The suspect in a 2023 fatal stabbing and alleged hate crime attack in the south suburbs waived his right to testify Thursday. Joseph Czuba's defense attorneys called two other witnesses Thursday ...

An Illinois man was sentenced to 53 years in prison on Friday for the murder of a six-year-old Palestinian-American boy in an attack deemed an anti-Muslim hate crime linked to the Israel-Hamas war.

Caroline Kubzansky covers afternoons and evenings for the Metro desk. She previously covered local government and goings-on throughout the north and northwest suburbs for the Tribune's Pioneer Press.