On this episode of "Behind the Badge," we remember Ella French, a Chicago police officer killed in the line of duty in 2021. Ella’s mother, Elizabeth French, and officer Carlos Yanez Jr., ...

A photograph genuinely shows a 2,700-year-old Assyrian deity statue that was discovered in Iraq in 1992, intentionally buried ...

28, 2025. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune) Information about homicides is released daily by the city of Chicago. The release of homicide victims’ names is delayed by two weeks to allow time for ...

A new study has revealed how Neo-Assyrian writing boards were made, offering the earliest known example of cuneiform writing on wax. These ancient boards, uncovered in the ruins of Nimrud in ...

This scenario parallels later Jerusalem, where eighth-century BCE levels reveal a surge of ivory carvings and exotic goods once the city became a prosperous Assyrian vassal. In contrast, researchers ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The fifth Syriac Heritage Festival commenced on Monday in Erbil’s Christian-majority district of Ankawa, attracting Assyrians and Chaldeans from Iraq and abroad as the ...

Donation Options Search Search Search Migrants sheltered at Chicago’s Near West District police station in 2023, the year cops were told to alert feds about arrests involving possible gang ...

Donation Options Search Search Search A man died after falling into the south branch of the Chicago River April 9, 2025. Sun-Times file Share Divers tried to rescue a man who died after falling ...

Pictured: (l-r) Taylor Kinney as Kelly Severide, Steven Weber as Dr. Dean Archer, Dermot Mulroney as Chief Dom Pascal, Toya Turner as Kiana Cook — (Photo by: Elizabeth Sisson/NBC) Chicago’s finest ...

Chicago in and of itself is an innovative marvel to behold. Established on soggy land adjacent to Lake Michigan, the city underwent major architectural efforts to physically raise the urban area to ...

A man accused of committing five rapes in Chicago from 2022 to 2025 was arrested on April 4 and charged with 18 crimes, according to the Chicago Police Department (CPD). CPD Superintendent Larry ...