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A veteran Chicago attorney says he is representing a young man shown on video in the backseat of a Chicago police SUV.

Chicago Mayor Richard Daley is criticizing state legislation that would allow gun owners to conceal and carry their weapons.

Henriette Ekwe Ebongo is regarded as one of the most influential female journalists in Cameroon. She’s spent a lifetime advancing press freedom, human rights, freedom of expression, good governance and gender equality.

Attorneys for Rod Blagojevich are asking for access to any interviews between President Barack Obama and the FBI.In a Monday morning filing, Blagojevich's attorneys say they want any notes or summaries of interviews with Mr. Obama related to the ex-governor's corruption case.

When WBEZ’s South Side bureau reporter Natalie Moore tried to find a good book about the history of black street gangs in Chicago she was shocked to find that none existed.

Here’s a follow-up on a video WBEZ has been reporting about. That video, shot March 19, shows a young man in the backseat of a Chicago police SUV. A back door is open and he’s getting taunted by onlookers who flash gang signs — while two officers seem to stand by.

A troubled Cook County jobs training program is the subject of a federal criminal investigation, according to documents obtained by WBEZ.In a March 1 subpoena sent to the office of Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, first reported by the Chicago Sun-Times, the U.S Attorney's Office asks f