Illinois police reform act will eliminate cash bail and make our streets less safe

A controversial, anti-violence activist priest in Chicago who once caught attention for his relationship with former President Barack Obama is under investigation for another sexual abuse of a minor case.  The Archdiocese of Chicago announced Saturday that Father Michael Pfleger will be under investigation for a new allegation of sexual abuse of a minor said to have taken place more than 30 years ago, according to a statement.  "Father Pfleger has been asked to step aside from ministry and live away from the parish while the allegation is investigated. He has agreed to cooperate fully with this request," Archbishop of Chicago Cardinal Blase J. Cupich said Saturday.  The allegation was reported to the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services and law enforcement officials.

The Archdiocese of Chicago announced Saturday that Father Michael Pfleger will be under investigation for a new allegation of sexual abuse of a minor. The alleged sexual abuse is said to have taken place more than 30 years ago, according to a statement.  "Father Pfleger has been asked to step aside from ministry and live away from the parish while the allegation is investigated.

“January 6th was one of the most dramatic and consequential moments in our nation’s history,” proclaimed Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) as portrayed tonight on Saturday Night Live once again by Kenan Thompson. “So, to fight back, we assembled a team of monotone nerds to do a Power Point,” the long time cast member added as fellow SNLers played Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) and soon-to-be departing Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY), with the latter in the form of Heidi Gardner.

The Real Housewives of New York City may be on pause but stars Luann de Lesseps and Sonja Morgan are not and they’re set to take their next adventure. Bravo has announced Luann and Sonja: Welcome to Crappie Lake, a spinoff that has the socialites travel to the small town of Benton, Illinois that will premiere in 2023.

Luann de Lesseps and Sonja Morgan are swapping the Big Apple for something… much smaller. According to Bravo's announcement on Saturday, the longtime castmates are getting their own new Bravo series — but instead of the Berkshires, they're heading to Benton, Illinois. Considering the town has just around 7,000 locals, fans can count on the two beloved reality stars standing out in their temporary new home.

Ellise Shafer “RHONY” stars Sonja Morgan and Luann de Lesseps are trading New York City for small-town life in upcoming spinoff series “Luann and Sonja: Welcome to Crappie Lake.” Coming to Bravo in 2023, “Welcome to Crappie Lake” will follow the two socialites as they travel to the small town of Benton, Ill. According to the show’s official logline, Morgan and de Lesseps will “help spruce up their small town, which has a population just shy of 7,000. It’s a fish-out-of-water experience for everyone involved, especially when the two Manhattanites check in to the local motel. At the request of the mayor, they take on tasks to boost morale and galvanize the town with new spirit. From building a new playground to revitalizing the local theater with a full-on variety show, Luann and Sonja have their work cut out for them as they embrace their new temporary home. Whether searching for the town’s famous crappie fish in the lake with their bare hands or going mudding with monster trucks, one thing is for certain – with Luann and Sonja in charge and out of their element, hijinks and hilarity are sure to follow.”

Documents from the Florida Department of Transportation released Friday reportedly show that the state has paid nearly $1 million to arrange two sets of flights, carrying approximately 100 migrants who had entered the country illegally, to Delaware and Illinois. The two flights were apparently initially slated for some time before Oct. 3 but were halted or postponed.  According to The Associated Press, citing the department, the contractor hired by the state extended the window for the trips until Dec.

Entertainment Weekly. “I now get to go off and do my own thing.”But Kimmel wanted to make it official with a contract.“I declare this is my last Halloween movie,” Kimmel read. “I, Jamie Lee Curtis, Queen of scream, daughter of Janet Lee and Tony Curtis, mother of Lindsay Lohan.

Frustrations continue to mount against Cook County States Attorney Kimberly Foxx as a growing number of attorneys in her office resign, a source familiar with the matter told Fox News Digital. Four Cook County Assistant State's Attorneys (ASAs) recently resigned from Foxx's Felony Review Unit — three of whom quit on the same day — all within the past two weeks, a source familiar with the matter told Fox News Digital.

