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The site where Laquan McDonald, 17, was killed on the 4100 block of South Pulaski Road in Chicago. McDonald was shot 16 times by Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke in October 2014.

Three days before trial’s start, Van Dyke’s attorneys opt for jury trial after all

May 23, 2019 at 1:16 a.m.

In a choice with potentially far-reaching consequences for the biggest Cook County murder case in years, Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke’s attorney announced Friday that a jury will decide...

Cars pass Sept. 13, 2018, near where Laquan McDonald was shot in 2014 by Officer Jason Van Dyke in the 4100 block of South Pulaski Road in Chicago.

‘This kid had an impact on people’: The troubled life and fleeting potential of Laquan McDonald

May 31, 2019 at 4:09 p.m.

The summer before he was killed, Laquan McDonald walked through Chicago’s Loop to get a copy of his birth certificate with a mentor who was helping him find a job....

Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke leaves the Leighton Criminal Court Building after jury selection Sept. 12, 2018.

Prosecutors accuse Van Dyke lawyers of striking blacks from jury because of their race

May 23, 2019 at 1:16 a.m.

Racial tensions in the trial of Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke surfaced during jury selection Wednesday when prosecutors twice accused the defense of systematically removing black people from the...

Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke leaves Cook County Jail on Sept. 6, 2018, after a brief detention for violating a gag order in his murder case. Jury selection for his trial in the shooting death of Laquan McDonald begins in earnest Monday.

Van Dyke freed after judge raises bail slightly for giving interviews to Tribune, TV station

May 23, 2019 at 1:15 a.m.

Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke walked out of Cook County Jail on Thursday surrounded by a phalanx of uniformed Chicago police officers after a judge gave him a slap-on-the-wrist...

The Cook County public guardian's office filed a lawsuit against Symphony Residences of Lincoln Park, a nursing home it accuses of bilking a 97-year-old resident with dementia of $600,000, her life savings.

Workers at Lincoln Park seniors home stole $600,000 from 97-year-old resident with dementia, public guardian’s suit alleges

May 23, 2019 at 1:15 a.m.

With no living relatives and a debilitating diagnosis of dementia, Grace Watanabe had nowhere else to turn. The 97-year-old needed help with her finances and looked for guidance at Symphony...

Habla por primera vez oficial que disparó 16 veces a Laquan McDonald

December 12, 2018 at 8:06 p.m.

En las horas después de disparar fatalmente a Laquan McDonald, el oficial de policía de Chicago, Jason Van Dyke, regresó a su casa en Southwest Side y se metió a...

Jason Van Dyke at his lawyer's office Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2018.

Officer Van Dyke speaks out for the first time since shooting Laquan McDonald 16 times

May 23, 2019 at 1:12 a.m.

In the hours after fatally shooting Laquan McDonald, Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke returned to his Southwest Side home and headed for the shower. As he stood under the...

Michael McCotter, left, inspector general for the Illinois Department of Human Services, and DHS Secretary James Dimas are questioned by Illinois senators at the Bilandic Building on Dec. 12, 2016, following the Tribune investigation "Suffering In Secret."

Audit rips Illinois’ oversight of group homes for adults with disabilities

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

A damning state auditor general report released Thursday found systemic failures in Illinois’ licensing and oversight of thousands of taxpayer-funded group homes for adults with disabilities, problems first exposed in...

From 2018: Potential Trump Supreme Court pick Amy Coney Barrett, Catholic Chicago judge and Notre Dame professor who stirs abortion debate

September 19, 2020 at 9:40 a.m.

On President Donald Trump's short list of potential Supreme Court nominees, the candidate sparking the fiercest debate is a self-possessed Chicago U.S. Court of Appeals judge who's been on the...

Heather Mack and Tommy Schaefer are handcuffed together as they arrive Jan. 14, 2014, at Denpasar District Court for the first day of their trials in Bali, Indonesia.

Daughter imprisoned in Bali slaying settles mother’s estate, 3-year-old daughter named beneficiary

May 23, 2019 at 12:58 a.m.

The imprisoned daughter of a Chicago woman whose body was found stuffed in a suitcase nearly four years ago during a luxury Bali vacation has given up claim to her...

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