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 where former President Barack Obama famously delivered his acceptance ...

Police in Chicago are investigating how a 6-foot burning cross came to be in a park in the downtown section of the city on Tuesday. A viral video taken by a driver showed the cross, long associated ...

Chicago police charged 21-year-old Merlin Lu with multiple felonies, including hate crime and arson charges, after authorities say he burned a cross in Grant Park on June 9. Officers responded to ...

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.

(AP) – A 21-year-old man has been charged with a hate crime, arson and other offenses for a cross that was set on fire in a Chicago park, police said. Merlin Lu admitted to a TV station this week that ...

A man charged with lighting a cross on fire in Chicago’s Grant Park will not be detained pretrial, a judge ruled during a court hearing Thursday. 21-year-old Merlin Lu turned himself in to authorities ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A 21-year-old man has been charged after burning a cross in Grant Park last week, according to Chicago Police.