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 ...

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.

“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 ...

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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 ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A prominent member of the Chicago mob's old guard wants off the hook once and for all so he can attend dog shows. Mario Rainone is asking for an early release from his federal ...

NBC 5 Chicago’s nationally-renowned Emmy and Edward R. Murrow Award-winning journalist Chuck Goudie is set to reveal answers in one of the biggest mysteries in Chicago crime history when he unveils ...