Chicago's Dwayne Reed really wanted his students to be excited to start the new school year.
Sixty people in total were shot over the weekend and 28 were wounded between Sunday around noon and 3 a.m. Monday morning.
Common hopes his new initiative can inspire youth to stay off the streets.
Four were killed, including a 15-year-old girl shot riding in a Jeep along Lake Shore Drive.
In April alone, 311 people were shot in the Windy City and 36 of them died.
Plus, family of murdered trans woman says killer’s 12-year sentence isn’t enough and VP Joe Biden says don't blame 1994 crime bill, blame racism.
The 13-year-old, who is currently in critical condition, was shot in the back while walking home after playing basketball with his friends.
A Chicago man appeared in a Cook County, Illinois, courtroom Monday and was given 100 years in prison for his role in the slaying of 14-year-old Endia Martin.
Only winning 29 percent of the vote, Anita Alvarez conceded and congratulated her successor.
Plus, President Obama narrows SCOTUS finalists down to three and Maryland HBCU will offer minor in Hip-Hop Studies next fall.
Jennifer Hudson’s former brother-in-law William Balfour who was convicted of killing her mother, brother and nephew has spoken out for the first time since he was sentenced to life in prison in 2012.
Matthew Williams, 21, was shot and killed at a friend’s house on the city’s South Side; the police have no suspects at this time.
