Joel Kaplan

The stunning death total from this month's heat wave has left some wondering: Was this hot spell particularly devastating, or could it be that many people died during previous heat...

As the official death toll from last week's killer heat rose to 457 Friday, one hospital official said the final total will likely exceed 500 and may approach 600 because...

As the death toll from last week's heat wave reached 456 on Thursday, Mayor Richard Daley issued a new city plan to deal with future heat waves, including a three-stage...

In the two days following the peak of last week's record temperatures, 432 people died of all causes in Chicago. That number is nearly three times the daily average for...

As the total of heat-related deaths reached 376 Tuesday-doubling earlier figures-more questions surfaced about the criteria used by the Cook County medical examiner to blame hot weather for the staggering...

In a typical year, heat claims about 240 victims in the United States. In four days ending Monday, heat killed 179 people just in Cook County. And with hundreds of...

The U.S. Supreme Court Monday ruled against a 70-year-old drama teacher who sued Francis W. Parker School for age discrimination and ruled against paint manufacturers seeking to overturn a city...

Juvenile Court Judge Carol Kelly ruled Wednesday that police acted properly when they arrested the 11- and 12-year-old boys accused of causing 5-year-old Eric Morse to fall to his death...

Attorneys for the 11- and 12-year-old boys accused of causing 5-year-old Eric Morse to fall to his death from a 14th-floor window last October said Tuesday that the murder charges...

On an afternoon made for flinging open windows or basking in the sun, Scott Schiro and two friends sat at one of Chicago's many outdoor cafes and celebrated something important-a...