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Three armed carjackers were thwarted by security guards early Wednesday when the suspects tried to take a woman’s car in the South Loop but were unable to start it, police said.

A fire performer accidentally set fire to a garage Wednesday while rehearsing in Volo, causing extensive damage to the townhome and sending a woman to a hospital.

A man has been charged with murder for the death of a woman killed in a crash with a Chicago police squad car in Lake View Wednesday while he led police on a chase across the city.

A body found in the West Branch of the DuPage River earlier this week is that of an 18-year-old woman who was swept away by high waters earlier this month, the DuPage County Coroner’s Office said.

The DuPage County coroner’s office will determine whether the body is that of the 18-year-old West Chicago woman who was swept away by the flooded river May 15 while walking her two dogs at the Winfield Mounds Forest Preserve in Winfield, officials said.

A 32-year-old woman and her two children have been reported missing from Chicago.

A 62-year-old man was stabbed Wednesday while riding a CTA Blue Line train near the Jackson station in the Loop.

An 80-year-old woman was missing for four hours this morning from an assisted living facility in Deer Park until alert employees and a customer at a nearby store recognized her.

A woman opened fire in a cigar lounge in west suburban Lisle Friday, killing a retired Illinois State trooper and injuring two others, before fatally shooting herself, authorities said.

A Kalamazoo, Michigan woman took to social media to express her frustrations about a botched eyebrow tattoo job and the artist who did the work says she’s welcome to come back and have them fixed — but she won't give the woman a refund.