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James "Whitey" Bulger, the notorious Boston mobster accused of murdering 19 people, is in custody in California after an epic 16-year manhunt that turned him into a global sensation.The FBI finally caught up with the 81-year-old Bulger on Wednesday at a residence in Santa Monica, Calif.

On Wednesday the jury will likely begin its deliberations in the trial of Tahawwur Rana. The Chicago man faces a number of terrorism charges, including aiding the 2008 attacks in Mumbai, India.

The FBI and Chicago area police are turning their attention back to the unsolved 1982 Tylenol killings. The crimes left seven people in and around Chicago dead after the victims unknowingly took Tylenol poisoned with potassium cyanide.

An Arab-American leader whose Chicago home the FBI raided last fall now has a problem with his bank — make that his former bank.

Opening statements are scheduled to take place this Monday in the retrial of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich.  It comes after attorneys spent more than a week on jury selection.

Some Palestine solidarity activists are defying orders to appear before a grand jury in Chicago.The FBI delivered subpoenas last month to at least nine Chicago-area residents.

"Law enforcement authorities targeted up to 100 suspected mobsters in a series of raids and arrests in the New York area early Thursday," the New York Post reports.