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Dr. Ayoub Sayeg arrives at a court hearing at the Daley Center in the Loop on Aug. 19, 2025. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Illinois plastic surgeon with 8 patient deaths faces another license suspension

By Christy Gutowski

October 6, 2026 at 11:14 a.m.

The Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs temporarily suspended Dr. Ayoub Sayeg’s medical license,...

Gov. JB Pritzker joined Mayor Lori Lightfoot, right, Cook County President Toni Preckwinkle, second from left, and public health experts in updating residents on March 12, 2020, in the early days of the pandemic. Illinois, Chicago and Cook County received $11 billion through the American Rescue Plan Act amid the COVID-19 pandemic. A Tribune-University of Chicago Mansueto Institute analysis revealed few efforts to identify potential waste and abuse of that money. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Illinois, Chicago, Cook County got $11B in pandemic aid but there were gaps in oversight and transparency

By Dan Petrella

September 13, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

The Tribune and the University of Chicago's Mansueto Institute examined how Illinois, Chicago and Cook...

Weiss Memorial Hospital, in Chicago's Uptown neighborhood, was closed in August 2025 after federal regulators cut off Medicare funding over safety issues. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

Illinois ignores rules and red flags as ‘servant leader’ runs up $100M state tab, then closes 2 hospitals

By Joe Mahr

August 30, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

West Suburban and Weiss Memorial's collapse illustrates what can go wrong in a state that...

A proposed location for a Waukegan casino is shown on Dec. 17, 2019, in the 28-acre city-owned Fountain Square site bordered by Lakehurst Road and Northpoint Boulevard.

Waukegan’s decades-old casino dreams could hinge on bidders with key figures who’ve been denied before

By Kim Geiger

June 14, 2024 at 6:40 p.m.

After 30 years of failure, Lake County's largest city finally is on the cusp of...

People applaud other speakers Monday, Feb. 3, 2020 during a CPS meeting after leadership changes were announced at Lincoln Park High School.

Lincoln Park High School scandal has sparked 5 investigations and top leaders’ removal. Here is how it unfolded.

By Hannah Leone

June 14, 2024 at 6:40 p.m.

Lincoln Park High School scandal has sparked 5 investigations and top leaders' removal. Here is...

Attorney General William Barr arrives before U.S. President Donald Trump's remarks about his Senate impeachment trial at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 6, 2020.

Investigations into 2020 candidates must be cleared by top Justice Department officials

By The New York Times

June 14, 2024 at 6:40 p.m.

Attorney General William Barr issued new restrictions Wednesday over the opening of politically sensitive investigations,...

Students from Lincoln Park High School walk back to school after they stage a walkout and march to protest sudden staff changes at the school on Feb. 3, 2020, in Chicago.

Players from suspended Lincoln Park High team fail in last-ditch effort to enter city playoffs as misconduct scandal engulfs school

By Hannah Leone

June 14, 2024 at 6:40 p.m.

First they went to the Chicago Public Schools headquarters in the Loop. Then they tried...

Sheriff: Spring Grove man charged with dealing crack cocaine

By News-Sun Staff

June 14, 2024 at 6:40 p.m.

In a statement released Friday, sheriffs officials said Derrius L. Crenshaw, 26, of the 38000...

Antae Manierre, who is gay, runs Haute Diggity Dawgs hot dog stand in North Lawndale, shown Dec. 13, 2019.

Racial slurs, a stabbing and an attempted synagogue burning: Reported hate crimes rise in Chicago, particularly against Jews and LGBT people

By Dan Hinkel

June 14, 2024 at 6:40 p.m.

A transgender woman was walking in South Austin early one morning about a year ago...

Personal attorney to President Donald Trump, Jay Sekulow, left, and White House counsel Pat Cipollone, right, arrive at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 27, 2020, for the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump.

GOP defends Trump as John Bolton’s book excerpt adds pressure for witnesses at impeachment trial

By Associated Press

June 14, 2024 at 6:40 p.m.

Senators faced mounting pressure Monday to summon John Bolton to testify at President Donald Trump's...

FILE - In this Jan. 7, 2020, file photo, Amy Braley Franck, a civilian victim advocate with the 416th Theater Engineer Command, poses for a portrait with more than 800 pages from several sexual abuse reports at her home in Oswego, Ill.

Army investigates handling of Illinois sex assault complaints

By Associated Press

June 14, 2024 at 6:40 p.m.

Army officials have quietly ordered an investigation into allegations that leaders of an Illinois-based reserve...

Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi at the City Club of Chicago on Jan. 21, 2020.

Assessor Fritz Kaegi to critics: Some real estate investors are playing politics for financial gain

By Hal Dardick

June 14, 2024 at 6:40 p.m.

Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi on Tuesday pushed back at critics in the development community,...

UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship ) fighter Conor McGregor attends a news conference in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Oct. 24, 2019. McGregor announced that he will fight an undisclosed opponent with the event expected to happen in Las Vegas, USA, in January 2020. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

Conor McGregor silent when asked about sexual assault investigations

By The New York Times

June 14, 2024 at 6:40 p.m.

Mixed martial arts star Conor McGregor stayed silent Wednesday when questioned directly about two sexual...