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A Cook County judge who was accused in court filings of making racist comments during a conference in his chambers in January has been reassigned until…
Reports about the use of confinement and restraint at Cook County’s Juvenile Temporary Detention Center dominated a three-hour-long hearing this week that highlighted what advocates said…
Attorneys for gun rights supporters seeking to overturn Illinois’ sweeping gun ban faced tough questioning Thursday from a pair of federal appellate judges in Chicago.The half-dozen…
Flight cancellations at O’Hare International Airport began to ease as the busy July 4 travel weekend got underway Thursday, after days of widespread cancellations in Chicago…
The state of Illinois will offer credit monitoring and a call center for hundreds of thousands of people whose private data was compromised in a cyberattack…
Chicago-area gig workers who make deliveries for Walmart say the company’s delivery app is being targeted by scammers who use bots to hoard orders on the…
Former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Thursday for his role in the largest corruption scandal in state history.The…
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that affirmative action programs at Harvard and the University of North Carolina are unconstitutional, forcing universities and colleges nationwide to…
Cook County prosecutors intend to pursue a criminal contempt case against a former Cook County judge who has been in accused in civil filings and an…
Christine King Farris, the last living sibling of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., has died.Her niece, the Rev. Bernice King, tweeted that her “beloved aunt”…