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Texas National Guard members walk outside of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement holding facility in Broadview on Oct. 9, 2025. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

Supreme Court deals Trump a defeat on bid to deploy National Guard in Illinois

December 23, 2025 at 6:17 p.m.

The conservative-majority U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday denied a request from President Donald Trump's administration to allow the Republican president to deploy National Guard troops to Illinois while a lower...

Angel White, 15, is hugged by friends during a gathering in memory of her sister, Senobia Brantley, at a dance studio in the 400 block of East 75th Street on April 2, 2019, in Chicago. Brantley, 19, was one of two women fatally shot while sitting inside a car in the 7700 block of South Eggleston Avenue on April 1, 2019. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Six alleged Chicago gang members indicted in federal racketeering case alleging 13 homicides

December 22, 2025 at 5:03 p.m.

A federal grand jury has indicted six purported Chicago gang members for racketeering conspiracy, accusing the gang of involvement in 13 homicides as well as other violence across the city.

The family of slain Chicago police Officer Andrés Mauricio Vásquez Lasso, including his widow Milena Estepa de Vásquez, left, and mother, Rocio Lasso, second from right, walk through the hallway at the Leighton Criminal Court Building, Dec. 16, 2025, after Steven Montano was sentenced to life in prison for Lasso’s murder. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Man given life sentence in slaying of Chicago police officer, though recent law offers a chance at parole

December 16, 2025 at 6:23 p.m.

A Cook County judge ordered a sentence of life in prison for Steven Montano in the killing of Chicago police Officer Andrés Vásquez Lasso.

Chicago police officer acquitted of sexually abusing handcuffed woman

December 15, 2025 at 2:01 p.m.

A Cook County judge on Monday found a Chicago police officer not guilty of sexually abusing a woman while she was in custody and handcuffed to a wall.

Plaintiff attorneys arrive for a tour of the U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement holding facility in Broadview as part of discovery for the ongoing lawsuit about conditions at the facility, Nov. 13, 2025. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Government agrees to extend temporary restraining order over ICE facility in Broadview

December 10, 2025 at 11:12 a.m.

The federal government has agreed to extend until April a temporary restraining order requiring improved conditions at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement holding facility in Broadview.

Former Cook County Judge Patricia Martin sentenced to probation after stealing from former Tuskegee Airman

December 5, 2025 at 3:59 p.m.

Former Cook County Judge Patricia Martin on Friday was sentenced to four years probation after she admitted to stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from the bank accounts of an...

Charles Beach is sworn in as the new chief judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County alongside his wife, Virginia, in a ceremony on Dec. 1, 2025, at Chicago-Kent College of Law. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Charles Beach takes oath as Cook County’s first new chief judge in 24 years

December 1, 2025 at 3:50 p.m.

In a surprise win in September, Charles Beach unseated Chief Judge Tim Evans following a secret-ballot vote among his fellow judges.

U.S. Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino carries tear gas, a rifle and a body camera while conducting immigration enforcement operations on Oct. 31, 2025, in Chicago’s Edison Park neighborhood. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Bodycam footage from Operation Midway Blitz released: ‘It’s all about arresting people’

November 28, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

The group of videos made public through the Loevy & Loevy law firm includes footage from agents who responded to controversial arrest operations in the Little Village and Irving Park...

Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino leaves the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse after testifying Oct. 28, 2025. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Deposition of Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino went off the rails at hello, transcript shows

November 25, 2025 at 4:15 p.m.

A full transcript of Cmdr. Gregory Bovino's deposition has been made public in an ongoing lawsuit accusing federal immigration agents of routinely violating a restraining order on tactics in Chicago.

Chicago police Detective Richard Zuley, center, talks to people at Argyle Street and North Broadway in Chicago on Jan. 25, 1990, where he was working on a 1988 murder case. (George Thompson/baiduhai)

Former CPD detective accused of crafting ‘sadistic’ interrogation plan used at Guantanamo

November 24, 2025 at 7:28 p.m.

During an unusual evidentiary hearing Monday at the Leighton Criminal Court Building, former Guantanamo detainee Mohamedou Ould Slahi described abuse by a former CPD detective while giving testimony from the...

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