Azam Ahmed

The passersby pulled on and pried at the crushed and burning vehicle's doors, trying to no avail to save the trapped motorists inside. But a second driver who caused the...

Even though prostitution is illegal in Illinois, one click on "erotic services" on Craigslist.com pops up hundreds of explicit ads that get down to the nitty-gritty of pricing: "Two hundred...

For the nearly eight years since her 4-year-old son was killed by gang crossfire as he played in his front yard, Barbara Singleton kept his photo on the dining room...

Chicago police plan to question a man who was the subject of a protection order granted in 2007 to the mother of ex-Bulls player Eddy Curry's 3-year-old son, but they...

Chicago police arrested a 14-year-old boy for allegedly impersonating one of their own Saturday. The boy, who has been charged as a juvenile for impersonating an officer, walked into the...

I am a member of the Facebook generation and I hate it, along with MySpace, LinkedIn and every other social networking site. I understand why people use them. They're convenient....

The Nasca civilization is perhaps best known for the drawings its people etched onto the desert floor in southwest Peru, a massive and mysterious body of simple and intricate works...

Exonerated of rape by DNA evidence in 2006, Marlon Pendleton was pardoned in October by Gov. Rod Blagojevich, clearing the way for him to receive $140,000 for his wrongful imprisonment....

Leroy Keeling, 63, and his wife, Roberta -- who were headed home to Minnesota for his cancer treatment -- waited at Union Station in Chicago. And they waited and waited...

Franklin Roosevelt had Warm Springs, John Kennedy slipped off to Hyannisport, Ronald Reagan chopped wood near Santa Barbara and George W. Bush enjoys clearing brush in the muggy summer heat...