A Chicago police officer's gun was found unattended in a bathroom at the Cook County George N. Leighton Criminal Courthouse Thursday, officials said.

An Illinois Dem lawmaker introduced a bill that would legalize violence against police if an attacker was having a mental health episode.

Illinois Rep. Lisa Davis has introduced a bill that would allow offenders who attack police officers to claim a legal defense if they say they were suffering a mental health episode.

Robert Crimo III, accused of carrying out a mass shooting in Highland Park in 2022 that left seven people dead pleaded guilty Monday to all charges ...

Highland Park shooter Robert Crimo III pleads guilty, influencing Illinois' assault weapons ban. Legal battles continue.

Robert Crimo III, the man accused of carrying out a mass shooting in Highland Park in 2022 that left seven people dead and ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee hopes to pass what legislators are calling an assault weapons ban as part of the state’s budget for the 2026 fiscal year. But what does ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - A convicted felon is now facing multiple aggravated assault and weapons charges after after a high-speed chase with Metro Police. KeSamuel Lusk, 26, reportedly fled from ...

Participants in the ICAN Academy hold a banner reading “Sign the Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty” in front of the Atomic Bomb Dome, in Hiroshima, Japan, Nov. 13, 2024 (Kyodo photo via AP Images).

CORTLAND, NY (WBNG) -- Senator Kirsten Gillibrand introduced legislation last week that would raise the legal age to purchase assault weapons from ages 18 to 21, the same age required to purchase ...

A new poll shows that 64% of Rhode Islanders support a ban on the sale and manufacture of "assault weapons". The poll, conducted by Fleming & Associates for the Rhode Island AFL-CIO, surveyed 400 ...