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A DOJ watchdog says threats to federal judges and prosecutors have skyrocketed even as the U.S. Marshals Service faces budget and staff shortfalls.

A suburban woman has received a controversial medicine that could save her life as she battles COVID-19, but it took a judge’s orders to make it happen. Nurije Fype, 68, of Elmhurst has been a patient at Elmhurst Memorial Hospital since April 7, according to her daughter.  She was put on a ventilator on April 28 and is now in…

Carla Barnes continues to break milestones in the 11th Judicial Circuit Court.

NBC 7’s Jacke Crea had a chat with two retired Black judges who had to fight through racism and discrimination on their way to becoming trailblazers in their profession.

A Montana judge blocked three land-use plans that would have opened most U.S.-owned lands in the state to energy development

The U.S. Postal Service must live up to its responsibilities to timely process election mail by treating it as a priority, a New York judge ordered on Monday, adding that the agency’s workers should be permitted to make extra deliveries and work overtime near the November presidential election.

“Real Housewives of New Jersey” star Dina Manzo’s ex-husband and an alleged member of an organized crime family were charged by federal prosecutors Tuesday with conspiring to assault Manzo’s then-boyfriend in an incident in 2015. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in New Jersey said Thomas Manzo and John Perna faces multiple charges over the assault on her now-husband, David Cantin...

A federal judge has ordered the release of children held with their parents in U.S. immigration jails and denounced the Trump administration’s prolonged detention of families during the coronavirus pandemic

Inmate releases have begun at Cook County Jail as officials look to slow down the spread of the coronavirus. NBC 5’s Christian Farr has the story.

A Champaign County judge ruled Monday he will allow a former University of Illinois police officer accused of raping four women to proceed in his case without a lawyer. The News-Gazette in Champaign reports Jerald Sandage told Judge Roger Webber he understood he had a right to an attorney and that one would be appointed if he couldn’t afford one....

A Georgia judge has scheduled a court hearing next week for three men charged with murder in the fatal shooting of Ahmaud Arbery

Inmate releases have begun at Cook County Jail as officials look to slow down the spread of the coronavirus. The hearings started this week and have been held in six courtrooms inside the Leighton Criminal Courts Building. The inmates potentially eligible for release had to fit a defined set of criteria. Those accused of non-violent offenses, elderly inmates, pregnant inmates,…

A federal judge has ruled that Ken Cuccinelli was unlawfully appointed to lead the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services agency and therefore lacks authority to give asylum seekers less time to prepare for initial screening interviews

Many states have victim’s advocates or child advocates, people in the judicial system who represent those affected by crime or abuse. Now, one state has created legal advocates for abused animals, an experiment being watched nationwide for signs of success. There are eight approved volunteer advocates across Connecticut — seven lawyers and a University of Connecticut law professor, working with...

A new exhibit now on display at the Illinois Holocaust Museum highlights the life and career of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg,

A federal judge has ordered three Illinois prison officials to read transcripts from a lawsuit that accuses the state prison system of mistreating transgender people, saying she is concerned that the state agency is not taking the plaintiffs’ complaints seriously. Judge Nancy Rosenstengel also ordered the Illinois Department of Corrections to revamp its procedures dealing with transgender people, including training...

Involuntary manslaughter and reckless endangerment charges have once again been dropped against the Amtrak engineer at the controls during a deadly 2015 derailment in Philadelphia.

West Point Cadet Peter Zhu was declared brain dead after suffering a spinal injury in a ski accident. Being the last male child in his family, his parents asked for a judge’s order to extract genetic material from his body to carry on the family name. Sergio Quintana reports.

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois is providing a playroom for children and families to enjoy while waiting for naturalization ceremonies to begin.

New documents set to be released could reveal whether Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh misled Congress during his confirmation hearing for his job as a judge on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, something two Democratic senators accused him of in 2007, according to NBC News. While under oath in 2006, Kavanaugh said he wasn’t involved in creating a terrorism...