Police have charged one suspect after a suspicious package caused the evacuation The Bean and the shutdown of Michigan Avenue. more ›

Police had to remove a military mortar shell from the Metra Milwaukee District/North Line tracks near the Mayfair station on the Northwest side today. If that was someone's idea of an April Fool's Day prank, we don't see the humor. more ›

Police yesterday responded to a bomb scare around LaSalle and Division. An unattended suitcase was found in the area around 5:15 p.m. Benjy took these shots about an hour later when the bus he was on ignored the roped off area and pushed through the route. more ›

Between Times Square being closed yesterday due to a pipe bomb that was found inside a vehicle and yesterday's United flight from Chicago to Philadelphia that contained a "suspicious message" found on board, it seems only logical that another terrorist scare would pop up to round out the weekend. This time, a suspicious package that was found on a Red Line train Saturday night--which resulted in all lanes of the Dan Ryan Expressway and Red Line trains being shut down for two hours--ended up being a pipe that had been left behind. more ›

What with Paris Hilton's release earlier this week and the upcoming celebration of American Independence (sorry, Londonist!), we've been thinking a lot about freedom. Freedom to vote, freedom to choose, and most importantly, freedom to blog. Here are a few things we're happy we've been free to blog about this week. Being the nation's capital, DCist felt especially proud to let freedom ring this week by exposing the really important issues, like how sad they... more ›

The Police Committee of the City Council decided yesterday that it would be a crime to engage in the sort of guerrilla advertising used by the promoters of "Aqua Teen Hunger Force (ATHF)" earlier this year. more ›

Seattlest saw a house party get senselessly attacked with a shotgun and end in seven dead. A local senator is debated and their version of the big dig is investigated. To truly get to the bottom of it they interview the writer Jonathan Raban. Bostonist has its first birthday party and investigates how to attach more gambling dollars to the Red Sox. Benjamin Franklin is celebrated and Johnny Damon is not. Image by Ethan Bagley... more ›