Aamer Madhani

Nearly all Democrats and no small chorus of Republicans gave an icy reception Thursday to President Bush's plan for a dramatic increase in the number of U.S. troops in Iraq,...

From his time at Wells Community High School in Chicago's East Village neighborhood, Sgt. Sanick Dela Cruz had the makings of a Marine. Teachers and staff at Wells recalled Dela...

Prison is bound to be uncomfortable for George Ryan. But if the former governor gets his wish and is sent to the federal facility in Oxford, Wis., he might meet...

After police stormed the house in Walthamstow and arrested terror suspect Asim Tariq, neighbors struggled to recall anything substantive about the family that had lived among them for 20 years....

Like most of the 17 Chicago-area residents who died in this most recent hot spell, Jaime Zea was not that old or mired in extreme poverty. At 57, the Northwest...

Two of three teenagers accused in a brutal attack in West Beverly of an 8th grader with heart problems were ordered held on battery and robbery charges after appearing in...

Even if McHenry County had upgraded its cellular equipment to trace emergency calls, that probably wouldn't have helped a motorcycle-crash victim who called 911 twice for help but died in...

Gravely injured in a motorcycle crash, Kurt Regnier lay in the darkness of a McHenry County cornfield and called 911 twice for help. But he was unable to tell dispatchers...

The military rescue of three Christian peace activists held captive for four months in Iraq set off celebrations in Chicago, London and Toronto and raised hopes in the Iraqi capital...

Jackie Bartley knew her relative didn't trust her, but she was floored to learn from other family members that the woman was trying to find a way to get her...