Michael Higgins

In a victory for those seeking stricter limits on abortion, the Illinois Supreme Court decided Monday to revive a long-dormant state law that prohibits minors from obtaining abortions without notifying...

Before the Chicago City Council voted to pass the "big-box" living-wage ordinance, the city Law Department advised that there would be "significant risk" of a court overturning the law. But...

Elfa Lari, 83, made her way down a narrow ledge in a smoky subway tunnel earlier this month along with hundreds of other anxious Blue Line passengers escaping a derailed...

Several strong back-and-forth thrusts coursed through the Blue Line cars and the intercom in the operator's cab buzzed with calls from panicked riders, the rookie motorman of the packed CTA...

When it comes to getting people to cooperate in criminal investigations, federal prosecutors and agents are fond of saying you can either be on the train or on the tracks....

A Highwood bank employee who was originally charged with embezzling $359,000 actually stole more than nine times that amount, or about $3.3 million, federal prosecutors say. Estela Ramos, 46, of...

After a four-year inquiry, special prosecutors investigating long-standing allegations that Chicago police tortured murder suspects said Thursday that they are prepared to release a final report. Special prosecutors Edward Egan...

As a federal jury deliberated the guilt or innocence of former Gov. George Ryan, a taut drama over the jury's own fate unfolded in the chambers of U.S. District Judge...

The decision by 13 school districts to leave a south suburban athletic conference was racially driven, meant to separate black students from white, according to a lawsuit filed Monday in...

Robert Creamer, a top Democratic consultant and the husband of U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.), was sentenced Wednesday to 5 months in prison for using bad checks to prop up...