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A Chicago police officer at fatal traffic stop in Humboldt Park last month.
Criminal Justice
Watchdog chief questions whether Chicago cops lied about why they stopped Dexter Reed before killing him in exchange of gunfire
By Tom Schuba , Frank Main , and 3 more
 
Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks Wednesday at the Hyatt Regency Chicago.
Politics
Attorney General Merrick Garland, in Chicago, announces $78 million in federal grants for violence prevention
By Andy Grimm
 
Traccye Love looking into camera through mirror
Race, Class & Communities
Smooth and straight — and now sick? Thousands of Black women are suing the makers of hair relaxers in federal court in Chicago.
By Andy Grimm  and Natalie Moore
 
Robert Bevis, owner of Law Weapons and Supply in Naperville, holds an AR15 rifle.
Criminal Justice
Gun rights group asks Supreme Court to overturn Illinois assault weapon ban
By Andy Grimm
 
Jacques Rivera, center, embraces his children Jennifer and Jacques Jr. at the Drisken Federal Building after a jury found that he was framed for a 1988 murder by a former Chicago police officer on June 29, 2018.
Criminal Justice
Chicago taxpayers have paid nearly $700 million since 2000 in lawsuits by people who said they were framed by police
By Andy Grimm
 
Flanked by attorneys and supporters, former quarterback Lloyd Yates, 26, speaks during a news conference Wednesday in River North to discuss hazing in Northwestern University’s football program.
Former Northwestern football players go public with claims of a ‘culture’ of hazing, abuse
By David Struett  and Andy Grimm
 
Shakman era ends
Criminal Justice
With little fanfare, Shakman era ends as Cook County Clerk’s office released from court oversight of hiring
By Andy Grimm
 
Amy Solomon, deputy assistant Attorney of the Office of Justice Programs, meets with staff of Chicago-based community anti-violence organizations on Thursday at the UCAN campus in North Lawndale.
Criminal Justice
Justice Department officials take interest in, praise Chicago anti-violence programs
By Andy Grimm
 
Members of Chicago CRED hold up signs and chant in a Roseland/West Pullman neighborhood.
Criminal Justice
‘Peacekeepers’ try to prevent violence using hard-won street smarts
By Andy Grimm
 
Kim Foxx talking in blue jacket with city logo partially displayed behind her
Politics
Kim Foxx won’t seek a third term
By Andy Grimm , Matthew Hendrickson , and 1 more
 
Former ComEd CEO Anne Pramaggiore walks into the Dirksen Federal Courthouse
Politics
Prosecution rests in ComEd bribery trial as defense says former CEO Anne Pramaggiore will testify
By Andy Grimm  and Dave McKinney
 
In this file photo, Micheail Ward listens to testimony in trial in the fatal shooting of Hadiya Pendleton in 2018. Ward was sentenced to 84 years in prison for Pendleton’s 2013 murder, but an appeals court on Friday overturned his conviction.
Crime
A new trial has been ordered in the murder of Hadiya Pendleton
By Andy Grimm
 
Family members watch as Chicago police investigate in the 5700 block of South Carpenter Street
Criminal Justice
In Chicago, a year of fewer shootings and murders but little sense of being safer
By Andy Grimm  and Tom Schuba
 
Gov. JB Pritzker signs the criminal justice reform bill into law at Chicago State University in February of 2021.
Criminal Justice
A judge ruled the portion of the SAFE-T Act ending cash bail is unconstitutional
By Emmanuel Camarillo , Andy Grimm , and 3 more
 
Isaac Lambert
Criminal Justice
A jury awards a CPD whistleblower nearly $1 million
By Andy Grimm
 
R. Kelly in gray suit under umbrella
Criminal Justice
R. Kelly verdict: The singer is found guilty in his federal trial in Chicago
By Jon Seidel  and Andy Grimm
 
R. Kelly in gray suit under umbrella
Criminal Justice
‘The hidden side of R. Kelly has come to light’: Closing arguments underway in trial
By Andy Grimm  and Jon Seidel
 
R. Kelly walks with supporters outside courthouse
Criminal Justice
Woman testifies R. Kelly sexually abused her ‘hundreds’ of times when she was underage
By Andy Grimm  and Jon Seidel