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Murder trial begins for man allegedly part of drug and robbery crew authorities have said exalted ‘Santa Muerte’

October 18, 2021 at 7:33 p.m.

One snowy evening in February 2011, Mohammad Adan heard a banging on the door of his Edgewater apartment. It wasn't quite a knock, Adan told Cook County jurors Monday. It...

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot speaks during a press conference on Oct. 18, 2021, updating the status of the city's vaccine requirement.

Judge issues restraining order to stop Chicago police union boss from public talk against vaccine mandate

October 18, 2021 at 5:29 p.m.

A judge late Friday issued a temporary restraining order against the Chicago police union president, prohibiting him from making public statements that encourage members not to report their COVID-19 vaccine...

Actor Jussie Smollett speaks to Judge James Linn after his sentence is read on March 10, 2022, at the Leighton Criminal Court Building.

Judge rules Jussie Smollett trial is on for Nov. 29

October 15, 2021 at 2:13 p.m.

After more than two and a half years of dramatic developments in the Jussie Smollett case, the former "Empire" actor is officially slated to go to trial in late November....

Witness in gang leader’s federal trial testifies about notorious hit on Rudy ‘Kato’ Rangel

October 13, 2021 at 6:41 p.m.

Nearly two decades after the infamous murder of Latin Kings boss Rudy "Kato" Rangel, the West Side gang leader accused of carrying out the contract killing stood trial in connection...

Wyndham Lathem arrives at a police station as he is escorted by Chicago police on Aug. 19, 2017, in Chicago.

‘I feel so bad for what (they) have seen’: Victim’s mom to jurors who found ex-Northwestern professor guilty of murdering boyfriend

October 7, 2021 at 6:54 p.m.

A former Northwestern professor was convicted Thursday of murder in the gruesome 2017 stabbing death of his boyfriend. Cook County jurors deliberated for less than two hours before returning the...

Andrew Warren arrives at a police station escorted by Chicago police on Aug. 18, 2017, in Chicago.

Prosecutors challenge ex-Northwestern professor’s version of the killing of his boyfriend during his second day on witness stand

October 6, 2021 at 4:36 p.m.

The ex-Northwestern professor charged with murder in the 2017 slaying of his boyfriend took the stand again Wednesday for questioning by Cook County prosecutors, who sought to discredit his testimony...

Andrew Warren arrives at a police station escorted by Chicago police Aug. 18, 2017, in Chicago. Warren, an Oxford University financial officer, and Wyndham Lathem, a Northwestern University professor, have been charged with first-degree murder in the death of Trenton James Cornell-Duranleau, a Michigan native who had been working in Chicago.

Former Northwestern professor takes witness stand, describes stabbing, killing of boyfriend as a threesome gone wrong

October 5, 2021 at 6:43 p.m.

The former Northwestern professor accused in the gruesome slaying of his young boyfriend took the stand Tuesday and in tearful, often strained tones, said it was his British companion Andrew...

Prosecution rests at murder trial for ex-Northwestern professor accused of killing boyfriend

October 4, 2021 at 6:57 p.m.

After more than a week of testimony, Cook County prosecutors rested their case Monday in the trial of a former Northwestern professor accused in the gruesome stabbing of his boyfriend....

Ex-Northwestern professor’s murder trial ends a riveting first week, even without specific mention of sexual thrill-kill motive once alleged in case

January 6, 2022 at 4:05 p.m.

Four years ago, when Wyndham Lathem and Andrew Warren touched down at O'Hare International Airport after a weeklong nationwide manhunt, the city was baffled: What could possibly have led a...

Andrew Warren arrives at a police station escorted by Chicago police on Aug. 18, 2017.

Odd death pact preceded stabbing of former Northwestern professor’s boyfriend, alleged accomplice testifies

September 29, 2021 at 6:36 p.m.

A British man told a Cook County jury Wednesday he traveled to Chicago in 2017 to meet an accomplished Northwestern microbiologist as part of an elaborate, suicidal plan for the...

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