Dozens of supporters hail convicted ex-Ald. Ed Burke as devoted public servant
A flood of letters made public this week reinforced what nearly everyone in Chicago already knows: Ed Burke was an extremely powerful man.
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Feds say ex-Ald. Ed Burke used his power on ‘dark path’ of corruption, seek 10 years in prison
Federal prosecutors are asking for 10 years in prison for former Chicago Ald. Edward Burke, arguing in a lengthy filing late Monday that the 80-year-old Democratic machine stalwart was "steeped...
Lawyers for ex-Ald. Ed Burke argue ‘no reasonable jury’ could convict him in corruption case
Six months after ex-Chicago Ald. Edward Burke's landmark corruption conviction, his lawyers were back in court Wednesday in a long-shot bid for a retrial on some counts and an outright...
Man accused in Chicago of shipping ‘suicide drug’ around the world
A Mexican man is facing new charges in Chicago's federal court alleging he shipped a powerful sedative often used in state-sanctioned executions to buyers around the world.
‘She was beautiful’: A mother deep in grief over loss of her daughter, allegedly slain by a man she had reported for harassing her
Misty Tiggs wonders what could have been done to save her daughter, allegedly shot and killed by a man she had told police had threatened and beaten her.
Northwestern hazing accusers, ex-coach lawsuits consolidated for trial
Hazing lawsuits from five ex-Northwestern football players will go to trial jointly with the suit brought by former head coach Patrick Fitzgerald, a Cook County judge ruled Monday.
After long legal saga, Gerald Reed acquitted at retrial for double murder
Gerald Reed was acquitted Wednesday after a retrial of his murder case, killings for which he had spent some three decades in prison.
Northwestern hit with three new lawsuits alleging systemic sexual hazing in football program
Three new lawsuits have been filed alleging a pattern of sexual hazing on the Northwestern football team, a scandal that has ballooned in scope since it first surfaced last summer.
Sexual abuse was rampant at Illinois youth facilities, lawsuit claims
Sexual abuse of juvenile detainees was rampant in youth centers across Illinois for more than two decades, according to a sweeping lawsuit filed Monday.
Encampment opposing war in Gaza at DePaul launches, as university leaders meet with Foxx on response to student protests
Student groups at DePaul University, a longtime locus of student organizing in solidarity with Palestine, launched an encampment in protest of the war in Gaza Tuesday.