Opening statements began Monday in the murder-for-hire trial of Grammy-winning rapper Lil Durk, who is accused of placing a bounty on a rival Atlanta rapper.
A U.S. Court of Appeals has upheld Illinois' assault weapons and large-capacity magazine ban, days after the U.S. Supreme Court decided it will soon take up the issue of weapon bans in a case involving Cook County.
U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois Andrew Boutros appeared before a federal judge Thursday morning. There are questions over the top prosecutors handling of a sealed case involving a Venezuelan gang.
Attorneys representing one of the owners of a shuttered safety-net hospital embroiled in a court battle have asked to withdraw from the proceedings, citing "fundamental disagreements" with their client.
An appeals court on Friday upheld Harvey Weinstein's 2022 rape and sexual assault conviction in California but ordered his trial judge to resentence him.
U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros is now pledging to review all cases, going back decades, connected to that prosecutor.