See 12 of the week’s most interesting images from around the world, as selected by Washington Post photo editors.

The Trump administration sued officials in Illinois, Chicago and Cook County on Thursday over policies that limit cooperation ...

This lawsuit will put the spotlight on obstruction by state and local officials and their refusal to support the ...

We are celebrating Black History Month by featuring stories of Chicago's past, present and future. Today, we start by ...

Trail cam photos of blackbirds and red-winged blackbirds in southern Illinois and notes on pileated woodpeckers in the Forest ...

Three teens were shot Sunday afternoon in a residence on Chicago’s South Side. The shootings occurred shortly before 12:15 ...

Justice for Jakarta!” With posters and shirts that had photos of Jakarta Jackson, family members and friends gathered ...

Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi's latest valuation of Chicago’s urban core places more of the area’s tax burden on ...

Longtime Harvey Park District executive director Kisha McCaskill was appointed to the Cook County Board of Commissioners 5th District Friday night in an intense selection process at South Suburban ...

The Hughes Fire has burned more than 9,000 acres Wednesday around the Castaic Lake in Los Angeles County on Wednesday ... it needs to extinguish this fire. Photos taken at the scene captured ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --As the shooting death of a Cook County Sheriff's deputy in the Caribbean remains under investigation, a longtime friend is talking about the light and legacy she leaves behind.

San Diego County firefighters were working to contain the Lilac Fire, one of three brush fires that broke out early Tuesday morning prompting evacuation orders, school closures and power shutoffs ...