Residents of Chicago now fear a new wave of criminal activity as numerous incidents were reported of an armed suspect robbing postal workers at gunpoint.  Chicago mayoral candidate and Democratic alderman Raymond Lopez and Alderman Anthony Napolitano joined "Fox & Friends" Tuesday to discuss the Chicago crime wave and the new attacks.  "The criminals know that there are a lot of goods being transported through the Postal Service, and they are targeting our workers, trying to get a hold of those keys so that they could break into the mailboxes, violate federal law, city law and every other law they could think of, because in Chicago, there are no consequences," Lopez said.  One woman in Chicago reportedly had a $37,000 check stolen in October. After attempting to send the check in the mail to a landscaping contractor, she learned that the check was deposited by someone else.  A USPS deliveryman sorting in the back of his truck in Chicago, Illinois, on Sept.

R Kelly has been accused of fraudulently selling his music rights to a childhood friend in order to avoid that intellectual property from being used to cover the damages he was ordered to pay as a result of civil litigation over allegations of sexual abuse.The musician was sued by Heather Williams in February 2019, a month after the screening of the ‘Surviving R Kelly’ programme that prompted various new criminal investigations into the many allegations of sexual abuse that had been made against the star over the years.Those criminal investigations, of course, have resulted in two high profile trials to date, in both Chicago and New York. In the former he was found guilty of enticing minors to engage in criminal sexual activity and of filming that abuse.

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker recently acknowledged that changes to the language of the controversial SAFE-T Act, which eliminates cash bail and makes changes to policing, might need to be made following public outcry across the state but one crime expert told Fox News Digital that isn’t enough.

A train hit a car on Chicago's far South Side on Sunday afternoon. A spokesperson for Metra, which operates the train, said that outbound Rock Island train #113 crashed into a car at West 111th Street near Marshfield Avenue, according to FOX 32.

The FBI released its national crime data for 2021 this week, but it lacks data from nearly 40% of police departments nationwide, including massive forces in cities such as New York and Los Angeles.  "I don't think you could get national numbers, at least not useful national numbers, from this data," Jacob Kaplan, criminologist at Princeton University, told the Marshall Project earlier this year. "It's going to be really hard for policymakers to look at what crime looks like in their own community and compare it to similar communities." The FBI switched to a new recording program at the start of January 2021, called the National Incident-Based Reporting System.The new reporting method was rolled out to provide a more thorough snapshot of offenses, such as what weapons were used in an incident, types of property stolen, and more detailed demographic information on victims and perpetrators of crimes.

Illinois Rep. Sean Casten, a Democrat, announced Friday that his daughter's death in June was from a cardiac arrhythmia. "This past June, our daughter, Gwen Casten, died of a sudden cardiac arrythmia.

Illegal immigrants can apply for a guaranteed basic income pilot program in Illinois that will provide participants with monthly cash payments for two years.   The Cook County Promise Guaranteed Income Pilot will send 3,250 residents $500 each month in cash assistance.

A man free on bond for attempted murder and drug charges allegedly shot and killed two men last month in Chicago, prosecutors said this week.  Absalom Coakley, 29, allegedly fired a single shot with a .40-caliber handgun, striking 29-year-old Terrance Johnson Jr. in the back of the head in the early morning hours of Sept. 25 during a "video shoot party." Around 50 people were in attendance, according to a court complaint obtained by Fox News.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker and his Republican challenger Darren Bailey used an hourlong debate Thursday finding different ways to call each other "liar" with Election Day fewer than five weeks away.

The Skinny Confidential Him & Her” podcast that she was still scarred from the experience, declaring: “I just I don’t think that it’s good for anyone. They should make it illegal.”Rhoades — who recently revealed she had a baby with an unidentified NBA player — was just 19 when she appeared in her first X-rated scene, saying she was naive as to what she was getting into.