Oscar Avila

Cabdrivers in Des Plaines won't have to flash passports after all. An ordinance proposed this week would have required all taxi drivers in the city be U.S. citizens. But City...

Ivan Mercado didn't marry for love. He did it for $1,000 and a car. The Waukegan hairdresser admitted in court documents last week that he married three women in less...

Televisions in every hallway and classroom at Friendship Junior High School in Des Plaines beamed out a steady diet of CNN election updates Friday, as anxious students jostled for a...

Moola, an 18-year-old Asian elephant, began her hard labor Saturday. Her birth "dance" lasted 36 hours. Her ears would flap as her tail swished. Her massive body eased itself to...