Cook County - Marc Martin (from left) Edward Genson and Sam Adams Jr., attorneys for R&B star R. Kelly speak during a news conference after a Cook County criminal court jury acquitted Kelly on all counts in his child-pornography trial in Chicago on June 13, 2008. (UPI Photo/Brian Kersey)
Marc Martin (from left) Edward Genson and Sam Adams Jr., attorneys for R&B star R. Kelly speak during a news conference after a Cook County criminal court jury acquitted Kelly on all counts in his child-pornography trial in Chicago on June 13, 2008. (UPI Photo/Brian Kersey)
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EVANSTON, Ill., June 12 (UPI) -- A freshman at Northwestern University in Illinois died after apparently drinking an excessive amount of alcohol at a party in his dorm, police said.
CHICAGO, June 11 (UPI) -- Testimony in singer R. Kelly's child pornography trial in Chicago has ended and closing arguments have been scheduled for later this week.
CHICAGO, May 17 (UPI) -- Court documents in the child pornography trial of singer R. Kelly will remain sealed despite a media request to see them, a judge in Chicago has ruled.
CHICAGO, May 16 (UPI) -- Jury selection for R&B singer R. Kelly's long-delayed child pornography trial in Chicago was completed and opening statements are slated to begin next week.
CHICAGO, May 9 (UPI) -- A Chicago judge Friday refused to grant a defense lawyer's request to postpone singer R. Kelly's long-delayed child pornography trial again.
CHICAGO, May 7 (UPI) -- Lawyers for R. Kelly have requested the start of the recording artist's long-delayed child pornography trial in Chicago be postponed again.
CHICAGO, May 6 (UPI) -- The Illinois Supreme Court has said it won't help the media get access to sealed documents in the R. Kelly child pornography case.
CHICAGO, May 3 (UPI) -- A St. Xavier University student is free on $15,000 bail after being arraigned in Chicago Saturday on charges of posting threatening graffiti on campus.