Angela Rozas

When Sgt. Nicholas A. Tomko, 24, revealed that he planned to join the Marines, his father forbade it. So he joined the Army. Originally, Tomko wanted to be a police...

Every morning, the parents of Army Spec. William "Dave" Dusenbery would check their computer for an e-mail from Iraq, reassuring themselves that their son was all right. On Saturday, nothing...

Since he was 4, Steven Conover had wanted to be a soldier. He played war in the back yard, and on trips to the mall, he would always stop by...

Two weeks before he died, Staff Sgt. Daniel Bader called his grandmother in Nebraska and told her he would be seeing her soon. On Sunday, Bader, 28, was killed on...

A Metra train carrying more than 300 passengers derailed Sunday afternoon on the city's South Side, leaving 45 injured--six critically--and the locomotive on its side and in flames, officials said....

Pakistan is hoping to improve its relationship with the United States from one of short-term convenience to long-lasting friendship, Pakistani Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali said Tuesday. Jamali, who spoke...

As a college student in North Carolina, Spec. Lunsford B. Brown II put his military training and drawing above all of his other courses, a relative said. "He used to...

The son of two Holocaust survivors, Rabbi Shalom Ziskind felt a special calling to teach following generations of Jewish children the importance of embracing and maintaining their religious heritage. Rabbi...

A man with a quick temper and a history of weapons arrests walked into the South Side auto parts warehouse from which he had been fired and gunned down six...

Michael Evans and Paul Terry walked out of a courtroom Friday free of the cloud that has hung over them since 1977, when they were convicted of the rape and...