Police in Chicago say a person is in custody in an investigation of a large cross set on fire in a well-known park.

A large burning cross — a historic symbol of hate and intimidation against Black Americans — was discovered in a Chicago park ...

CHICAGO — An investigation is underway on Wednesday morning after police say a burning cross was found at Grant Park on Tuesday afternoon. According to police, the “burning object” was found resting ...

A strange and what some call disturbing sight in Grant Park on Tuesday — a burning cross. Chicago police spent about three hours investigating the cross burning earlier in the day. Though much ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A suspect is now facing charges, including multiple counts of hate crime and arson, for burning a cross in Grant Park last week.

Chicago police on Wednesday released a surveillance image of someone they said was spotted fleeing the scene as a cross burned in Grant Park.

The 21-year-old man was arrested on two felony hate crime counts and other counts in connection with the cross, which was set on fire in Grant Park on June 9, police said.

Merlin Lu, 21, faces two counts of felony hate crime, as well as felony charges for arson and damage to property, police said. That’s in addition to misdemeanor charges for reckless conduct, criminal ...

A Chicago college student claims he burned a cross in a popular park to protest Donald Trump and MAGA, not as a racist hate crime statement.