The organizers of the protest—including Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, Tom Hayden and Bobby Seale—were charged with conspiracy to incite a riot and the trial that followed was one of the most ...

This article has been republished from our archives as part of a series on the “Chicago 7” trial, in which seven people were accused of inciting a riot during the tumultuous 1968 Democratic ...

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After a four-day break, the defense is cross-examining a star witness on Tuesday in Mike Madigan's federal corruption trial.

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Days after the Oct. 26 shooting of an Orthodox Jewish man in Chicago, Mayor Brandon Johnson was publicly rebuked for issuing ...

Defense attorneys have begun cross-examining a convicted former ComEd executive at the bribery and racketeering trial of ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Former police officer Adam Coy was found guilty of murder on Monday by a jury in the 2020 fatal shooting of Andre Hill, a 47-year-old unarmed Black man who was shot four times ...

One of the cases is dropped, and the defendants become known as the Chicago Seven. The defendants use the proceedings to put the war on trial. A parade of celebrity activists and liberals gives ...