On the final day of summer break, Chicago Public Schools students and families across the city took part in events aimed at helping children start the year feeling confident and supported.
The Sky's home game against the Valkyries was interrupted when multiple sex toys were thrown onto the court, prompting Chicago's Natasha Cloud to speak out against what she described as "weird" behavior.
A man was shot to death inside an SUV on the city's South Side on Saturday evening, Chicago police said.
A man was found stabbed to death in a South Side park on Saturday night, Chicago police said.
A West Side shooting killed a woman and injured two other people on Saturday night, Chicago police said.
A gunman allegedly opened fire inside a northwest Indiana antiques store on Saturday night, killing one person and injuring another before turning the gun on himself, police said.
