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Libertarian candidate in Cook County state’s attorney race faced 2019 misdemeanor arrest in family dispute

October 26, 2020 at 5:00 a.m.

The Libertarian candidate in the race to be elected Cook County's top prosecutor pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct last year after being accused of breaking the law when he messaged...

Joe Rau wears Chicago flag socks for competition on April 9, 2016, at the U.S. Olympic wrestling trials at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City.

Where are they now? COVID-19 victims, family members and heroes reflect on their new normal.

October 2, 2020 at 12:00 p.m.

Some of them fought the new coronavirus from hospital beds, others at makeshift testing sites. Some mourned their closest loved ones; others came to the aid of strangers. And some...

Health care workers from MacNeal Hospital remember fellow nurse Neuman Kiamco at a candlelight vigil outside the Berwyn hospital on Sept. 12, 2020.

As they focused on others with COVID-19 and refused to walk away, Illinois health care workers bore the brunt of pandemic’s fury

February 3, 2021 at 1:10 p.m.

This past March, as the nurses in MacNeal Hospital's intensive care unit were overwhelmed treating COVID-19 patients, Neuman Kiamco did not hesitate to join his colleagues. The nurse left his...

COVID-19’s toll on Illinois’ health care field: A memorial to 45 of those who died

February 3, 2021 at 1:13 p.m.

More than 100 professionals working in the health care field have died in Illinois since COVID-19 began its deadly march through the state this past spring, according to public health...

Demolition of the home where 5-year-old AJ Freund lived and where he was beaten to death by his parents in Chrystal Lake on March 4, 2020.

Two ex-DCFS workers charged with endangering life of AJ Freund months prior to boy’s death

September 11, 2020 at 7:43 p.m.

In an extremely rare development, criminal charges were filed against two former child welfare workers for their handling of a hotline abuse investigation of 5-year-old AJ Freund prior to his...

Renaldo Hudson reads the different welcome signs after arriving among friends and supporters at Precious Blood Ministry of Reconciliation in Chicago on Sept. 2, 2020.

From death row to model inmate, Renaldo Hudson set free after 37 years. ‘I was preparing to die. I wasn’t preparing for this moment.’

February 3, 2021 at 1:13 p.m.

Nearly four decades ago, 19-year-old Renaldo Hudson talked his way into the South Side apartment of a retired carpenter under the guise of fixing a broken light fixture. Instead, in...

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Libertarian candidate in Cook County state’s attorney race faced 2019 misdemeanor arrest in family dispute

Where are they now? COVID-19 victims, family members and heroes reflect on their new normal.

As they focused on others with COVID-19 and refused to walk away, Illinois health care workers bore the brunt of pandemic’s fury

COVID-19’s toll on Illinois’ health care field: A memorial to 45 of those who died

Two ex-DCFS workers charged with endangering life of AJ Freund months prior to boy’s death

From death row to model inmate, Renaldo Hudson set free after 37 years. ‘I was preparing to die. I wasn’t preparing for this moment.’

Anxious foster parents say it’s not the right time to switch fragile kids into new managed care plan

What we know so far about Kyle Rittenhouse, the 17-year-old accused of murder after fatal Kenosha protest shootings

Ex-DuPage County sheriff’s deputy wants job back after firing for punching restrained man in county jail

Gurnee family sues University of Notre Dame after freshman son’s fall causes ‘catastrophic injury’