Teresa Puente

Roman Alonzo Aguilar and his brother Santos peered through the gates at Rancho de la Campana near this gritty border town Tuesday, waiting anxiously as investigators scoured the property for...

A coalition of community and social service organizations in Chicago is calling for the creation of a task force to investigate alleged labor violations in the workplace. Sweatshops are not...

Illinois Gov. George Ryan met with Cuban President Fidel Castro for the second time in as many days Wednesday, ending his visit to the island with a pledge to strengthen...

The painful history of Chicago's Englewood neighborhood often is measured in the number of sex offenders who live there, rape victims who suffer there and the string of women who...

Two buses rolled up to the blackened, twisted wreckage of the train Wednesday, headlamps shining as in any funeral procession. Dozens of people, family of those presumed dead, filed out,...

The more than 200 passengers on Amtrak train No. 59 had mostly been strangers. They had been thinking about dinner plans for a New Orleans vacation, a sister's funeral in...

An obscure court case in a Chicago suburb could become part of a diplomatic wrangle in which the U.S. government is facing worldwide criticism for flouting international law--criticism certain to...

The economy is strong, unemployment is at historic lows and every month thousands of jobs are being created around the country. But in Illinois, more than three-quarters of the fastest-growing...

It was raining baseballs on Sammy Sosa as his caravan creeped into his hometown Tuesday. The Cubs' star rode the 40 kilometers from the airport standing through the open sunroof...

The attacks on four young girls in the Englewood neighborhood bore striking similarities. Three of the girls were on their way to or from the store. Three were attacked in...