/ Cbs 2 Investigators From CBSNews.com Sun, 29 Jun 2025 05:56:30 -0400 5 /news/pollution-steel-industry-cancer-rates-gary-indiana/ Doctors, environmental groups and residents are trying to determine if there is a causal connection between pollutants from the steel industry and rates of cancer in Gary. Tue, 27 May 2025 11:50:00 -0400 https://assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2025/05/23/1db3c62e-fac2-4e0c-a039-8f00ce050aa6/thumbnail/60x60/be60226baf33f201d6e81fe8922e78a9/gary-steel-tara-investigators-clean.png 44f62997-1edb-4259-ae5b-cf622a99f00e /chicago/news/kim-foxx-reflects-historic-time-in-office/ Cook Cook State's Attorney Kim Foxx sat down with CBS News Chicago to reflect on her legacy after eight years in office. Tue, 26 Nov 2024 10:49:51 -0500 https://assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2024/11/22/349b23a3-8664-4be6-bcc4-cb34ce75fd2b/thumbnail/60x60/a9e29194a27f1504a9c38b8c8b2b7854/ps-foxx-2024.png 1034720f-4ab3-4c61-8753-684187b1000d /news/indiana-gun-storage-laws-firearm-safety/ Indiana is ranked among the states with the weakest gun safety laws, in part because it does not have a law that requires safely storing firearms. Wed, 20 Nov 2024 07:51:33 -0500 https://assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2024/11/18/a8588097-915b-4702-a14b-a1402320e0a0/thumbnail/60x60/11f92094751567bf7ca4b017facd105b/kandice-cole.png df2adf4f-0e2f-4709-9302-b195cea69021 /essentials/chicago-police-events-overtime-unpaid-2024/ The police department has spent $22.6 million in overtime this year for officers working special events — only about $2 million of which has been reimbursed to the city. Tue, 19 Nov 2024 12:45:34 -0500 https://assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2024/11/15/482cec3b-d320-4dc9-86b3-7ae498563c58/thumbnail/60x60/0d967787f5d6827b407fba70d6c28cab/cpd-parked-in-front-of-square-roots-festival.jpg c5aeef9b-7eef-4c26-ba89-68120e7b1a3e /news/police-overtime-chicago-street-festivals-unpaid-taxpayer-burden/ City law requires festival producers to reimburse the city for police overtime worked at their events, but records requests show the city is not retroactively charging for it. Fri, 15 Nov 2024 12:31:58 -0500 https://assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2024/11/15/482cec3b-d320-4dc9-86b3-7ae498563c58/thumbnail/60x60/0d967787f5d6827b407fba70d6c28cab/cpd-parked-in-front-of-square-roots-festival.jpg e9c38c96-68d2-4f10-ad24-b6a71e8c135e /news/batavia-skull-identified-esther-granger/ The skull has been identified as Esther Granger, a 17-year-old girl who died in Indiana, in 1866. Thu, 24 Oct 2024 18:46:21 -0400 https://assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2024/10/24/a3ace047-d480-40f7-9af4-52298e171fa6/thumbnail/60x60/47afe8fe0ce1b3af0a6c64e8aae05997/esther-granger-skull.jpg 3d5900ef-9b2f-405a-b51e-ba3d5e3af357 /news/baby-abandoned-justice/ After learning someone tried to kill him when he was just hours old, he used DNA testing kits hoping to get offenders arrested. Thu, 17 Oct 2024 23:22:00 -0400 https://assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2024/10/17/76d0c704-de80-44ca-8c9f-191ceb1297a5/thumbnail/60x60/3f069c2b5906bb780a8f6958a8987949/abandoned-baby-1.png d3e9bf5c-afe5-47f4-b808-7421529c111d /news/young-mother-fought-stop-abuser-shot-and-killed/ Maria Roque filed numerous police reports and got a protection order. But the system that was supposed to protect her failed. Mon, 20 May 2024 23:24:30 -0400 https://assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2023/12/17/8714b052-6060-4342-ae40-66eaaf6218af/thumbnail/60x60/059c5a6cca24c7b2cd3ce292f257bce1/maria-roque-2.png 6f499d33-017a-4b64-8028-8d958aab326c /news/call-to-action-conversation-justice-black-women/ Expert panel discussion centers the focus on the disparity that 1 in 3 victims of crime in Chicago is a Black woman Fri, 10 May 2024 09:27:56 -0400 https://assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2024/04/24/23ab55cb-c10d-44cc-9931-334c11dc3ef1/thumbnail/60x60/517bfd296b86e4c7a3f8cf84f38b65da/call-to-action-justice-for-black-women.jpg 5cef0657-0c2c-48ef-8d81-036f4f81ba67 /news/temu-class-action-lawsuit-illinois-data-privacy-concerns/ Class-action lawsuits in Illinois