A veteran Chicago police officer will no longer carry a badge as part of a plea agreement in which he admitted that he struck an eighth grade boy while making an off-duty visit to a South Side

The case was set to go to trial this week, but Gholston and prosecutors agreed to a plea deal on Monday. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison.

Teo, mother of Sebastian Igafo-Teo who was stabbed to death in 2023, said she needed to do something after she felt the justice system was failing her son by allowing one of his accused killers to plead to a lesser charge.

The legal fight over Erie Coke returned to a federal courtroom with the company back in front of a judge for a change of plea hearing. As a result of that hearing, Erie Coke will avoid a trial on alleged violations of the Clean Air Act from 2015 to 2019.

U.S. President Donald Trump seemingly blew off several officials during the G7 summit in Canada in calling for de-escalation between Israel and Iran. In a video posted to X, several European leaders,