Ana Beatriz Cholo

At the College of Lake County in Grayslake, where immigrants swamp waiting lists for English classes, instructor Theresa Ruiz-Velasco considers it a waste of time to make English the nation's...

A cafeteria worker and coach at a South Side elementary school lured pupils to his home, telling them they could look at his sports trophies, then molested them, police said...

A Florida man was charged with murder Friday for allegedly stabbing to death the 8-year-old son of his ex-girlfriend at Great Lakes Naval Station in North Chicago. Lebert D. Black,...

The night of Aug. 28, 1965, stars filled the sky. It was one gorgeous night. Even in the middle of winter in the Southern Hemisphere, there are no ugly days,...

Georgeann Duberstein could not wait until she reached her 60s. After raising two children and working as a schoolteacher, physician's assistant, computer saleswoman and a consultant, she could finally relax...

When Hurricane Katrina hit, Cindy Law got on the Internet. "A lot of attention went to New Orleans, and these smaller towns were just devastated as well," said the former...

On Sunday, a church, a synagogue and the clerk of Cook County Circuit Court joined the growing effort to send supplies to victims of Hurricane Katrina. Members of Amor de...

Newcomer Kynedii Kimble got a lot of attention Thursday from curious classmates at Bennett Elementary--and the 10-year-old from Kenner, La., was a bit embarrassed. The 4th-grader and her family had...

Chicago police were questioning at least two people Sunday, hours after a baby who was alleged to have been snatched from his mother's arms was discovered inside a trash can...