Rolling toward a fare standoff
Between higher gas prices and smaller tips, Chicago taxi driver Yemi Owo says the economy has sent him down a rough road. Owo, 35, spends $93 a day to rent...
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Boys, 14 and 15, face life in prison
The two teenage cousins showed little emotion in separate court appearances as charges were read Thursday accusing them of beating a Kenosha woman to death with a baseball bat before...
From the archive: Distraught family at a loss over girl’s slaying in alley
The last time Mya Lyons' family saw her alive, she was dressed head to toe in pink. Pink shoes, pink pants, pink T-shirt. It was her favorite color -- one...
Protection or menace?
In a ruling last week that endangers Chicago's handgun ban, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the right of Americans to keep a gun in their home as protection. But does...
Why the jury acquitted R. Kelly
R. Kelly bowed his head and wept Friday as he was cleared of child pornography charges, acquitted by a jury that deliberated for just 7 1/2 hours over a case...
Cook County Judge Vincent Gaughan: R. Kelly judge is holding tight rein
Celebrity-obsessed culture will turn its eyes toward the R. Kelly trial next month, but what it'll see remains a heavily guarded secret. Cook County has spent months bracing for the...
Family mourns teen who was fatally shot
Shannon Brown looked out for the kids in his Roseland neighborhood, whether they were his brothers, his cousins or other kids on the block, his family said. When some older...
Slain student wasn’t enrolled in class
Love, not an academic requirement, put Daniel Parmenter in Cole Hall that fateful day. Parmenter's family recently learned from Northern Illinois University that he was not enrolled in the ocean...
5 women slain in store
A gunman led five women into the back room of a Tinley Park clothing store Saturday morning, killed them, then walked out the front door and disappeared. Police said there...
Frigid weekend on the way
The days of leaving the house with jackets unzipped and heads uncovered are coming to a cold -- really cold -- end. The Chicago region is bracing for a frigid...