Crime trends: Chicago homicide rates remain stubbornly high after a historic spike in 2016, a 60 percent increase from the previous year. Though Chicago stands out as the only major U.S. city to have seen such a spike past the year 2000, the lingering trend this year fits in line with findings from other cities, according to The Chicago Tribune:

Among 18 of the largest homicide-rate spikes analyzed by the Tribune, 11 were followed by further increases the next year. And among the seven spikes th…