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Donald Trumps campaign abruptly canceled his Chicago rally Friday night over security concerns as protesters clashed with his supporters inside an arena where he was to speak.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel ousted Chicagos police superintendent Tuesday, after the citys police department came under fire over an officer shooting a teenager 16 times, and for resisting, for more than a year, to release a video of the fatal shooting.
Chicago officials released a chilling dashcam video of the fatal shooting of a black 17-year-old on Tuesday, just hours after a white police officer was charged with first-degree murder in the encounter.
Federal education authorities, staking out their firmest position yet on an increasingly contentious issue, found Monday that an Illinois school district violated anti-discrimination laws when it did not allow a transgender student who identifies as a girl and participates on a girls sports team to change and shower in the girls locker room without restrictions.
Minnesotas civil commitment program which detains more people per capita than any other state is facing an overhaul. Earlier this year, a federal judge found it unconstitutional, but changing it is unpopular with politicians.