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Also, the Cook County penny-per-ounce soda tax will go into effect Wednesday.

Also, El Chapo’s son’s bodyguard has been extradited to Chicago.

Also, Taraji P. Henson gave away free Hidden Figures tickets to low-income families.

Chicago DEA special agent in charge Jack Riley has targeted the Outfit, dirty cops, street gangs, and the Sinaloa cartel, yet the drugs keep coming.

Parris Fultz was a self-described independent operator in a business—drug dealing—dominated by larger-scale players.

Drug dealing hasn’t always been done in the open—but it has been going on for generations.

Why did the DEA look the other way while two brothers imported as much as eight tons of cocaine into the city?

Anatomy of a heroin ring: a west-side drug organization that employed dozens and served thousands

A preview of the Mexican crime film Miss Bala, which opens tomorrow