Foiled attack shows how terror cells isolate themselves
Accusing Osama bin Laden of planning terrorist attacks like those that killed more than 6,000 people on Sept. 11 is one thing. Proving his involvement is another. The methods employed...
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Amid hunt, FBI seeks wider powers
A grand jury convened in New York to help pursue those responsible for last week's terrorist attacks as the federal investigation intensified Sunday, with authorities holding at least two men...
19 culprits named as U.S. seeks 100 in terror probe
The Justice Department has put a face on what had been a largely faceless, if horrific, conspiracy, releasing the names of 19 hijackers it says are responsible for seizing four...
Stricter security slowing rebound for air travel
More passenger jets filled the nation's skies Friday, but hourslong waits in ticket counter lines and a gantlet of new, vastly stricter security measures underscored that America's commercial air travel...
Air travel across U.S. shuts down
Passengers would wait 15 long minutes to touch down after Pilot Bob Hammond on his O'Hare-bound United Airlines flight told them Tuesday morning that a "national emergency" would force an...
Suspect’s mom tells of call
The man suspected of shooting a veteran Chicago police officer, then holding the detective hostage, told his mother about the shootout in a phone call that came during the two-hour...
Guns in cop shooting traced
The two handguns Daniel Salley allegedly used in the shootout that critically wounded a Chicago police detective were purchased under someone else's name five months ago in Benton Harbor, Mich.,...
Wounded cop’s fight heartens doctors
Colleagues and family members of Chicago Police Detective Joseph M. Airhart Jr. were handed the thinnest threads Thursday from which to weave hope. The swelling from the gunshot wound Airhart...
Officers cash in on HUD plan
In the past four years, the federal government has sold homes at a deep discount to hundreds of police officers who promised to live in distressed Chicago-area neighborhoods. But some...
Mom finds solace in church
Seeking comfort for her heartache, Tracey Bradley sang hymns and played a tambourine during a church service Sunday while police and FBI agents continued the 10-day search for her daughters....