and New York accuse Temu of collecting customer personal data without proper notification. Mon, 12 Feb 2024 11:19:00 -0500 https://assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2024/02/11/7fb5bec7-112e-4651-a14e-92c7836535f4/thumbnail/60x60/a09ade4693c7396458c58d24e337a483/temu.png 46e01b0a-d9fd-4c3a-8a69-4387aae8582e /news/black-woman-victimized-by-crime-in-chicago/ This alarming data has spurred a call to action from prominent members of the Black community. Leaders gathered at the North Lawndale Employment Network to discuss the issue and explore solutions. Tue, 12 Dec 2023 11:11:00 -0500 https://assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2023/12/12/32933246-a530-41ff-9e29-51ea74170eec/thumbnail/60x60/317f682051b597f8a6c593966051b9c6/black-women-injustice-meeting-2.png 6f56f4a1-79fb-49f8-8361-bc69163900dc /chicago/news/kimberly-foxx-findings-black-women-crime-jarring/ Foxx is one of a handful of local, state, and national leaders responding a CBS 2 series of reports, Investigating Injustice: Black Women At Risk. Mon, 04 Dec 2023 23:27:00 -0500 https://assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2023/12/04/77760971-30c8-4c15-a8d7-f404bef9942f/thumbnail/60x60/9b3bc3dee2bfd88beb7c3e1433940dd8/kim-foxx.png 842d224e-b0f7-4c10-80dc-b9d84bd4efe8 /chicago/news/black-women-crime-victims-task-force/ "We've got to do a better job as a society to make sure that every resident of the city is safe, especially when it's overwhelmingly impacting one segment of our community," Ald. Gilbert Villegas said. Fri, 03 Nov 2023 19:29:00 -0400 https://assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2023/11/03/56600f2f-fa43-43d6-8c3a-e6960de3c73b/thumbnail/60x60/c15667aee3fcee9d6708e81069908a90/791a99faafce40960e86472de703e2f6.jpg d699da2a-ea01-424b-b50f-2ba79e2f4728 /news/black-women-crime-targets-chicago/ Black women have been disproportionately impacted by crime in Chicago for decades Mon, 16 Oct 2023 23:31:00 -0400 https://assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2023/10/17/cad8bd2b-d494-48f1-998d-3c8e30ea42bf/thumbnail/60x60/b4907eae7226f98936d691346eee519c/black-women-crime-victims.jpg 7e753866-c1c9-4b78-98fe-6f230a8d866d /chicago/news/chicago-police-new-moms/ For three years, Chicago Police officer Erin Kreho has documented filthy conditions inside rooms she was told to use when she needed to pump breast milk. Thu, 10 Aug 2023 23:34:00 -0400 https://assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2023/08/10/ce1e6dd8-df3a-40c0-a64a-9cd36fda2bf3/thumbnail/60x60/0e8a23fba10d70d37edaf7efcfd8a438/serious-tight-shot-of-erin.png ec507056-334e-457c-bd28-5e0d8dad82d7 /news/over-10-years-exonerated-wayne-washington-name-cleared/ We uncovered Washington's story last year, when he took his fight for his innocence all the way to the Illinois Supreme Court. Fri, 21 Jul 2023 19:19:00 -0400 https://assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2023/07/21/6cc4218d-a823-40d1-b08e-f0255ea249be/thumbnail/60x60/c1b92d8b7ecf9a75c1600c3333ffd374/wayne-washington.png 7a6474f3-4d9c-42dd-a9ef-c7093a445cb7 /news/black-women-hardest-hit-in-most-crime-categories-in-chicago/ Black women only make up 16% of the Chicago's population, but account for 1 in 3 of the city's batteries and assaults. Mon, 12 Jun 2023 01:17:00 -0400 https://assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2023/06/12/a2272a27-c086-4883-8ca3-647b640b9a01/thumbnail/60x60/f7c0b404e399a31121b82041a49f3c49/main-image.png e1a3c83a-ba15-4c30-b831-b952cdba8100 /chicago/news/illinoisarab-americans-state-data/ If passed, Arab Americans and minority groups from the Middle East will be separately recognized. Fri, 19 May 2023 17:25:00 -0400 https://assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2023/05/19/68755608-e9c2-4355-8515-1d0a41eec057/thumbnail/60x60/a7e989b25a9a6cba21126083390c8b6a/screenshot-2023-05-19-160504.png 506d1453-e984-49f0-83b0-e37f6e9bd25b /news/they-had-him-they-had-the-weapon-five-years-after-her-brothers-murder-one-chicago-woman-surprisingly-learns-justice-will-never-come/ Chicago Police have low arrest rates, but higher rates for cleared or closed cases. We dig into what's behind those numbers. 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