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CHICAGO - An Illinois law designed to ensure victims of sexual assault receive proper care inside hospitals also includes carve out that allows

NBC 5 Investigates reached out to more than 400 school districts across the Chicago area and northwest Indiana.

Luca Cacioli says the weapons detection industry is great for innovators, but lacks regulation leading due to what he calls “the wild west” - where school districts across the country are panic buying in the name of security.

Evolv Technologies, the Massachusetts-based company whose weapons detectors had been the focus of a recent NBC 5 investigation, announced Thursday

If your “hint of lime” Tostitos didn’t have enough lime, would you make a federal case out of it? What if you found out your TGI Friday’s “Crunchy Fries” were actually baked? Or that your mint chocolate chip ice cream was mint-flavored? Would you head to court and sue? Spencer Sheehan has – filing these and more than 800 other similar class-action…

CHICAGO – Ronnie Reese, the former communications director and one-time press secretary for Mayor Brandon Johnson, was fired late last month for

The Federal Trade Commission is taking action against weapons detection company Evolv Technologies, claiming the Massachusetts-based company engaged in “deceptive acts” by making false claims and misrepresenting what its detectors could do.

NBC 5 Investigates found Evolv weapons detectors being used at major Chicago sports stadiums and in Illinois school districts.

“As my son explained it, he heard gunshots they all did and immediately the teachers told everyone to get down. And locked the door and barricaded and got into a corner until police told them it was ok,” Loomans told NBC 5 Investigates Tuesday.

The deadly shooting left three people dead, including the suspected shooter CHICAGO – Tim Loomans said his fifth-grade son was right across the hall Monday when the gunfire erupted.