Lara Weber

Lawyers from the Chicago Public Schools, the U.S. Justice Department and other organizations agreed Monday to present a plan to modify the system's 23-year-old desegregation plan in federal court by...

4. Low-income tax credit moves to House President Bush would sign a bill ensuring that low-income workers benefit from an increase in the child tax credit if the U.S. House...

More than 1,000 people clamored for Hillary Rodham Clinton's new book, an autograph and a chance to meet the senator on Monday as she launched a rock star-like tour to...

Boeing Co. took out full-page ads in several newspapers on Monday to acknowledge that some of its employees used privileged documents from rival aerospace company Lockheed Martin to win a...

For almost a year, eight Chicago students fervently spread the word about West Nile disease, an effort that over the weekend earned them the highest award ever for an Illinois...

Mormon crickets are chewing their way through southwestern Idaho at an alarming rate, devouring Boise crops and creating road hazards in what locals say is the worst outbreak since World...

An arrest warrant was issued Monday for a retired Chicago police sergeant who failed to appear in court to face federal charges that he stole cash and cocaine from drug...

For at least the seventh time since a Waukegan Superfund site was officially declared clean in 1991, asbestos-laden debris has been found just outside the property--this time in the midst...

Young people who watch movies in which actors smoke a lot are three times more likely to take up the habit than those exposed to less smoking on screen, a...

Despite the likely benefits from joining Europe's single currency, Britain won't abandon its pound or pence until its economy converges more closely with that of the 12-nation euro zone, the...