Negligence lawsuit filed in boat accident that killed 3
A boat service provider's negligence led to a motorboat accident in Lake Michigan in May that killed three people, a lawsuit filed by one victim's mother alleges. Sharon Haws, mother...
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City Hall sit-in morphs into march along Michigan Avenue
Hundreds of protesters marched Tuesday night through downtown, chanting and making speeches over a loudspeaker about Ferguson, Mo., and Michael Brown, after spending much of the day hunkered down outside...
Cause of building collapse that injured 2 women under investigation
Investigators are trying to figure out what caused a three-story condominium apartment building to collapse in the Washington Park neighborhood on the South Side, injuring two women who were pulled...
Immigrants in Chicago find Obama executive action bittersweet
Bittersweet sentiment rippled among the immigrants, their families and activists gathered at a Chicago community center Thursday night to watch President Barack Obama's talk about an executive action that would...
Steger woman sues over seized cattle, says rescue group profited
A Will County woman filed a lawsuit this week against Cook County Animal Control, claiming that officers seized 19 heads of cattle from her Chicago Heights property without due process,...
Outside of Holy Name: Cold weather, warm hearts
As nuns, priests and other clergy filed into Holy Name Cathedral on Tuesday afternoon before Blase Cupich's installation as archbishop, parishioners who did not have tickets to get inside stood...
Kidney donation appeal goes out to help father of 6, others
A Chicago Latino advocacy organization is making a plea on behalf of a father of six who needs a new kidney and as part of a broader appeal for people,...
Cupich lands in Chicago, poised to take reins of archdiocese
Blase Cupich flew into O'Hare International Airport on Thursday afternoon, less than a week before he is set to succeed Cardinal Francis George as archbishop of Chicago, and said his...
Ex-Illinois congressman to receive Presidential Medal of Freedom
Abner Mikva, a five-term congressman for Illinois who also served in all three branches of the federal government, was one of 19 Americans awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the...
West Rogers Park woman charged with killing toddler
A 22-year-old West Rogers Park woman was charged with murder in the death of a 3-year-old boy, Chicago police said Sunday night. Tylesha Griffin, 22, of the 6500 block of...