William Neikirk

As former secretaries of state, Republican James A. Baker III and Democrat Warren Christopher not only were close-up witnesses to American history in the turbulent latter part of the 20th...

The phone has been ringing off the hook at the normally quiet South Barrington Police Department, and the department's 21 full- and part-time officers have been told to forget about...

Illinois officials pledged Thursday to step up traffic enforcement at railroad crossings and enhance public safety campaigns in exchange for the federal government scrapping a proposed law that would effectively...

The American Medical Association is about to make an unprecedented house call on several U.S. senators who oppose its managed-care reform agenda in Washington. The AMA on Thursday is launching...

Concerned about lagging response to the census in Chicago, federal census officials in Washington are dispatching a SWAT team of seven problem solvers to the city in coming days to...

The man known as "The Hammer" pounded back at his enemies Thursday, including a "fashionable elite" he said is seeking a "cultural coup d'etat" and House Democrats who have labeled...

A traditional post-Easter family-day celebration at the National Zoo turned into a scene of horror Monday when a running conflict between two groups of youths erupted in gunfire, leaving six...

The end of the stock market boom may have been confirmed by Friday's record-breaking Wall Street plunge, but economists and financial analysts agree that the end of America's record-breaking economic...

Brandi Spencer of Chicago gently patted the head of her 8-week-old son, Brandon, restless in his snuggly carrier. She said she wanted some assurance from the federal government that he...

Borrowing heavily from Democratic philosophy, Sen. John McCain on Tuesday unveiled a decidedly independent tax-relief plan that would pinch corporations and the well-to-do to reduce the tax burden on moderate-income...