Ray Gibson

In the introduction to his 1995 memoir, "Dreams from My Father," U.S. Sen. Barack Obama noted that except for his family and several public figures, he had changed the names...

The life stories, when the presidential candidate tells them, have a common theme: the quest to belong. A boy wants to find his place in a family where he is...

Only hours before a wrecking crane headed toward the Wirt Dexter Building's remains Wednesday, Lorraine Phillips was pleading with Landmarks Illinois for money to preserve the structure, a design of...

Federal prosecutors alleged Wednesday that Antoin "Tony" Rezko used his influence as one of Gov. Rod Blagojevich's closest advisers and fundraisers to seek millions of dollars in kickbacks and campaign...

Antoin "Tony" Rezko traveled in the entourage of boxing great Muhammad Ali, gave confidential advice to Gov. Rod Blagojevich and criss-crossed the globe to craft multimillion-dollar business deals. But the...

Because of an editing error, only the beginning of this article appeared in some editions Tuesday. The article is reprinted below in its entirety. Many of the biggest donors to...

Many of the biggest donors to Democratic state treasurer candidate Alexi Giannoulias also received millions of dollars in loans from his family's Broadway Bank--some making their campaign contributions within weeks...

Police are interviewing two people who had a "prior relationship" with a Bartlett father of three found shot to death in his car Thursday afternoon but have not filed any...

Two prominent former Chicago aldermen, William Singer and Edward Vrdolyak, are under scrutiny by federal investigators for their roles in a multimillion-dollar real estate deal in Chicago's Gold Coast neighborhood,...

A construction company president and longtime Democratic Party fundraiser has been charged in federal court with bribing a former Chicago Public Schools official to get millions of dollars in contracting...