Azam Ahmed

Drivers who knot that necktie, apply eyeliner or catch up on e-mail behind the wheel are being targeted by state officials and safety advocates pushing for a crackdown on motorists...

Gary Huff would be the envy of anyone trying to score last-minute tickets to the Lollapalooza music festival this weekend. From his apartment, a sixth-floor, two-bedroom unit that looks out...

Harold Beilstein's tenants in Chicago first began to suspect something was wrong Tuesday night when he didn't return their calls. They called just after a man had been found slain...

The mole that R. Kelly's defense team said would set him free popped up in court Thursday when the sex tape at the heart of the case was broken down...

For the last five years, nurses, doctors, relatives and caseworkers were in and out of Jaylen Brown's life, trusted with caring for the severely disabled 13-year-old boy. He suffered a...

The fatal shooting of a Loyola University Chicago journalism student as she drove her car on Chicago's South Side Sunday night may be connected to another shooting the same evening...

Eric Field was on his skateboard last August holding on to the back of a friend's car when the board gave out and he flipped over. Without a helmet, Field,...

Police widened their search for three children from Humboldt Park Tuesday, their mother slain and her husband the target of manhunt that spread beyond Illinois. Sofia Garcia, 30, had an...

A jury acquitted a former Maywood police officer accused of tipping off a gang leader about a police drug raid in 2005. Arian Wade, 36, was charged with criminal drug...

Thomas J. Maloney lives on a quiet street in the west suburbs. The 82-year-old reads books and writes letters, takes walks around the block and spends time with his wife...