Cynthia Dizikes

A teenager was killed this afternoon in a police-involved shooting on the South Side in the city's Washington Park neighborhood. The shooting happened shortly after 1 p.m. on the 5600...

SPRINGFIELD -- For Illinois' gay marriage proponents, it was supposed to be a historic week culminating in a collective "I do" from Springfield lawmakers. Thousands tuned in to social media...

J.F.'s marriage was crumbling in 2010, but he didn't want that public. J.F. is a well-known Chicago politician, and when he and his wife ended up in divorce court, he...

Defense attorneys were astonished — and U.S. District Judge James Zagel called the development rare — when 50 prospective jurors entered a federal courtroom for William Beavers' trial and not...

While the selection of a new pope from Latin America was surprising, some found it even more unexpected that the cardinals tapped a Jesuit as the leader of their church....

Pediatric surgeon Dr. Mark Slidell's pager beeped Monday afternoon, notifying him of a trauma case at Comer Children's Hospital. It was a 6-month-old, 18-pound baby girl. Bullets had pierced Jonylah...