Investigations – Page 47

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...

Betrayed: How the Tribune broke the sexual abuse scandal at CPS

By baiduhai

June 14, 2024 at 6:43 p.m.

baiduhai Investigations Editor George Papajohn moderates a discussion with reporters Gary Marx, David Jackson,...

Judge Mauricio Araujo, who presided at the Leighton Criminal Court Building, has been reassigned to administrative duties following a complaint from the Cook County state's attorney's office.

Cook County judge reassigned after allegedly insulting prosecutor, suggesting he had sex with her

By Todd Lighty

June 14, 2024 at 6:43 p.m.

A veteran Cook County criminal judge has been reassigned to administrative duties following a complaint...

Read the memo about Judge Mauricio Araujo’s alleged misconduct

By baiduhai

June 14, 2024 at 6:44 p.m.

Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx sent a letter to LeRoy K. Martin, the presiding...

US President Donald Trump addresses the 73rd session of the General Assembly at the United Nations in New York September 25, 2018.

Quickly

By baiduhai

June 14, 2024 at 6:44 p.m.

What’s Quickly? It’s where readers sound off on the issues of the day. Have a...

Johnson Elementary School, where pedophile Marvin Lovett worked before he was shot dead by one of his teen victims. Lovett was accused of sexually abusing at least 19 boys in the North Lawndale community.

Long-buried report concluded Chicago school principal ignored warnings in horrific sexual abuse case

By David Jackson

June 14, 2024 at 6:44 p.m.

Marvin Lovett was a trusted mentor to students at Johnson Elementary School. He also was...

Timeline: The Marvin Lovett case

By baiduhai

June 14, 2024 at 6:44 p.m.

Lakeview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, shown on June 8, 2018. Shana Dorsey said the staff never told her about seriousness of her father's pressure sore, which led to sepsis, a severe infection that can quickly turn deadly.

In Illinois’ understaffed nursing homes, deadly infections persist from bedsores and common injuries that go untreated

By Elizabeth Lucas

June 14, 2024 at 6:44 p.m.

Shana Dorsey first caught sight of the purplish wound on her father’s lower back as...

The Lisbon attorney general's office announced charges levied against Benfica that could result in a ban form competition for the Portuguese club.

Benfica vows to fight corruptions charges from Lisbon attorney general

By Associated Press

June 14, 2024 at 6:44 p.m.

Benfica says it will fight corruption charges that could lead to the Portuguese soccer club...

Attorney General Jeff Sessions attends ceremonies honoring the late Sen. John McCain at the Capitol Rotunda on Aug. 31, 2018.

Trump to Sessions: Indictments against 2 GOP congressmen puts midterm election in jeopardy

By Associated Press

June 14, 2024 at 6:44 p.m.

Showing his disregard for the Justice Department's independence, President Donald Trump tweeted that federal indictments...

Raquel McClendon told the Tribune she and her 11-year-old daughter sloshed through stagnating water for days following the pipe leak. She said the property manager did little to quickly fix the problem, and she moved out in May.

Mold, leaking pipes and vagrants in the hall: Inside one charity’s ‘model’ low-income housing in Chicago

By Joe Mahr

June 14, 2024 at 6:44 p.m.

A newly formed charity came to Chicago pitching state officials on its "model" way to...