Aamer Madhani

While the typical 4th of July revelry was in full force Wednesday, two Chicago-area celebrations--a picnic for the homeless in Englewood and an Evanston parade--marched to their own beat. About...

A 16-year-old was charged with first-degree murder Saturday night in the death of a plainclothes Chicago police officer in a Pilsen neighborhood alley known for crossfire between rival gangs. Officer...

Police are searching for a teenager who allegedly killed a 35-year-old man early Saturday because the youth was angry that someone had been "disrespecting" his mother. Hobson Williams, whose address...

An attorney who was indicted last week with Cicero Town President Betty Loren-Maltese and eight others pleaded not guilty Monday to the racketeering and fraud charges. Charles Schneider, 47, of...

Betty Loren-Maltese, the colorful and controversial Cicero town president, was charged Friday along with nine others for allegedly looting millions of dollars in taxpayer funds in a racketeering and fraud...

After a second day of scouring the tiny islands, wooded shoreline and waters of Green Bay, authorities on Thursday called off a massive rescue effort for three Chicago-area teenagers whose...

A new mother apparently suffering from postpartum mental illness fell to her death from a narrow 12th-floor ledge of a Chicago hotel Monday, eluding the lunging grasp of firefighters called...

A missing, 41-year-old woman, who had been suffering from postpartum psychosis after the recent birth of a child, fell to her death this morning from a North Side hotel, authorities...

A Cook County judge Wednesday knocked over two hurdles to Rev. Donald C. Luster becoming mayor of Dixmoor but left in place an injunction preventing him from being sworn in,...

After two hearings Friday, a Cook County judge issued an order maintaining the political status quo in Dixmoor and barring Mayor-elect Donald C. Luster from assuming office until at least...