Michael Tackett

The stone-block UAW hall sits high on the hill overlooking the hulking 2.5 million-square-foot Chrysler plant. For many of the 31 years that the plant produced cars, from the Plymouth...

Sue Barry, an Air Force Reserve triage nurse who on the battlefield has responsibility to decide-sometimes with only seconds to spare-who lives and who dies, sat glued to the television...

Ralph Ingersoll`s bold attempt to launch the first new metropolitan daily newspaper in nearly 50 years ended abruptly Wednesday when he announced that his St. Louis Sun had published its...

A jury did not believe a mother`s story that a masked gunman kidnapped and killed her 6-week-old daughter last year, and it convicted her Tuesday of the murder. Looking wan...

The City of Chicago won an important victory Tuesday when a judge approved its settlement with four pension funds that will limit the city`s obligation to pay for health-insurance benefits...

Walter Payton, who made his mark on the playing field as the National Football League`s leading rusher, made history of another sort Thursday by announcing that he would be a...

The case of Joseph T. Wesbecker, the man who last week murdered seven people with a semi-automatic military assault weapon, illustrates the problem of trying to draft legislation to keep...

The divisive debate on abortion invaded state capitals across the nation Wednesday, with lobbying blitzes and calls for special legislative sessions to pursue tougher laws limiting abortion. On the heels...

As Discovery strained to lift off Thursday morning, a hush fell over Tom Baty`s B&B Billiards, where workers who had helped build the shuttle`s booster rockets were sipping beer and...

Dan Quayle goes out on his own Wednesday, taking his battered and buffeted vice presidential candidacy on a campaign swing that could determine whether he will help or hurt George...