Mike Dorning

U.S. troops fired on a crowd of angry demonstrators Wednesday, killing two Iraqis, as an American on guard duty was shot to death elsewhere in the capital and the military...

Former Gov. Jim Edgar headed a growing list of Republicans Tuesday whose names were being floated as a possible U.S. Senate candidate following Sen. Peter Fitzgerald's surprise announcement that he...

Chicago's film industry, already depressed, now endures a special indignity: a best picture Oscar for a movie both set in Chicago and named for the city, but made across the...

The federal government instated a temporary no-fly zone Saturday for small planes over downtown Chicago and the Near North Side, acquiescing to an intense lobbying effort by Mayor Richard Daley...

Families of the 97 people who perished in a fire at a Rhode Island nightclub gathered for a somber memorial service Monday as authorities intensified their investigation into the circumstances...

At an obscure federal agency charged with reviving the airline industry, some carriers get financial help, and some get a shove out the door. On Wedneday the agency refused to...

The Senate passed a sweeping reorganization of the federal government to meet the threat of international terrorism Tuesday evening, including a series of last-minute additions that critics charged were payoffs...

The already ugly race for Illinois governor got even more unsightly Friday as Democrat Rod Blagojevich and Republican Jim Ryan exchanged attacks over dirty tricks and the alleged sexual misconduct...

Sen. Dick Durbin's campaign said Friday there's no reason to return more than $15,000 from Andersen, the Chicago-based accounting firm convicted of obstruction of justice for shredding Enron audit records....

As the nation considers whether to wage war on Iraq, Illinois' two major candidates for U.S. Senate offer markedly different views, with Republican Jim Durkin whole-heartedly backing potential Bush administration...