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Illinoisan sues PayPal, saying its charity site is misleading
The PayPal Charitable Giving Fund was accused in a lawsuit of failing to tell donors that their gifts may not reach their intended charities if the organizations aren't registered with...
Day-care worker’s record detailed
A Cook County judge Tuesday questioned a state law that allowed a South Side woman charged with killing a child to hold a day-care license despite a criminal record for...
Sheriff’s office faces 4 more indictments
In the latest case alleging criminal conduct by officers from the Cook County Sheriff's Department, two correctional officers were indicted Thursday on first-degree murder charges in the shooting death of...
A relative’s take: Anger and disgust
Joyce Sojoodi slipped into a crowded hearing room in the Cook County Criminal Courts building Tuesday, determined to look into the faces of the two men accused of killing her...
Fatal shooting brings call from pastors for an end to violence
Citing the recent spate of homicides in the South Chicago Police District, a group of South Side pastors Monday called on community residents and police to increase their efforts at...
Huge bond set for teen in slaying
A teenage girl wanted for the June 2000 murder of a Chicago truck driver was ordered held in lieu of $700,000 bond Wednesday. Margaret DeFrancisco, 17, was arrested near Rockford...
Schmude case can continue
Despite raising questions about the testimony of prosecution witnesses earlier in the trial, Cook County Circuit Judge Ronald Himel on Tuesday refused to dismiss the case against three sheriff's officers...
Trucker in big spill bought ID, state says
The trucker whose overturned tractor trailer shut down the Dan Ryan Expressway this week is an illegal immigrant who paid $4,000 for the documents of a dead man, prosecutors said...
Mom held in baby’s death
More than two weeks after the death of her 11-month-old daughter, Stacey Samuels called 911 from a pay phone. When officers arrived, she told them she "could not keep this...
Warrants issued in slaying of boy, 4
Chicago police and federal authorities issued arrest warrants Tuesday for a 26-year-old suspected gang member accused in the fatal drive-by shooting last week of a 4-year-old boy. Investigators said they...