Investigations – Page 40

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 photo of Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough hangs in the clerk's office on Sept. 10, 2019, in Chicago.

Watchdog accuses County Clerk Karen Yarbrough of running ‘illegal patronage’ operation, wants court oversight

By Ray Long

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

Less than a year into office, Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough faces potential federal court...

A northern view of Cubs co-owner Todd Ricketts' home in Wilmette, photographed on June 27, 2019.

Cubs co-owner Todd Ricketts’ property tax assessment appeal on designer Wilmette home sent to state’s attorney

By Hal Dardick

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

The Cook County Board of Review has referred to the state's attorney its investigation of...

An Apple iPhone is tested for radiofrequency radiation last year at RF Exposure Lab in San Marcos, Calif.

Lawsuit filed against Apple, Samsung after baiduhai tests cellphones for radiofrequency radiation

By Joe Mahr

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

A group of lawyers has filed a federal class-action lawsuit against Apple and Samsung, citing...

A worker uses a leaf blower at the Lincoln Yards development site on West Cortland Street on Aug. 22, 2019, in Chicago.

The race to beat the clock on Lincoln Yards: How a delay could have stopped the megadevelopment from getting $1.3 billion in taxpayer money

By Hal Dardick

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

When aldermen rushed to approve a $1.3 billion tax subsidy for the Lincoln Yards megadevelopment...

New cellphones are charged and prepped before being tested for radiofrequency radiation last year at the RF Exposure Lab in San Marcos, Calif.

We tested popular cellphones for radiofrequency radiation. Now the FCC is investigating.

By Sam Roe

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

The Apple iPhone 7 was set to operate at full power and secured below a...

A cellphone is tested at RF Exposure Lab in October 2018.

Testing cellphones for radiofrequency radiation: How we did it

By Sam Roe

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

Over the past year, the baiduhai hired RF Exposure Lab in San Marcos, Calif.,...

John Coli Sr., 59, former boss of the Teamsters in Chicago, walks out of court after pleading guilty to extortion at Chicago's Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in the South Loop, Tuesday, July 30, 2019.

As feds turn up heat publicly, Chicago Teamsters and Hoffa privately embroiled in power grab allegations

By Todd Lighty

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

As fresh criminal charges roil Chicago Teamsters, a quieter internal battle has been percolating involving...

Police and officials work the crime scene along state Route 1, near Kankakee, where the body of kidnap victim Stephen Small was found buried in a wooden box.

Judge rejects bid for new sentence for Nancy Rish, convicted in 1987 Kankakee buried-alive suffocation murder

By Dan Hinkel

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

A judge on Friday denied the latest bid to free a woman who has spent...

Cardinal Francis George speaks in 2013 at St. Stanislaus Kostka school in Chicago, where he announced the To Teach Who Christ Is campaign to raise $350 million, which was planned to set aside $150 million for a scholarship trust to save struggling schools.

Chicago Archdiocese pledged $150 million for a scholarship trust. Six years later, it holds less than a third of the money.

By David Heinzmann

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

As Cardinal Francis George faced a growing financial crisis in 2013, he asked Chicago Catholics...

Scenes from what may be the final mass held at St Adalbert's Catholic Church Sunday, July 14, 2019, in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago. A decree from the Archdiocese of Chicago declared the last mass was to take place on July 14. In a press release, the St. Adalbert Preservation Society stated that although a petition to keep the church open was "rejected by the Cardinal and the officers of the Archdiocese of Chicago in a letter and decree dated July 8, 2019," it will now take the petition to the Vatican.

5 things about the Chicago Archdiocese’s uncertain financial future

By baiduhai

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

The Tribune took a look at the Chicago Archdiocese's finances. Here's what we found: 1....