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Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx called for Chicago Fraternal Order of Police President John Catanzara to resign Friday following comments he made that seemed to dismiss critics of the mob that stormed the United States Capitol.

Thousands of Trump supporters descended upon Washington, D.C., and began rioting on Wednesday, forcibly breaching the Capitol building as the House and Senate met to certify the results of the 2020 presidential election.

A judge on Tuesday threw out the felony drug convictions of six men who were framed by a disgraced former Chicago police sergeant’s team, bringing to 100 the number of overturned convictions linked to a years-long scheme to shake down residents of one of the city’s poorest communities.

Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx was sworn in for her second term Monday in a virtual ceremony.

Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx won a second term against two opponents in one of the most contentious local races this election cycle after her Republican challenger called to concede.

While Kim Foxx seeks a second term, challenger Pat O’Brien switched parties to run as a republican. And with the election just days away, the race for state’s attorney is heating up with last minute campaign ads. NBC 5’s Mary Ann Ahern reports

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Incumbent Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx is running for a second term against two opponents in one of the most contentious local races this election cycle.

The Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office concluded Friday that there is insufficient evidence to bring charges against the police officer involved in the 2018 death of Jemel Roberson. Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx said she realizes this announcement may not have been the desired outcome following the bar shooting in suburban Robbins two years prior. “While this conclusion...

Chicago’s top prosecutor isn’t clear of the yearlong scrutiny of her office’s handling of the Jussie Smollett case, even though a special prosecutor this week concluded that nothing she or her staff did qualified as criminal.

After a new report criticized her handling of the Jussie Smollett case, Illinois State’s Attorney Kim Foxx is facing calls to resign from her electoral opponent. NBC 5’s Patrick Fazio reports.

A special prosecutor in Chicago said Monday that Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx and her office abused their discretion in the case against actor Jussie Smollett but did nothing criminal. NBC 5’s Charlie Wojciechowski reports.

Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx is stepping back from political activities after her husband was diagnosed with prostate cancer, her office confirmed Monday.

A special prosecutor in Chicago said Monday that Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx and her office abused their discretion in the case against actor Jussie Smollett but did nothing criminal.

Amid calls from Chicago officials asking Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx to hold those arrested for looting in Chicago accountable, Foxx announced Thursday her office has approved 42 of 43 felony cases brought by police. Most of the cases centered on charges of burglary and looting, but others included attempted murder, aggravated battery and resisting a police officer, theft,…

The head of Chicago’s Fraternal Order of Police penned a letter to U.S. Attorney John Lausch Wednesday, calling on federal officials to intervene if Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx declines to move forward with prosecutions for individuals accused of looting or other criminal activity during the recent unrest in the city. The letter, written by FOP Lodge President...

Amid calls from Chicago officials asking Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx to hold those arrested for looting in Chicago accountable, Foxx defended her office’s actions. Questions over whether a lack of consequences played a role in Monday’s looting and unrest surfaced as the city’s top cop said “criminals took the streets with confidence that there would be no...

In the aftermath of chaos and looting on Chicago’s Magnificent Mile, Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Supt. David Brown suggested a too-lenient justice system was at least partially to blame. NBC 5’s Phil Rogers reports.

Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx said her office will not prosecute charges tied to peaceful protesters who face minor offenses stemming from demonstrations in Chicago following the death of George Floyd. Foxx said that as demonstrations and marches called for “criminal justice reform, police accountability and systemic change, law enforcement agencies in Chicago and suburban Cook County arrested...