A WOMAN charged with the aggravated battery and robbery of an Irish student and her friend was granted bail, but only if she comes up with $1 million (€750,000).

Five people were shot as spectators left a crowded high school basketball game in what police said may have been a gang-related attack.

Police said they found the gun used to kill Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Hudson’s mother, brother and nephew, as Chicago’s South Side community prepared for a memorial service.

A gun recovered by police was used in the killings of actress Jennifer Hudson’s mother, brother and nephew, it was confirmed today.