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After two-year vacancy, Chicago about to have a new US Attorney: Sources
The top federal law enforcement position in northern Illinois has been vacant for two years, but NBC 5 Investigates has been told by several sources that Andrew Boutros will be tapped to become the Chicago district’s next U.S. Attorney. NBC Chicago learned on Monday that Boutros will soon be announced, two years after John Lausch stepped down and former...
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Tough lesson for Chicago employees of US Education Dept.: They're gone
Friday is final day at The Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights in Chicago. What will happen to the hundreds of complaints and open cases?
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JFK assassination: More than 6 million pages now public after latest drop
What took just a few seconds and changed the course of American history is documented in more than six million pages of investigative reports: The JFK Files.
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Could JFK files shed light on Chicago connection to assassination plots?
Investigators have long concluded that Lee Harvey Oswald shot and killed President John F. Kennedy, but new files have been released this week could shed new light on the killing. While Kennedy was killed in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963, there were multiple plots being hatched against him in the weeks leading to his death, including one based in Chicago….
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Is your March Madness bracket illegal gambling? Technical, and practical, answers
NBC 5 Investigates a question that affects millions of Americans and why it may be the nation’s least-prosecuted crime.
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The most wanted criminal in Chicago lives 2,000 miles away
Al Capone was the first. El Mencho is the current. Both men held the unsavory title of Chicago’s Public Enemy Number One. There is one big difference between the city’s most wanted fugitives: at least “Scarface” Capone actually lived in the city. El Mencho, whose real name is Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, resides in Mexico according to U.S. law enforcement,...
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Federal agencies face deadline to turn over proposed cuts, layoffs
Federal agencies are under a Thursday deadline to turn over plans to the Office of Personnel Management on how they plan to reduce the size of their respective agencies, including through reductions in workforce. A February memo from OPM directed that agencies had until March 13 to turn over their proposals as part of “Phase 1” of President Donald Trump’s…
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Will President Trump let Mike Madigan off the hook? Ex-US prosecutor thinks maybe
Precisely one month from the history-making moment former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan was convicted of corruption, a one-time federal prosecutor tells NBC Chicago that Madigan may end up cleared of all charges. Former assistant U.S. Attorney Ron Safer says that Madigan, 82, is undoubtedly maneuvering Washington backchannels to charm President Donald Trump, who believes that corruption cases are witch-hunts….
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Air India toilets clogged at 40,000 feet among airline's bizarre troubles
There is a sabotage mystery at Air India that hasn’t hurt anyone yet, but has jeopardized safety, befuddled investigators and cost the airline millions according to aviation experts.
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Evanston woman says her contract is among DOGE website errors
An Evanston woman and federal worker of more than 50 years says DOGE is taking credit for $367,000 in cost savings for a contract she says she chose to end
