Strict leader may deepen rift in U.S. flock, some fear
In his new role as spiritual leader of the Roman Catholic Church in America, Pope Benedict XVI takes on a divided flock, with some believers fervently clinging to fundamental church...
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Immigration records shed light on Lefkow killer’s past
Bart Ross had worked as an electrical engineer at a factory in southern Poland for nearly a decade when he ran afoul of communist authorities and began trying to find...
Killer’s life scoured for missing evidence
Police scoured Bart Ross' Albany Park home Friday seeking more clues to why he killed federal Judge Joan Lefkow's husband and mother, while hoping to better understand the final days...
Police: DNA matches
A day after Bart Ross shot himself during a traffic stop outside Milwaukee, police said DNA tests had definitively tied him to the murders of U.S. District Judge Joan Lefkow's...
DNA sought on cigarettes, drink can
Analysts were processing evidence at a furious pace Wednesday in an expanding investigation into the slayings of the husband and mother of a federal judge. Technicians were working to find...
`Execution-style’ hits
Chicago police and federal agents joined forces Tuesday to investigate the slayings of a federal judge's husband and mother, killings that law-enforcement sources were calling "execution-style" hits. With no arrests...
Federal judge’s family killed
U.S. District Judge Joan H. Lefkow found her husband and mother shot dead in the basement of her home Monday night, less than a year after white supremacist Matthew Hale...
FBI searches lockers in 3 police districts
FBI agents searched lockers and offices in several police districts this week, expanding an investigation that already has led to four officers being charged with shaking down drug dealers, authorities...
Suspect named in slaying
Chicago police are trying to locate a man in Mexico they believe killed 21-year-old Melissa Dorner, a North Side restaurant hostess who lived in the building where he had been...
Chicago police question 2 in fatal nightclub shooting
Chicago police investigating the weekend's deadly Cafe Allure shooting were interviewing two suspects Monday afternoon, but charges were not expected until at least Tuesday, said a source familiar with the...