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Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan leaves the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse after being sentenced to 7 1/2 years in prison and fined $2.5 million during his post-trial sentencing hearing on June 13, 2025, in Chicago. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Appeals court upholds corruption conviction of ex-Speaker Michael Madigan, calls evidence ‘overwhelming’

April 27, 2026 at 6:21 p.m.

A federal appeals court in Chicago on Monday upheld the sweeping corruption conviction for ex-House Speaker Michael Madigan, brushing aside his arguments that schemes to help utility giant ComEd and...

A social media image of Peter Stokes, 19, shows him wearing a diamond-encrusted necklace with the phrase "HACK THE PLANET," according to charges alleging Stokes was part of a multinational hacker group called Scattered Spider. (U.S. District Court records)

Teen charged in Chicago was part of international ‘Scattered Spider’ hacker group, feds say

April 27, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Federal charges filed under seal in Chicago allege the teen is a prolific member of a loosely connected, international group of sophisticated hackers known as Scattered Spider, and that he...

The Dirksen U.S. Courthouse, left, at Federal Plaza in Chicago on Feb. 4, 2025. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Project manager for Chicago-area construction company gets 2 years probation in bribery scheme

April 24, 2026 at 9:57 a.m.

A project manager for a Chicago-area construction company has been sentenced to two years of probation for his limited role in a scheme to bribe an employee of the Cook...

Sameer Suhail, the former Chicago medical supply company owner who fled to Dubai shortly before being indicted in a massive scheme to defraud Loretto Hospital, walks outside the Metropolitan Correctional Center after being released on April 22, 2026, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Fugitive Chicago medical exec returns from Dubai to face Loretto Hospital fraud charges

April 22, 2026 at 5:51 p.m.

A former Chicago medical supply company owner who fled to Dubai shortly before being indicted in a massive scheme to defraud Loretto Hospital has returned to the U.S. to face...

Red-light cameras at the intersection of Illinois 83 and 22nd Street, which is in Oakbrook Terrace and Oak Brook in 2017. (Nuccio DiNuzzo/baiduhai)

Brothers plead guilty to paying off Oakbrook Terrace mayor in red-light camera scheme

April 21, 2026 at 3:12 p.m.

The stepsons of a deceased mob-connected businessman have pleaded guilty to participating in a red-light camera kickback scheme that funneled thousands in cash payments to the then-mayor of Oakbrook Terrace...

Four Corner Hustlers boss Labar "Bro Man" Spann was sentenced on April 20, 2026, to life in prison for racketeering and four murders. (Chicago Police Department)

Judge sentences West Side gang leader to life in prison, calls him ‘boss to a bunch of losers’

April 20, 2026 at 5:01 p.m.

Reputed boss of Four Corner Hustlers sentenced to life in prison for racketeering conviction involving four gangland murders.

Members of the Texas National Guard assemble at the Army Reserve Training Center in Elwood, a far southwest suburb of Chicago, on Oct. 7, 2025. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Lawsuit over National Guard deployment in Illinois runs out of steam, judge dismisses it

April 20, 2026 at 3:14 p.m.

Six months after federal troops were preparing to deploy to Chicago during Operation Midway Blitz, a federal judge on Monday granted a motion to dismiss the state's lawsuit over the...

The Chicago Department of Law, with offices at City Hall, says it has boosted oversight of bills filed by the private law firms it hires to defend reversed-conviction cases. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

A 69-hour-workday? City of Chicago paid head-scratching legal bills

April 19, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Legal invoices are one of the only available avenues to evaluate how well Chicago is vetting massive bills for which taxpayers ultimately are on the hook.

The four defendants charged in the ComEd bribery scheme are, from left, consultant Jay Doherty, lobbyist and former ComEd executive John Hooker, retired lobbyist Michael McClain and former ComEd CEO Anne Pramaggiore.

‘ComEd Four’: The case that once rocked Illinois politics now on shaky ground

April 18, 2026 at 4:00 a.m.

After a pair of Supreme Court rulings on central issues like bribery and false statements, followed by a lightning-quick reversal by a Chicago appeals court, the ComEd Four case that...

Ashraf al Safoo, 34, was arrested at his home when it was raided by the FBI on Oct. 17, 2018, in the 5200 block of North Virginia Avenue in the Budlong Woods neighborhood of Chicago. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)
(E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Judge gives 25 years to Chicago man convicted of aiding Islamic State terrorist group

April 16, 2026 at 2:22 p.m.

A federal judge Thursday sentenced a former Chicago IT specialist to 25 years in prison for helping the Islamic State terrorist group through a media campaign that encouraged attacks, celebrated...

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