Shia Kapos

The Vatican appears set to reject the tough one-strike policy on sexual abuse crafted this summer by U.S. bishops, a move that has been widely expected by church leaders and...

Some 1,200 Chicago-area trucking workers found themselves out of a job Monday with the announcement by Consolidated Freightways Corp. that it had filed for Chapter 11-bankruptcy protection. The 73-year-old company,...

Betty Loren-Maltese's controversial decade-long run as Cicero town president came to an end Friday when a federal jury convicted her of racketeering conspiracy and fraud in connection with the theft...

Chicago police are investigating an accident involving two police cars that collided as they raced to help a wounded fellow officer, leaving one of the drivers, a veteran patrolman, struggling...

State and local law enforcement officials are investigating an unlicensed Maywood funeral director after a deceased newborn was found unprepared in a body bag when the child should have been...

Raising concerns about security at the Dirksen Federal Building, a man on Wednesday hurled a flaming backpack inside the lobby of the downtown courthouse but was quickly subdued by FBI...

Alarmed by a surge in the killing of babies and toddlers this year, Chicago Police Supt. Terry Hillard will meet Friday with those who investigate such homicides. About a dozen...

Chicago police and Cook County prosecutors said Friday that they are not pursuing charges against the mother of a 2-year-old boy who died of heat stress last month in a...

St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Darryl Kile complained of shoulder pain and weakness the night before he died, possible warning signs that he had heart problems, officials said Sunday. An autopsy...