Lara Weber

Online financial services rebel E-Trade Group Inc. tweaked the mortgage market Monday, offering fixed-rate loans that borrowers can take with them as they change addresses. The portable mortgages are made...

In a recent radio interview, chief UN weapons inspector Hans Blix recalled the lack of patience the U.S. and Britain showed for weapons inspections in Iraq. "Of course, what I...

Chicago schools chief Arne Duncan plans to slash 450 jobs ranging from social workers to parent advocates in his tentative $4.8 billion budget to be unveiled Monday. The cuts, expected...

The so-called road map for peace in the Middle East hit another hurdle Sunday in a wave of violence that left five Israeli soldiers and five Palestinian gunmen dead. The...

In a debate that goes to the heart of what a farmers market ought to be, the Evanston City Council is expected to vote Monday on whether to allow the...

Des Plaines police arrested a 36-year-old man who tried to rob a downtown bank Saturday and then turned himself in to a cab company manager working out of the city's...

Cardinal Francis George clashed Sunday with a Catholic advocacy group over the Archdiocese of Chicago's reluctance to publish an official list of the 36 priests who have sexually abused parishioners...

Citing a list of disparities between black and white health that begins with higher infant mortality and ends in a lower life expectancy, leading members of the Congressional Black Caucus...

Lisa Ganz, an accountant at a Ft. Smith steel mill, struggled with personal problems, including two divorces and a growing sense of depression. She tried to talk about her problems...

4. Teen faces charges in police station slayings A teenager faces arraignment Monday on capital murder charges in the fatal shooting of two police officers and a dispatcher who were...