Dean Baquet

Mayor Harold Washington`s administration Saturday identified John E. Adams, the fired deputy revenue director, as the city official who allegedly took a bribe from a company seeking a city contract...

In 1979, Michael Raymond, a con man about to be sentenced for bilking some European investors out of $1 million, walked into the office of New York federal prosecutor John...

In 1979, Michael Raymond, a con man about to be sentenced for bilking some European investors out of $1 million, walked into the office of New York federal prosecutor John...

An FBI undercover investigation into Chicago`s government began in 1984, when a well-known securities swindler arrested in Tennessee on gun charges offered to lead federal officials to corrupt politicians here,...

State investigators examining Brian Dugan`s claim that he killed a 10-year-old Du Page County girl are so impressed with his detailed description of the interior of her house that they...

Mayor Harold Washington`s administration is launching an ambitious program that could eventually require many big real estate developers and city contractors to go through City Hall when they hire employees....

Clarence McClain and Noah Robinson, two of the most politically influential black businessmen in Chicago, say they are setting up a steel supply company to compete for contracts reserved for...

Joseph Hannon, the dapper former educator whose public career has been marked by controversy, resigned under pressure Friday as managing director of McCormick Place. Hannon had initially sought, in return...

As the No. 1 graduate of the U.S. Marine Corps guard training school in Quantico, Va., Cpl. Gregory Weber of Cincinnati had his choice of any embassy post in the...

Mayor Harold Washington has hired longtime political ally Sam Patch to help run the minority business enterprise program that was launched with much fanfare two months ago. Patch is to...