Stephanie Banchero

Moving quickly in a controversial and politically sensitive case, Chicago Police Supt. Matt Rodriguez on Tuesday suspended the two officers involved in the alleged beating of Jeremiah Mearday and sought...

Marie Ryan, the wife of Illinois Atty. Gen. Jim Ryan, was hospitalized Sunday afternoon after suffering cardiac arrest, according to a spokesman for the attorney general. Marie Ryan became ill...

United Power for Action & Justice, the curious organization that burst onto the public scene Sunday, attracted more than 9,000 cheering and foot-stomping recruits to the UIC Pavilion for its...

The Chicago Department of Buildings halted construction Friday on a controversial seven-story building being built by DePaul University after inspectors received a tip that the school was exceeding the limits...

Nearly 100 years after a congregation of Vincentian priests founded a small college for poor immigrants on the North Side, DePaul University is once again striving to redefine its place...

Dan Rostenkowski, one of the most powerful men in the country until he went to federal prison 15 months ago, became a free man five minutes after midnight Tuesday when...

Chicago cabdrivers were painted in two very different lights during a Tuesday night public hearing that drew about 50 people to City Hall. Critics called them dangerous motorists who often...

A federal judge has ruled that states may not discriminate against new residents by paying them lower welfare benefits than longtime residents. His decision blocks Pennsylvania's use of a tool...

About 3,000 people a year accuse Chicago police officers of using excessive force, but rarely do those charges light the kind of fire that is burning through a swath of...

Sidney Jones was playing his saxophone under the red and white awning in front of a candy shop at the busy Loop intersection of Randolph Street and Wabash Avenue early...