A former Tennessee nurse whose medication error killed a patient was sentenced to three years of probation Friday. A state judge sentenced RaD…
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A man charged with shooting up a New York City subway train last month in an attack that wounded 10 people has pleaded not guilty to terrorism…
Appellate Court Judge Lisa Holder White will replace retiring Justice Rita Garman on the Illinois Supreme Court, becoming the first Black woman to serve on the state's high court.Â
A Chicago man who was pardoned after spending more than seven years in prison for an armed robbery he didn't commit has reached a $7.5 million settlement with a northern Indiana city and former police officers, his attorney said Wednesday.
A Tazewell County judge ruled in favor of The Pantagraph and several other Central Illinois news organizations, loosening a protective order in a lawsuit involving Reditus Laboratories CEO Aaron Rossi.Â
A Tazewell County judge ruled in favor of The Pantagraph and several other Central Illinois news organizations, loosening a protective order in a lawsuit involving Reditus Laboratories CEO Aaron Rossi.Â
A special grand jury was selected Monday for the investigation into whether former President Donald Trump and others illegally tried to influe…
The weekly docket for children who are wards of the state and waiting for placements recommended by the Department of Children and Family Services after an assessment of their needs took place as scheduled Thursday in Cook County.
Social media users shared a range of false claims this week. Here are the facts.
The 14-year-old boy accused of murdering Lily Peters in Chippewa Falls made statements "that his intention was to rape and kill the victim from the get-go," a prosecutor said.Â
Jury selection in the trial of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz must start over after the judge declared her own mistake requires it. Circu…
A judge on Friday threw out 44 more convictions tied to a former Chicago police sergeant who regularly framed people for drug crimes they didn't commit, exonerations that victim advocates said would be among the last from one of the most disgraceful chapters in the department's history.
A Cook County judge found DCFS Director Marc Smith in contempt on Thursday. It’s the ninth time this year that Smith has faced contempt citations for failing to place children in settings that comply with the agency’s recommendations and court orders.
A jury on Wednesday acquitted an Ohio doctor in the deaths of multiple hospital patients. Dr. William Husel was accused of ordering excessive …
Some cheered from cabins and immediately tossed their face coverings onto their seats. Other passengers were confused, startled and angered by the abrupt change. Here's how people are reacting to the recent travel mask mandate change, and more COVID news.
A judge denied a motion Tuesday to reduce bonds for the jailed parents of a Michigan teenager who is charged in a shooting at Oxford High Scho…
Decades-old cases involving accusations against a former Chicago police detective might be emerging from legal limbo with the appointment of special prosecutors.Â
"It’s amazing," she told host Ryan Seacrest. "I don’t even know what to think right now."Â
A federal judge in Florida has voided the national mask mandate covering airplanes and other public transportation as exceeding the authority of U.S. health officials in the coronavirus pandemic. Here's that and more of today's COVID news.
A judge told a Chicago man he had shown himself to be dishonest, antisocial and predatory before sentencing him Thursday to a maximum of 105 years in prison for killing a 14-year-old girl in 2019.
The man charged with opening fire on subway riders in Brooklyn was ordered held without bail as prosecutors told a judge Thursday he terrified…
The Hawaii couple who were filing a restraining order against actor Ezra Miller have reportedly dropped the case.
The Hawaii couple who were filing a restraining order against actor Ezra Miller have reportedly dropped the case.
Shirley Troutman, a judge on New York's highest court, was working last week when her daughter texted messages that included a clapping hands …
Shirley Troutman, a judge on New York's highest court, was working last week when her daughter texted messages that included a clapping hands …