Facing sanctions by the Illinois Courts Commission for courthouse sexual harassment, Cook County Circuit Judge Mauricio Araujo told the Supreme Court on Thursday he would resign next week.

Indiana officials may not count any absentee ballots they receive after noon on Election Day, a federal appeals court held Tuesday.

The Chicago Bar Association recommended against three candidates vying to fill vacancies on the Nov. 3 ballot, and singled out two retention candidates as not recommended for new terms.

A Kane County judge awarded more than $400,000 to a delivery worker who slipped down a staircase and fractured his right leg.

A federal judge ordered the FBI to speed up its production of records from an anti-terrorism investigation aimed at Muslims.

A Chicago police officer filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against former Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson and the city of Chicago Thursday, alleging the top cop sexually abused her for three years while she served as his personal driver and a member of his personal detail.  

In a move that stirred controversy even before he made it, President Donald Trump on Saturday nominated Judge Amy Coney Barrett of the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to a seat on the highest court in the nation.

A federal judge tentatively cleared the way for buyers at a food-distribution company to join together to seek the overtime pay they allege is owed.