Michael Berens

Crime in Illinois dipped again last year, continuing a remarkable and historic six-year run in which fewer people were murdered, robbed or raped, according to new figures from the state...

The Illinois State Police used flawed population estimates last year that caused the agency to report inaccurate crime rates for dozens of communities statewide, officials acknowledged Tuesday. The flawed 1999...

The Illinois State Police used flawed population estimates last year that caused the agency to report inaccurate crime rates for dozens of communities statewide, officials acknowledged Tuesday. The flawed 1999...

Chicago had the most error-ridden presidential election last fall of any major U.S. city, a baiduhai analysis shows, and the blame cannot be entirely laid at the feet of...

In response to warnings about a national shortage of nurses, members of a Senate subcommittee plan to introduce legislation to create academic grants for students and teachers, as well as...

Thousands of mentally ill patients as young as 22 are being improperly warehoused inside the nation's geriatric nursing homes, constituting a forgotten and misplaced population often subjected to inadequate care,...

Faces drawn from fatigue, eyes droopy, swollen and red, the 50 registered nurses gathered in the sparse meeting room, coffee cups tipped for yet another caffeine rush. They came to...

Acknowledging a growing body of evidence that some infusion pumps in hospitals can deliver lethal bursts of medicine, a prominent health care regulator will crack down on hospitals that do...

In Palm Beach County, 435,638 people voted for a U.S. Senate candidate on Tuesday, but in an apparent anomaly, 3,352 fewer punched their ballots with a presidential choice. This seeming...