Investigations

NBC 5 Investigates a White House plan to defund and potentially dismantle the primary federal law enforcement unit that goes after drug cartels

When the Chicago Board of Ed closed 50 schools in 2013, it planned to sell or tear down the buildings by 2017. Now, 21 of the 50 buildings remain.

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s schedule shows how he balances his role as the state’s top official while also raising his national profile.

The state of Illinois lost a key figure in its political history when former governor George Ryan died Friday

Nearly three months after disgraced Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan was convicted of corruption, federal prosecutors have heaped on new public allegations that he lied repeatedly while on the witness stand. These are not new criminal charges against Madigan, although theoretically they could form the basis for a perjury indictment. Instead, ...

NBC 5 Investigates first revealed the details of this mysterious structure in this story, which we reported on nearly a decade ago.

A convicted terrorist from Chicago appeared in court in India for his alleged role in the 2008 Mumbai attack

Sen. Dick Durbin announced his retirement, and he is explaining his decision Thursday. NBC Chicago’s Chuck Goudie has more

There are more than a dozen cardinals from around the world considered frontrunners to replace the pope, but no Americans

The City of Chicago will pay the owners of a vacant lot in Brighton Park more than $816,000 to settle a lawsuit that alleged the city failed to make monthly lease payments for the use of the land – that was once eyed as a place to house up to 2,000 migrants in winterized tents.

Federal prosecutors dropped bribery charge against former Alderman Danny Solis Friday, but Solis must still cooperate with future and ongoing federal investigations as part of the deal.

As sweeping tariffs from the Trump administration take effect, NBC Chicago’s Chuck Goudie takes a look at the financial impact.

A suburban Chicago woman somehow survived a Palestinian terrorist attack in Israel, only to fight decades of legal battles against her foreign attackers