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The conversations shed new light on the behind-the-scenes maneuvering and relationships among key members of Michael Madigan’s inner circle.

State Rep. Bob Rita took the witness stand Wednesday for the second time this year in one of the sweeping federal cases connected to Madigan...

A jury found Amara Harris not liable in an unusual civil trial involving two high school students, a set of disputed AirPods and a ticket is...

Students will focus on superconducting quantum platforms for computing and sensing.

The muon is a particle in atoms that is a more massive cousin of the electron, but it is unstable and decays in a few millionths of a second...

The 94th Bud Billiken Parade steps off at 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 12, in Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood.

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A former Naperville high school student accused of violating a municipal theft ordinance took the stand to defend herself at trial, saying s...

Four people are dead and one injured after a shooting in unincorporated Crystal Lake early Wednesday morning, according to the McHenry Count...

The financial forces that backed Darren Bailey's unsuccessful bid for Illinois governor last November suffered another defeat at the polls i...

Penn Entertainment, a casino and online gambling operator, paid a total of about $550 million to acquire 100% control of Barstool.

In a sign of growing strains between the world’s two biggest powers, President Joe Biden signed an executive order Wednesday that would bloc...

A milling company has agreed to pay $940,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging multiple violations at a plant that was the scene of a fatal explo...

Chicago’s troubled office market got more bad news when co-working giant WeWork announced Tuesday that “substantial doubt exists about the C...

The Wilmette Village Board voted unanimously to approve a resolution opposing concerts at Northwestern’s Ryan Field, which the university is...

Robert Swan is best known for portraying a Canadian Mountie captain in Brian De Palma’s “The Untouchables,” an Illinois farmer and father of...

The Illinois State Fair will showcase carnival rides, horse races, livestock shows, live music and a perennial favorite, the “Butter Cow.”

Robbie Robertson, The Band’s lead guitarist and songwriter who in such classics as “The Weight,” “Up on Cripple Creek” and “The Night They D...

Uber is rolling out a new safety feature Wednesday in Chicago that will allow drivers and passengers to record audio during the ride to dete...

One month after the death of James Lewis, the sole suspect in the 1982 Chicago Tylenol murders, authorities have released two videotaped FBI...

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In their opening statement to jurors Wednesday, federal prosecutors ripped into Tim Mapes, ousted chief of staff of ex-House Speaker Michael...

Tim Mapes, a key member of former House Speaker Michael Madigan’s inner circle who for years, faces perjury charges stemming from his grand...

A crew held up victims both Monday and Tuesday night, police said.