A police car behind crime scene tape. While federal and state aid is available for crime victims, many say that they struggle to access it. (Getty Images) Aieda Harris knows the pain of gun violence.

A coalition of attorneys general from 20 states and Washington, D.C., is asking a federal judge to stop the U.S. Department of Justice from withholding federal funds earmarked for crime victims if ...

The DOJ has opened a victim compensation fund tied to $200M in forfeited Backpage assets. Victims whose trafficking was facilitated via Backpage.com between 2004 and 2018 may be eligible. Petitions ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — Two years and 14 surgeries after a hit-and-run driver severely injured Mari Villar as she and friends walked to get food, the Bridgeport teen has still not fully recovered, and her ...

Several Democratic state attorneys general say the Trump administration has backed away from requiring states to agree to cooperate with the president’s immigration agenda in order to access federal ...

The original version of Thursday's News Tribune story on the final attorneys' fees and costs in the Pat Kerr case against the state reported that some punitive damages award money goes to the state's ...

Police tape off a street in Grand Blanc, Mich., after a shooting and fire at a church. Victims of crime often face a maze of legal and administrative barriers, making it hard to secure compensation or ...