E.A. Torriero

When he reports Wednesday to the Oxford federal prison camp as inmate 16627-424, former Gov. George Ryan will be issued a pair of steel-toe shoes, a few button-down shirts and...

University of Illinois officials cut ties Thursday with Tom Dempsey, the beleaguered director of the school's police training institute who has been under scrutiny for his work with a controversial...

The Chicago Council on Global Affairs' decision to cancel a forum about a controversial upcoming book on the influence of the pro-Israel lobby on U.S. foreign policy has sparked a...

As U.S. Navy divers combed the gnarled wreckage of the collapsed Interstate Highway 35W bridge Monday, federal agents used a robotic, arm-groping submarine, a helicopter equipped with cameras and detailed...

From little things, like making sure there were enough pens, to big things, like having the polling-place computers dial in more than once at night's end, Chicago election officials dramatically...

From the little things, like making sure there were enough pens, to the big things, like having the polling place computers dial in more than once at night's end, Chicago...

A busy train station was thrown into chaos Friday afternoon as a murder-hostage drama unfolded in an office tower above, delaying thousands of commuters for hours and potentially extending travel...

As hundreds of National Guard troops fanned out across iced-over central Illinois Tuesday offering help, residents shivering without power for a fifth straight day demanded to know why it is...

Roger Holyfield had recently turned to Bible verses to help chase away his demons, the psychological troubles and outbursts that marred the teenager's life. But on Oct. 28, as Holyfield...

In the first visit on U.S. soil by a high-ranking Iranian official in three decades, former President Mohammad Khatami appeared in the Chicago area Saturday and urged people to engage...