Roblox is stepping up its age verification system for users who want to chat with other players and implementing age-based chats so kids, teens and adults will only be able to communicate with people ...

High school wrestling star Bo Bassett signed with Real American Freestyle and will debut at RAF3 on Nov. 29 in Chicago, the company announced Friday. Bassett, who is committed to Virginia Tech, has a ...

A lawful permanent resident in Chicago was fined $130 by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents for not carrying his Green Card, a provision that was rarely enforced for decades. Rubén ...

The mayor emphasized the city's long history of protest. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order Tuesday, directing local police to protect protesters' constitutional rights even if ...

Bruce DuMont, who spent decades in Chicago media including WGN Radio and WTTW has died. His career included covering the council wars during the Harold Washington Administration and producing WTTW’s ...

The developers behind the mega-popular game Roblox are facing a firestorm of controversy after banning a popular YouTuber from the platform. The user, known as “Schlep,” worked to expose predators on ...

BATON ROUGE, La. -- Louisiana sued the online gaming platform Roblox on Thursday, alleging the wildly popular site has perpetuated an environment where sexual predators "thrive, unite, hunt and ...

(NEXSTAR) – Parents around the country have filed at least eight lawsuits against popular world-building and gaming app Roblox, alleging the platform makes it too easy for predators to contact, groom ...

In a collection of lawsuits, over 400 individuals are alleging that the company behind Roblox, a popular online video game mostly played by children, doesn't do enough to protect young users. For ...

Two men and two women were killed, all in their 20s, police said. Four people were killed and 14 others wounded in a "deplorable and cowardly" mass shooting in Chicago on Wednesday night, according to ...