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R. Kelly turns himself in at 1st District police headquarters in Chicago on Feb. 22, 2019.

Allegation of inappropriate witness contact by R. Kelly prosecutor raises temperature as trial nears

August 5, 2022 at 7:19 p.m.

With little more than a week to go until jury selection, R. Kelly's federal trial in Chicago is shaping up to be a hotblooded, bare-knuckle legal brawl. A barrage of...

Emails sent from former R. Kelly prosecutor’s burner account to author of singer’s book at issue as trial looms

August 3, 2022 at 5:07 p.m.

With trial just two weeks away, the Chicago federal case against R. Kelly took yet another strange twist Wednesday when it was revealed that the onetime lead prosecutor used a...

Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx holds a news conference on March 15, 2022.

Her office hit by the pandemic and morale issues, Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx struggles to keep up with prosecutor exits

July 25, 2022 at 5:00 a.m.

Back in March, a high-ranking Cook County prosecutor sent an email that by her own admission was "desperate." A jury trial was scheduled to start soon in traffic court. But...

Former Detective Reynaldo Guevara hides his faces as he leaves the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in 2018 during a trial in a suit accusing him and others of framing a man for murder.

Judge tosses murder convictions of brothers who allege framing by former Chicago police detective

July 14, 2022 at 6:35 p.m.

A Cook County judge on Thursday threw out the murder convictions of two brothers who allege former Detective Reynaldo Guevara framed them at the behest of another cop, who was...

R. Kelly back in Chicago’s federal jail ahead of trial next month

July 13, 2022 at 9:34 a.m.

After being held for more than a year in Brooklyn, Chicago-born R&B star R. Kelly was back at the federal jail in the Loop on Wednesday in advance of his...

Jose Cruz celebrates with family and friends after his release from Stateville Correctional Center on July 12, 2022, after a judge threw out his conviction and prosecutors dropped charges against him after he'd served 26 years.

Inmate exits Stateville Correctional Center a month after chance encounter with Cook County state’s attorney

July 13, 2022 at 6:43 a.m.

It was an astonishing coincidence: a Stateville inmate encountering the Cook County state's attorney, just a day after prosecutors discussed whether his decades-old murder case should be thrown out. But...

Members of the community attend an interfaith service on July 10, 2022, at Glencoe Union Church after seven people were killed on July Fourth during a mass shooting in Highland Park.

Like another before him, alleged Highland Park mass shooter passed through Illinois gun-permitting system intended to stop him

July 10, 2022 at 2:34 p.m.

By the time Highland Park police arrived at Robert Crimo III's home in September 2019, there had already been several signs of trouble. A reported suicide attempt. Domestic violence calls...

Un oficial de policía del Condado Lake camina por Central Avenue el 4 de julio de 2022, después de que un tirador disparara contra el desfile del 4 de Julio en Highland Park, un suburbio al norte de Chicago.

Pese a la advertencia de ‘peligro claro y presente’, el tirador de Highland Park aún pudo comprar armas

July 7, 2022 at 10:26 a.m.

Dos días después de que un tiroteo masivo en el desfile del Día de la Independencia de Highland Park conmocionara al país y pusiera un enfoque renovado en las debilidades...

Highland Park police ‘clear and present danger’ warning insufficient to keep alleged parade shooter from purchasing rifle, state police say

July 6, 2022 at 8:09 p.m.

Two days after a mass shooting at the Highland Park Independence Day parade shocked the country and put renewed focus on weaknesses in Illinois' gun laws, authorities continued to hash...

Former Ald. Patrick Daley Thompson, center, leaves the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago on July 6, 2022, after being sentenced to four months in prison for tax evasion and lying to banking regulators.

Former Ald. Patrick Daley Thompson sentenced to four months in prison in tax case

July 6, 2022 at 3:13 p.m.

Patrick Daley Thompson, former 11th Ward alderman and scion of the Daley political dynasty, was sentenced Wednesday to four months in prison for tax evasion and lying to banking regulators....

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