police suspect was a gang hit amid ongoing gun violence in the city that has drawn attention from President Donald Trump.

In 2007, Blair Holt died covering Tiara Reed during a school bus shooting. She has vowed to spend her life paying his bravery forward.

A dispute over sneakers and pants turned deadly. Rep. Danny Davis pledges to prevent more tragedies like this.

This weekend was the deadliest so far this year in Chicago. The Chicago Tribune reports that 17 people were killed, including an eighth-grade honors student and twin 17-year-old boys.

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Tenisha Taylor Bell’s father, Ezekiel Taylor, was a victim of gun violence on Chicago’s South Side in 1982. She recently released a video of the story that has gone viral. The Former CNN executive producer is now using her tragic loss as motivation to help at-risk African-American males in Chicago through a scholarship foundation. The Ezekiel Taylor […]

Plus, Colin Kaepernick jerseys soar to #1 on the Niners website and poll finds that support for Black Lives Matter growing among young white adults.

The Windy City is very close to surpassing last year's death toll with four months to go before the year's end.

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Dwyane Wade‘s cousin was shot and killed in Chicago Friday afternoon while pushing her 3-week-old baby girl in a stroller on the city’s South Side, reports the New York Daily News, precipitating the latest outcry against gun violence in a city wracked by violence. https://twitter.com/Robin42CD/status/769528602895396864 Nykea Aldridge, 32, a mother of four, was gunned down as she walked to […]

Chicago police on Friday released body cam footage from the fatal shooting of unarmed Black teenager Paul O’Neal that shows officers firing down a street as the alleged car thief sped away and, moments later, officers handcuffing him as he lay mortally wounded behind a home on the city’s South Side, reports The Chicago Tribune. The footage shows officers firing at least 15 shots […]