Sufiya Abdur-Rahman

The body of a 7-year-old boy was found floating in the Vermilion River about 3 miles from his home Thursday morning, a day after he disappeared from in front of...

The body of Nancie Walker, a Chicago businesswoman missing since Jan. 28, was found dismembered Wednesday on the Far South Side, said a spokesman for the Cook County medical examiner's...

Security video taken inside the E2 nightclub during the panic and stampede early Monday shows patrons rushing into a stairway, becoming wedged "like a cork in a bottle," then gasping...

Four people, including a 2-year-old boy, were found shot to death Friday afternoon in a home in the Chatham neighborhood. Police were seeking suspects in the slaying of a 49-year-old...

With less than two weeks until Christmas, the Chicago metropolitan division of the Salvation Army announced Thursday it has collected only 40 percent of its $6.8 million goal, about $500,000...

North Side gang members who allegedly plotted to kidnap, kill and dismember a drug dealer were arrested as a result of a collaborative task force investigation, which also led to...

Weather forecasters say Chicago will avoid the white Halloween some had been predicting, but chilly evening temperatures could still produce more shivers among trick-or-treaters than Hannibal Lecter's meat locker. Mark...

With Election Day fast approaching, Monday's Columbus Day Parade in Grant Park seemed as good a place as any for political candidates to meet, greet and rally potential voters. "Jim...

Marshall High School and Lowell Elementary School got clean bills of health Monday, while Chicago Public Schools officials said they would take over day-to-day management of a third troubled building,...

About the only thing celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck has in common with the people who make steel is that both frequently use ladles -- of a somewhat different size, of...