Patricia Callahan

Federal regulators on Thursday night directed retailers across the country to stop selling and to recall nearly 900,000 dangerous bassinets, one of the largest child product safety actions in years....

One of the most popular bassinets in America has been linked to at least two babies' deaths, and federal authorities are investigating whether the products have a deadly design flaw,...

Dubious after-school grants highlighted by a Tribune investigation would be heavily scrutinized and groups that receive them held more accountable under a series of bills five Republican lawmakers filed last...

Congressional negotiators settled months of debate over product safety on Monday, and in nearly every detail -- including lead levels in toys, safety information for consumers and fines for violating...

Linda Ginzel never wanted to be a consumer activist. The University of Chicago professor became one after her son Danny Keysar was strangled at his Lincoln Park day-care provider a...

State education officials launched an investigation Monday into dubious after-school programs following a Tribune story that exposed questionable spending and political patronage. The chairman of the Illinois State Board of...