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Cook County Circuit Court Judge Mauricio Araujo resigned Thursday, according to the Judicial Inquiry Board. His resignation will take effect on Monday. Araujo was facing the possibility of removal from the bench after the Illinois Courts Commission found Tuesday that there was “clear and convincing evidence” that he engaged in a pattern of inappropriate and harassing behavior toward women. The…

More than 800 nurses at the University of Illinois Hospital will go on a one-week starting Saturday morning as the nurses’ union and hospital administrators remain far apart on contract negotiations with no deal in sight. The Illinois Nurses Association, which represents the hundreds of UIH nurses working on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic, is seeking to resolve…

A man is wanted for murder in a Humboldt Park shooting last month that killed a man and critically wounded a woman.

So-called “serial stowaway” Marilyn Hartman pleaded guilty in court Tuesday to felony trespass at an airport and was sentenced to probation.

So-called “serial stowaway” Marilyn Hartman pleaded guilty in court Tuesday to felony trespass at an airport and was sentenced to probation. NBC 5’s Phil Rogers reports.

There will be no one staying or working overnight in R. Kelly’s recording studio on North Justine Street.

Attorneys for R. Kelly were back in court Friday, asking a judge to give him more access to his rented studio space on the near west side. nBC 5’s Charlie Wojciechowski has the details. 

A judge says a Chicago warehouse that R. Kelly is renting can be used only between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. and only as a recording studio.

An inspection of rapper R. Kelly’s rental property on Chicago’s Near West Side was scheduled to take place Wednesday. NBC 5’s Ash-har Quraishi has the latest.

A Chicago man who was granted a new trial after 28 years behind bars will have to wait a bit longer to learn if he can actually gain genuine freedom.

So-called “serial stowaway” Marilyn Hartman was ordered released on electronic monitoring Wednesday, after a judge ruled she was now fit to stand trial.

A man is facing felony charges about a decade after authorities say he sexually abused a 6-year-old boy in Chicago.

A judge on Thursday ruled that “serial stowaway” Marilyn Hartman is unfit to stand trial, agreeing with a recommendation from two separate psychological reports that stated she suffers from major psychological illness and needs treatment.

Chicago Police Supt. Eddie Johnson’s decision to reject a recommendation from the city’s police disciplinary body to fire police officer Robert Rialmo raised some eyebrows Wednesday at the city’s city council meeting.

Locals react to the decision that declared that the shooting by officer Rialmo was warranted. NBC 5’s Mary Ann Ahern reports.