CHICAGO -- Jury selection got under way Tuesday in the city's biggest organized-crime trial in years, a racketeering conspiracy case that includes at least 18 slayings, among them a killing that ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- One of the most famous lines from "The Godfather" may be playing out in real life as Lake Mead dries up and a third body turns up. "Sleeping with the fishes" is a notorious ...

CHICAGO -- Robberies are "scores," criminal charges "beefs" and getting sent to prison "going away" in the language of witnesses testifying at Chicago's biggest mob trial in years. Jurors have heard ...

CHICAGO (AP) -- The city's biggest organized crime trial in years got under way Tuesday with an air of secrecy as a federal judge began questioning potential members of an anonymous jury. Once seated, ...

The Chicago Outfit was a force in the city for decades, believed to be behind hundreds of unsolved murders, but is the mob still active today? The answer is yes, but not in the way you'd expect.

CHICAGO -- If Oscar nominee "The Irishman" was embodied as a Chicago mobster, he would already have been killed for making too many mistakes. The Chicago Outfit has a long and bloody history of ...

“Who killed Momo” is the Chicago Outfit’s last family secret. NBC 5 Investigates dug into a case that has been dormant and gathering dust. We spoke with men once on the inside of the mob and those who ...

On June 20, 1975, Weldon Whisler’s phone rang at 1 in the morning. Instead of rolling over and going back to sleep, he answered it. That is the mark of a journeyman reporter. “Have you got a paper and ...

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