Standing outside the Bright Star Church amid a backdrop of supporters in her native Bronzeville neighborhood on Chicago’s ...

The top brass in the U.S. attorney's office needs to figure out why they have had such a miserably low initial conviction ...

Just one day into her campaign to replace retiring Sen. Dick Durbin in the U.S. Senate, Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton on Friday ...

A federal judge on Thursday declared a mistrial in the case of state Sen. Emil Jones III, D-Chicago, after a jury deadlocked ...

Deliberations continued for nearly 23 hours before jury arrived at stalemate in the federal bribery trial of Illinois Sen.

The jury considering state Sen. Emil Jones III's federal corruption trial had indicated late Wednesday that it may be ...

U.S. District Judge Andrea Wood had said she planned to urge the jury of five men and seven women to continue their ...

After note warning of an impasse, judge tells jury in trial of state Sen. Emil Jones III a deadlock would be premature at ...

On Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., was viewed by many in his party as a stubborn old goat who wouldn't get off the stage. On Wednesday, after announcing he won't seek a fifth six-year term, ...

CHICAGO — The jury considering state Sen. Emil Jones III’s federal corruption trial indicated late Wednesday that it may be ...

The retirement of longtime Illinois leader Sen. Dick Durbin is expected to set off a flurry of moves by some of the state’s top Democrats who are widely believed to be interested in the seat, ...