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Spokane bishop introduced as Chicago’s next archbishop

June 17, 2018 at 8:09 a.m.

Bishop Blase Cupich of Spokane, Wash., was introduced this morning as Chicago's next archbishop, succeeding the cancer-stricken Cardinal Francis George as leader of the area's two million Roman Catholics. His...

Cardinal Francis George attends a rally of students from private Catholic schools at Daley Plaza in 1999.

Vatican names Spokane bishop to succeed Cardinal George

May 21, 2019 at 1:38 p.m.

The Vatican on Saturday appointed Bishop Blase Cupich of Spokane, Wash., to succeed Cardinal Francis George as the leader of the Archdiocese of Chicago. In an announcement by the Vatican...

Reports: Spokane bishop to succeed Cardinal George as Chicago archbishop

May 21, 2019 at 1:38 p.m.

The Vatican on Saturday is expected to name a successor to the ailing Cardinal Francis George, choosing a relative moderate from Washington state who has been outspoken on society's need...

A police sergeant guards an alley after a police-involved shooting nearby.

In Chicago, police shootings rarely protested

June 17, 2018 at 9:59 a.m.

If anything was unusual about the shootings of two people by Chicago police last weekend, it was that one of the incidents sparked a protest. A sudden rainstorm scattered the...

The convictions of Lewis Gardner, left, and Paul Phillips were thrown out in January. On Thursday, a Cook County judge granted certificates of innocence to the men who each spent close to 15 years in prison.

Men granted certificates of innocence in ’92 slayings

May 21, 2019 at 1:01 p.m.

A Cook County judge today granted certificates of innocence to two men who each spent close to 15 years in prison for their convictions in a 1992 double murder. The...

Former Death Row inmate Anthony Porter stands outside of the Criminal Courts Building on for another continuation of a hearing on an aggravated battery conviction which was not dropped when he was exonerated for murder.

Probe into famed Anthony Porter case nearly done

May 21, 2019 at 12:53 p.m.

After close to 10 months of work, Cook County prosecutors are nearing the end of their reinvestigation into one of Illinois' most pivotal wrongful conviction cases, with a decision expected...

$50K bail for suburban man accused of having child pornography

May 21, 2019 at 12:12 p.m.

An Elmwood Park man was ordered held on $50,000 bond Friday after he was arrested on child pornography and other charges. Gabriel Aguilar, 25, of the 2900 block of North...

$50K bail for suburban man accused of having child pornography

December 23, 2018 at 6:26 p.m.

An Elmwood Park man was ordered held on $50,000 bond Friday after he was arrested on child pornography and other charges. Gabriel Aguilar, 25, of the 2900 block of North...

$40M wrongful conviction settlement: ‘The money is almost beside the point’

August 18, 2019 at 3:33 p.m.

Attorneys today hailed a landmark wrongful conviction settlement awarded to five men who were wrongfully imprisoned for the rape and murder of a teenage girl but called for a deeper...

$40M for five wrongly convicted of Dixmoor rape, murder

May 21, 2019 at 11:57 a.m.

In what appears to be the largest wrongful conviction settlement in state history, the Illinois State Police has agreed to pay $40 million to five men who were wrongly imprisoned...

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