Show your heart during COVID-19! March 23, 2020 10:52 pm|A Facebook group formed because of the COVID-19 outbreak has tens of thousands of followers in just a…
Unique Illinois privacy law leads to $550M Facebook deal February 10, 2020 12:02 pm|CHICAGO (AP) — Adam Pezen, Carlo Licata and Nimesh Patel are among millions of people who have been…
Chicago police blame Facebook for illegal gun, drug sales December 5, 2019 11:52 am|CHICAGO (AP) – Chicago police say investigators have arrested more than 50 people accused of using private Facebook…
Final defendant in videotaped beating case pleads guilty July 13, 2018 12:42 pm|CHICAGO (AP) – A 20-year-old man has become the last of four defendants to plead guilty to taking…
Man gets 8 years after guilty plea in videotaped beating July 6, 2018 11:35 am|CHICAGO (AP) – A Chicago-area man who was the alleged ringleader in the beating of a mentally disabled…
Guns allegedly trafficked in Chicago were bought online by 3 May 16, 2018 11:30 am|CHICAGO (AP) – Federal firearm trafficking charges have been filed against three men who allegedly used a website…
Cook County sues Facebook, Cambridge Analytica for fraud March 27, 2018 11:40 am|CHICAGO (AP) – Cook County is suing Facebook and Cambridge Analytica for fraud after revelations that the latter…
Online scam pretends to be Illinois Attorney General February 23, 2018 1:20 pm|CHICAGO (AP) — The Illinois Attorney General warns that a social media scam is soliciting personal information with promises of…
Woman sues Twitter, Facebook, Google over 2015 Paris attacks February 21, 2018 12:57 pm|CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago-area woman who was at a cafe in Paris during the 2015 attacks is…
Teen pleads guilty in shooting in Facebook feud over boy January 20, 2018 1:25 pm|CHICAGO (AP) — A teenager accused of fatally shooting another teen in a Facebook feud over a boy…
Chicago woman charged in shooting streamed live on Facebook January 5, 2018 1:35 pm|CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago woman has been charged in the non-fatal shooting of a 27-year-old woman as…
Another arrest in Chicago police Facebook sting operation January 3, 2018 3:50 pm|CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago police say they’ve made another arrest in an investigation in which officers infiltrated an…
Chicago police arrest dozens selling drugs, guns on Facebook December 22, 2017 12:30 pm|CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago police say dozens of people have been arrested after officers infiltrated an invitation-only Facebook…
Veteran Chicago police officer cited for 62 rule violations November 23, 2017 2:51 pm|CHICAGO (AP) — An oversight agency for the Chicago Police Department has cited a veteran officer for more…
New trial denied in Facebook robbery May 25, 2017 8:55 pm|There will be no new trial for a Galesburg man convicted in December of the armed robbery of…
Chicago Man charged in fatal beating posted on Facebook May 17, 2017 9:52 pm|CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago man is being held without bond in the fatal beating of another man that…
Internet privacy plans OK’d by state committee March 30, 2017 7:07 pm|SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ An Illinois House committee has backed legislation meant to enhance internet privacy rights at…
Chicago-area woman accused of Facebook threat against police July 10, 2016 10:23 am|EVERGREEN PARK, Ill. (AP) — A suburban Chicago woman is accused of posting a threat on Facebook to…
Morel hunters go online to see where to go — and not go April 18, 2016 4:19 pm|PEORIA, Ill. (AP) –Mushroom hunters are getting a heads up online about where they can go to find…
Actor-author Jesse Eisenberg to speak at Illinois Wesleyan October 25, 2015 2:52 pm|BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (AP) — An actor who’s remembered for playing Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg in “The Social Network” is…