Cook County jury awards $18 million to three rape victims
A Cook County jury has awarded $18 million to three women who were sexually assaulted at knifepoint in Chicago's Bucktown and Lakeview neighborhoods after a serial rapist walked out of...
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Hastert lawyer calls leaks to media ‘800-pound gorilla’ in courtroom
The attorney for Dennis Hastert continued to rail against leaks to the media, calling the anonymous disclosure of alleged sexual misconduct by the former U.S. House speaker "the 800-pound gorilla"...
‘You killed my baby!’ relative shouts at court hearing in fatal crash
Family members began wailing and a woman shouted, "You killed my baby!" at the first court appearance Monday for the man charged with fatally striking a toddler with his car...
Judge delays ruling on cameras at Chicago police commander’s trial
A Cook County judge said Monday she will rule later this month on whether TV cameras and still photographers will be allowed to cover the upcoming trial of a Chicago...
Hedge fund manager’s swank offices concealed a Ponzi scheme
When Neal Goyal opened his swank North Michigan Avenue offices early last year, it seemed just the latest sign of the hedge fund manager's wild success. His massive corner office...
6 years in prison for hedge fund trader in Ponzi scheme
The former head of a Chicago investment firm tearfully apologized to his victims, sobbing as he addressed family members he'd scammed, before he was sentenced Thursday to six years in...
Podiatrist convicted in Sacred Heart Hospital kickback scheme
A Chicago podiatrist was convicted Thursday of accepting $2,000 monthly kickbacks from Sacred Heart Hospital in exchange for sending patients to the struggling West Side facility. Dr. Shanin Moshiri was...
Man given life in prison for killing Chicago cop, 2nd victim
The daughter of slain Chicago police Officer Michael Flisk, an evidence technician, tearfully described in court Friday the pain she felt holding her father's lifeless hand, still covered in fingerprinting...
Judge considers audio-only coverage of police commander’s trial
A Cook County judge Thursday raised the possibility of allowing only audio coverage at the upcoming trial of a Chicago police commander on charges he shoved a gun into a...
Lawsuit decries use of solitary confinement in Illinois prisons
During years in solitary confinement, Brian Nelson says he spent the days pacing in his 5-by-12-foot cell to the point that each week brought new blood blisters to his feet....