Tip leads FBI to ‘Fat Rat’ in Alabama
A Chicago fugitive characterized in court documents as a "bundle runner" in the West Side heroin trade was arrested in rural Alabama Thursday after the FBI was tipped off that...
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FBI launches manhunt for Chicago-area weight-loss physician
The FBI has launched an international manhunt for Dr. Gautam Gupta, a Chicago-area weight-loss physician well-known for his frequent radio ads, after he was charged with defrauding insurance companies of...
1 hurt in rollover crash on Southwest Side
A man was seriously injured this morning in a rollover crash in the Southwest Side's Gage Park neighborhood, authorities said. The crash happened at about 10:50 a.m. near 52nd Street...
‘Carpet-cleaner’ gag nabs wanted Florida man
A man wanted on felony charges in Florida was arrested this afternoon in Oak Park when Cook County Sheriff's officers pretended to be rug cleaners and he let them into...
Report: Tinley girl killed by car was chasing a ball
Neighbors said they saw four-year-old Annabella Loerop playing outside with her younger brother and grandfather Monday afternoon on the sidewalk in front of their one-story home not long before the...
2 unruly passengers held on Chicago-related flights
One passenger was wrestled down on a flight headed for Chicago on Sunday afternoon as he tried to open the plane's door in flight, and a second unruly passenger who...
2 unruly passengers held on Chicago-related flights
One passenger was wrestled down on a flight headed for Chicago on Sunday afternoon as he tried to open the plane's door in flight, and a second unruly passenger who...
Suburban man questioned about disturbance on flight
A Burbank man was in custody in St. Louis and being questioned by police and the FBI after authorities said he sought to exit a Continental Airlines flight as it...
Bin Laden’s death brings relief, no closure
Pat Shanower of Naperville lost her son on 9/11. Naval Commander Dan F. Shanower, 40, was killed in the Pentagon, and while his mother never gave up believing that Osama...
Southwest passenger: ‘That pilot saved us’
Seconds after Southwest Flight 1919 touched down at a rain-soaked Midway Airport, Charles Moelter felt the plane lurch as it fishtailed off the tarmac and into a patch of mud....