Michael Berens

Dozens of Chicago's homeless -- primarily those with mental illnesses -- are being funneled into nursing homes through a network of salesmen, known as bed brokers, who have offered cash...

With cataract-blinded eyes closed tight and her 64-pound frame curled in a fetal position on a bed, Conception Vega ended a tortuous journey that led the 89-year-old Chicago mother into...

In June of 1995, state-employed nurses swept into Tammerlane Health Care Center in Sterling, Ill., to conduct what was believed to be an annual review of the nursing home's files...

Thirty years ago, the State of Illinois was casting about for a creative way to release thousands of mentally ill patients from poorly run and abusive psychiatric institutions. Too many...

Before dawn at the Jacksonville Terrace nursing home, a nurse's aide found Gladys Tipsword, 69, unconscious in the shower room, her naked body slumped in a pool of blood, her...

The road out of Chicago's housing projects often begins aboard a weathered van driven by Norm Pettis. A real-estate agent of sorts, Pettis caters not to those looking for a...

Reacting to increasing evidence that aging aircraft may pose greater risks of explosion, the Federal Aviation Administration announced plans Thursday for mandatory replacement of fuel tank components and wiring on...

After Fred Padgett finished reading the Cincinnati Enquirer's scathing 18-page expose on the overseas business practices of Chiquita Brands International Inc., he was so disillusioned that he sold two-thirds of...

American scientists monitoring remote sites where India and Pakistan detonated nuclear devices sharply question public claims by both nations about the size and number of weapons tested. Scientists examining seismic...

Responding to increasing evidence of cracked electrical wire insulation in the fuel tanks of commercial airliners, the Federal Aviation Administration said Tuesday that it will expand the hunt for bad...