Karoun Demirjian

Investigators spent Friday trying to determine what turned a seemingly gentle and even-mannered former sociology student into a killer capable of slaying five students in a Northern Illinois University classroom...

Steven Kazmierczak checked into the Travelodge in DeKalb early Monday afternoon and spent two days there, smoking cigarettes, taking cold medicine and drinking Red Bull and Gatorade. Before leaving to...

Dan Parmenter's fraternity brothers at Pi Kappa Alpha could rely upon him to organize charity events. His boss could count on him to work every day. And his professors could...

Career prosecutor Anita Alvarez declared victory Tuesday in a tight six-way Democratic primary for Cook County state's attorney, edging out veteran politicians who derided her for not doing more to...

U.S. postal inspectors and FBI agents raided an art gallery in Chicago's River North neighborhood Thursday as part of an ongoing investigation into art fraud, authorities said. Agents carried several...

Like a parent tightening the reins, Mayor Richard Daley told teens Tuesday that he wants them home a half-hour earlier each night. Children younger than 17 would have to be...

As Chicago geared up to ring in the new year Monday night, the weather kept right in step, creating wet, snowy obstacles for revelers planning to spend New Year's enjoying...

Shivering in the near 20-degree cold on a recent night, eight optimistic drinkers huddled and stamped their feet, well aware that come the new year, getting their nicotine jones on...