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Protesters gather at O'Hare International Airport on Jan. 28, 2017, after at least 18 people were detained, including green card holders. They were heldbecause of an executive order by President Donald Trump temporarily blocking refugees coming to the U.S. and placing a temporary moratorium on immigrants from seven barred countries.

Fear, anger at O’Hare: Travelers freed after being held over Trump order, lawyers say

August 21, 2019 at 9:55 p.m.

U.S. authorities took more than a dozen travelers into custody Saturday at O'Hare International Airport in response to President Donald Trump's immigration order — but lawyers who came to their...

Corporation Counsel Steve Patton after Mayor Emanuel delivered a special address about police department matters to the Chicago City Council Wednesday Dec. 9, 2015.

Chicago’s top lawyer preparing to depart amicably but amid controversy

May 22, 2019 at 10:58 p.m.

A former White House counsel has been named the city of Chicago's next top lawyer, as current Corporation Counsel Stephen Patton announced his upcoming departure after six pivotal years during...

Ald. Scott Waguespack, 32nd, is chairman of the council's Progressive Caucus, which sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch, asking her to launch a federal review of the city Law Department's federal civil rights litigation division.

Chicago aldermen want federal investigation of city Law Department

May 22, 2019 at 10:57 p.m.

As the U.S. Justice Department asks Chicago to address deep flaws in police officers' use of force, a group of aldermen is accusing Mayor Rahm Emanuel's Law Department of enabling...

Chicago police officers process a scene near 63rd and Honore streets where an officer shot and killed 20-year-old Divonte Young on Aug. 9, 2012. The officer exchanged gunfire with the man after he had shot at two others, authorities said.

Chicago Law Department is sanctioned again for withholding police shooting records

May 22, 2019 at 10:55 p.m.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel's Law Department again has been sanctioned for withholding records involving a fatal police shooting, marking the eighth time in recent years a federal judge has formally punished...

Future campus sex assault investigations uncertain under Trump

June 8, 2018 at 1:03 p.m.

After a month of struggling on her own, Veronica Portillo Heap went to her academic adviser at the University of Chicago in May 2014 and told her that she had...

Former NIU Police Chief Donald Grady speaks at a news conference Feb. 15, 2008, about shootings at the university.

NIU settles with fired police chief for $1 million

June 8, 2018 at 3:45 p.m.

Northern Illinois University on Thursday agreed to pay more than $1 million to end a lawsuit brought by controversial former police Chief Donald Grady. The university's board of trustees approved...

Chicago police officer Gildardo Sierra, left, and Darius Pinex.

2 suits over fatal Chicago police shootings being settled for about $3M each

May 22, 2019 at 10:49 p.m.

The city of Chicago is expected to pay more than $6.4 million to resolve two fatal police shooting lawsuits — one involving an unarmed teenager and another that sparked a...

Illinois law enforcement takes in more than $319 million on forfeited property

June 8, 2018 at 10:29 p.m.

Illinois law enforcement confiscated more than $319 million in property and cash from individuals over the past decade, using a system that does not require convictions — or even charges...

Anti-Donald Trump protesters rally near the intersection of North Wabash Avenue and East Upper Wacker Drive while marching Nov. 9, 2016, the day after Donald Trump won the presidential election.

5 arrested after largely peaceful anti-Trump protests downtown

June 24, 2019 at 10:36 a.m.

Angry over Donald Trump's election victory, thousands of protestors took to local streets for nearly nine hours Wednesday and into early Thursday in an intense show of opposition to the...

Comptroller-elect Mendoza dons Topinka’s red power suit in show of unity

May 23, 2019 at 8:10 p.m.

Comptroller-elect Susana Mendoza wore red Tuesday night — a remarkable color choice for a Democrat in a decidedly blue state. Even more unusual was that it was a secondhand outfit....

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