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At least six people were killed and at least seven others were in serious or critical condition following a fire that swept through the 12th floor of a Loop high-rise...

Ladybugs, often regarded affectionately, made a major nuisance of themselves Tuesday, swarming downtown pedestrians who found themselves swatting away the insects that stuck to their clothes and nested in their...

A foster mother shook to death a 23-month-old girl in her care because the child would not stop playing with a glass object, prosecutors said in court Friday. Sandra Stowers,...

Two West Side men, who police believe worked in tandem to attack women this summer in Wicker Park, have been arrested and charged, thanks in part to a tip from...

Army Pfc. Christopher Sisson of North Riverside was so dedicated, he played drums in his high school's 100-member marching band with a severe hand injury. "He held his mallet in...

A fire that broke out on the third rail of a Chicago Transit Authority subway early Friday forced about 30 passengers to flee through a darkened tunnel and sent eight...

Three men were found shot to death early Wednesday in a Logan Square garage by the building's owner when he returned from work, police said. Police are investigating whether the...

More than a century ago, Holy Family Church survived the Great Chicago Fire. Friday, the West Side sanctuary survived the not-so-great fire, a small but fierce one that was confined...

A building code reform discussed in the wake of the Lincoln Park porch collapse could make Chicago the first city in the nation to require weight limits to be posted...

With five generations of her family gathered under a picnic canopy emblazoned with American flags and with her son Keith, a Marine master sergeant, back safe and sound from Iraq,...