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Antoin "Tony" Rezko's attorney Joseph Duffy leaves the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse on May 5, 2008, in Chicago. (Charles Cherney/baiduhai)

‘I loved being a lawyer’: Longtime Chicago attorney Joseph Duffy retires after five decades

April 30, 2026 at 8:41 a.m.

Duffy spoke to the Tribune after winding up a remarkable five-decade legal career earlier this month, a path that began as a young IRS agent, wound through high-profile corruption investigations...

Then-congressional candidate Katherine "Kat" Abughazaleh, second from left, with her boyfriend, Ben Collins, left, leaves with her attorneys at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in the Loop on Jan. 28, 2026, after a hearing for charges of conspiracy during a protest outside the Broadview ICE facility in September. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Feds move to dismiss main conspiracy count in ‘Broadview Six’ protester case

April 29, 2026 at 5:58 p.m.

Prosecutors are dismissing the main conspiracy count in the politically charged “Broadview Six” case against immigration protesters in Broadview and will proceed instead with misdemeanor counts.

Rapper Lil Zay Osama among six federally charged in Winnetka home invasion

April 30, 2026 at 9:39 a.m.

An unsealed Tuesday night charged six people including the former Chicago rapper Lil Zay Osama with conspiring to ransack a North Shore home for money last month.

Chicago police respond to West 26th Street and South Kedzie Avenue after a report of shots fired at Border Patrol agents on Nov. 8, 2025, in the Little Village neighborhood. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Man pleads guilty to gun charge tied to shots fired near immigration agents in Little Village

April 28, 2026 at 1:52 p.m.

An undocumented immigrant with a history of weapons convictions admitted Monday to firing shots "in the vicinity of" immigration agents as they ran enforcement raids in Little Village near the...

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan leaves the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse after being sentenced to 7 1/2 years in prison and fined $2.5 million during his post-trial sentencing hearing on June 13, 2025, in Chicago. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Appeals court upholds corruption conviction of ex-Speaker Michael Madigan, calls evidence ‘overwhelming’

April 27, 2026 at 6:21 p.m.

A federal appeals court in Chicago on Monday upheld the sweeping corruption conviction for ex-House Speaker Michael Madigan, brushing aside his arguments that schemes to help utility giant ComEd and...

A social media image of Peter Stokes, 19, shows him wearing a diamond-encrusted necklace with the phrase "HACK THE PLANET," according to charges alleging Stokes was part of a multinational hacker group called Scattered Spider. (U.S. District Court records)

Teen charged in Chicago was part of international ‘Scattered Spider’ hacker group, feds say

April 27, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Federal charges filed under seal in Chicago allege the teen is a prolific member of a loosely connected, international group of sophisticated hackers known as Scattered Spider, and that he...

The Dirksen U.S. Courthouse, left, at Federal Plaza in Chicago on Feb. 4, 2025. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Project manager for Chicago-area construction company gets 2 years probation in bribery scheme

April 24, 2026 at 9:57 a.m.

A project manager for a Chicago-area construction company has been sentenced to two years of probation for his limited role in a scheme to bribe an employee of the Cook...

Sameer Suhail, the former Chicago medical supply company owner who fled to Dubai shortly before being indicted in a massive scheme to defraud Loretto Hospital, walks outside the Metropolitan Correctional Center after being released on April 22, 2026, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Fugitive Chicago medical exec returns from Dubai to face Loretto Hospital fraud charges

April 22, 2026 at 5:51 p.m.

A former Chicago medical supply company owner who fled to Dubai shortly before being indicted in a massive scheme to defraud Loretto Hospital has returned to the U.S. to face...

Red-light cameras at the intersection of Illinois 83 and 22nd Street, which is in Oakbrook Terrace and Oak Brook in 2017. (Nuccio DiNuzzo/baiduhai)

Brothers plead guilty to paying off Oakbrook Terrace mayor in red-light camera scheme

April 21, 2026 at 3:12 p.m.

The stepsons of a deceased mob-connected businessman have pleaded guilty to participating in a red-light camera kickback scheme that funneled thousands in cash payments to the then-mayor of Oakbrook Terrace...

Four Corner Hustlers boss Labar "Bro Man" Spann was sentenced on April 20, 2026, to life in prison for racketeering and four murders. (Chicago Police Department)

Judge sentences West Side gang leader to life in prison, calls him ‘boss to a bunch of losers’

April 20, 2026 at 5:01 p.m.

Reputed boss of Four Corner Hustlers sentenced to life in prison for racketeering conviction involving four gangland murders.

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