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Jury selection gets under way Monday in the trial of a Chicago man accused of helping plan terrorist attacks in India and Denmark.Federal prosecutors say Tahawwur Rana ran an immigration services company on Devon Avenue on Chicago's far North Side.

An old friend from Rod Blagojevich's early political career will be on the stand Monday in the former governor's retrial.  John Wyma was chief of staff when Blagojevich served as a congressman and stayed on as a consultant and fundraiser through Blagojevich's time as governor.  He parlayed

 An appeals court has ruled the city of Chicago must hire more than 100 African-American firefighters. The lawsuit stems back to a 1995 firefighters' entrance exam. African-American candidates allege Chicago's test discriminated against them. Joshua Karch is one of the attorneys

The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a federal lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security in relation to a laptop seizure at O'Hare International Airport.

A Cook County judge on Thursday set bonds of $500,000 each for two Chicago police officers charged with sexually assaulting a woman in March.Paul Clavijo and Juan Vasquez, both 38, allegedly assaulted a 22-year-old woman after picking her up near the intersection of Addison and Sheffield around 2 a.

 A Cook County judge on Thursday set bonds of $500,000 each for two Chicago police officers charged with sexually assaulting a woman in March.

A deputy governor under Rod Blagojevich will be back on the stand Thursday morning in the former Illinois governor's retrial.  When Bob Greenlee was on the stand in the first trial, he dropped headline-grabbing bombs saying the governor would hide in the bathroom to avoid his budget director.&n