Lara Weber

A former Cook County sheriff's supervisor alleged Thursday in a federal lawsuit that she was demoted in 2001 after she refused to buy or sell political fundraising tickets on Sheriff...

After a leader of the Latin Kings street gang was gunned down in a West Side barbershop, Chicago police Thursday beefed up patrols in the area to try to deter...

Do you plan on reading Hillary Clinton's book "Living History"? Eager to read it: 5% May read it: 39% Don't plan on reading it: 34% Wouldn't if you paid me:...

Chicago recorded its first swim ban of the season Wednesday at a beach plagued in recent years with high levels of bacteria. Chicago Park District officials banned swimming at 63rd...

3. A break from SARS deaths For the first time since March 28, there were no deaths from the SARS virus anywhere in the world Wednesday. World health authorities said...

A figure model for Chicago art students is suing Columbia College and the school's student-produced magazine for publishing pictures of her without her permission. A woman identified only as Jane...

Graduates of the Downey High School class of 1993 have started planning their 10-year reunion after coming to grips with the death of the event's original organizer, Laci Peterson. The...

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas launched a groundbreaking peace plan Wednesday with President Bush's encouragement, offering once-unthinkable pledges in hopes of ending decades of Mideast...

The Peruvian city of Piura will stage a ceremonial baptism Thursday for three endangered Bengal tigers born on the same day to a traveling circus. "The Piura mayor has agreed...

Hillary Rodham Clinton says her husband's relationship with Monica Lewinsky caused so much pain that, at one point, Buddy the dog was the only member of the family willing to...