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Police release video of fatal shooting at North Riverside mall

June 2, 2020 at 4:38 p.m.

North Riverside police have released video of a fatal shooting during Sunday's looting outside the town's mall. The 12-second clip shows a gunman in pursuit of another man, who falls...

A demonstrator burns an American flag during a march in the Loop on May 29, 2020, to bring attention to the May 25 murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer.

George Floyd fallout in Chicago: Downtown locked down, unrest spreads to South, West sides and some suburbs

June 1, 2020 at 3:10 a.m.

As Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot requested the Illinois National Guard be brought in to prevent a second night of downtown violence and looting, the chaos spilled into some city neighborhoods...

Lyons police Chief Thomas Herion in his office on April 13, 2020.

Two charities have bailed scores of felony defendants out of Cook County Jail. Some were soon charged with new crimes.

June 14, 2024 at 6:38 p.m.

Prosecutors charged 34-year-old Christopher Stewart with being an armed habitual criminal last year after the four-time felon was allegedly caught illegally carrying a handgun. At the time, Stewart's ex-girlfriend had...

Cook County Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown in 2019 at the Chicago Board of Elections.

Dorothy Brown blinks on clerks’ hours during court shutdown over coronavirus, as some walk off job

March 20, 2020 at 10:59 p.m.

Court clerks at a Southwest suburban courthouse walked off the job Friday, the culmination of a week of complaints about whether their boss, Cook County Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown,...

Marie Newman, a Democrat challenging U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski in the 3rd Congressional District, speaks with the Chicago Tribune Editorial Board on Jan. 21, 2020.

Marie Newman defeats U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski in rematch between Democrats’ progressive and moderate wings

March 18, 2020 at 3:32 p.m.

Challenger Marie Newman claimed victory over Rep. Dan Lipinski on Tuesday night in a rematch of their nationally watched Democratic congressional primary that was a battle between the party's progressive...

People accused of felony crimes — shown facing away from the camera — meet with public defenders at the Cook County Jail before their initial appearances in bond court in December.

Bail reform analysis by Cook County chief judge based on flawed data, undercounts new murder charges

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

Cook County Chief Judge Timothy Evans for months has defended the bail reform he ordered by citing an analysis produced by the office he runs. His report, released in May,...

Cook County Chief Judge Timothy Evans appears at a news conference in Chicago in 2017. He recently announced he was reversing a policy against providing full access to digital criminal court records.

Cook County chief judge withheld key court data; under Tribune pressure, he’s reversed that policy

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

Cook County Chief Judge Timothy Evans for nearly two decades has had a policy of restricting the public's access to digital criminal court records: who comes before the courts, what...

Family members of Kajuan Raye pray Nov. 29, 2016, outside Chicago police headquarters after announcing a lawsuit.

Ex-city investigator meddled in police shooting case in hopes of profiting, city watchdog says

January 16, 2020 at 11:05 p.m.

A former investigator for a city agency that looked into Chicago police shootings sought to make money on the side by connecting a lawyer with the family of a teen...

Chinese workers at the Chinese state-owned CRRC plant in Hegewisch instruct American workers on how to assemble CTA rail cars on June 13, 2019.

How a Chicago college student ended up in the middle of an FBI investigation into Chinese spying

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

Ji Chaoqun easily blended in among the 2,900 international students at the Illinois Institute of Technology, a private school just off the Dan Ryan Expressway near White Sox park. Except...

In this file photo, Chicago Ald. Edward Burke, center with green tie, leaves the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago after pleading not guilty to sweeping corruption charges on June 4, 2019.

Indicted Chicago Ald. Edward Burke out as partner at law firm, records show

August 23, 2019 at 7:34 p.m.

Embattled Ald. Edward Burke is no longer a partner at the downtown law firm where he did property tax appeal work for a long list of influential businesses and where...

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