Michael Lev

In the end, Mel Reynolds was convicted by his own words. After hearing 18 days of contradictory testimony from the congressman, his accuser and a whole chorus of confusing voices,...

This time Chicago was ready. And Sunday was pick-your-metaphor hot: A kiln, a blast furnace and McDonald's coffee all came to mind. But the combination of scorching heat and oppressive...

The search for the suspect in the killing of a Waukegan landscaper is focusing on Chicago, where police are seeking the public's help in finding Kurtis Green, who also is...

December was a record month for bank robbery in the Chicago area, with 17 heists, according to the FBI. And January is off to a Bonnie-and-Clyde start. As of last...

Hours after Saleh Mohamed's father, five brothers and sister were killed before dawn Saturday in a Burbank house fire, he sat nervously at a hospital, waiting for his wife to...

In the beginning, there were the first rounds of beers and the handicapping. And it was good. The Bears would catch the 49ers by surprise, hopeful fans speculated Saturday. All...

It's a plaintive sigh of exasperation, a slow angry release of pentup air. It's the sound of anyone waiting too long in line at the post office and comes out...

Who was responsible for poisoning the $53 million DuPage County courthouse? It has been a bizarre environmental whodunit since 1992, when officials were forced to close the new Judicial Office...

The morning after a horrendous minivan accident killed five children of a Chicago minister and his wife, there was only more grief for family and friends: Hospital officials said a...

In a freak accident Tuesday on a Milwaukee expressway, a minivan carrying a Chicago family burst into flames, killing five children and critically injuring the parents and another child. The...