Stephen Franklin

Israeli and Palestinian leaders tried to set aside their differences Friday and called for restraint in the most determined attempt yet to end five weeks of bloodshed. But despite efforts...

As Israel and the Palestinians took steps Wednesday to implement a truce, reports swept Israel that undercover commandos had ventured into the West Bank and captured at least six suspects...

Storekeepers and passersby waved to Shalom Levi as he strolled through the Mahane Yehuda, or Jewish market, but the tall, elderly man with a long wispy beardbarely acknowledged them. His...

If you heard Tony Russell speak, you would probably recognize his deep, throaty voice right away. Pulp diction, he calls it, a little deep, a little devilish. You may have...

Just as they were poised to turn up the heat in their 10-day-old walkout, striking janitors in Chicago's suburbs scored a victory, reaching a contract agreement Friday that apparently provided...

While Bank One Corp. shareholders saw the value of their stock erode by 35 percent last year, the company's chief executive officer saw his cash compensation increase by 65 percent....

Industry giant Bausch & Lomb Inc., determined to expand its dominance in the contact lens market and boost its sagging profits, made a $600 million offer Thursday to buy Wesley...

Almost midnight and the body shop gang, pooped from another day of banging out cars at the auto factory, is still chewing over the fat. "Isn't it something," says one...

If you've ever checked the tag on a polo shirt, wondering where it was made, and whether workers there are treated fairly, Charles Kernaghan has touched your life. He heads...

Aug. 1, 1999 The calls started coming in on the Sunday morning in August that a story on Mary Gonzales appeared. Some Tribune readers wanted to send Gonzales bags of...