Robert Mitchum

As Apollo Robbins moved quickly through the crowd at the Chicago Cultural Center, he shook hands, complimented jewelry and patted backs. When he got back to the stage, he displayed...

As Chicago-area scientists got the word that President Barack Obama will repeal federal restrictions on embryonic stem-cell funding Monday, the response was less a celebration than a sigh of relief....

This is your brain. This is your brain on Facebook. It's an advertisement you might see someday, if testimony given to the British House of Lords this month is to...

Hundreds of scientists are in Chicago for the 175th annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, which ends Monday. Two Tribune reporters filed online dispatches throughout...

Polls show that Americans' sense of well-being went downhill last year right along with the stock market. But according to two University of Pennsylvania economists taking the long view, at...

An infant died Tuesday amid squalid conditions in an overcrowded Northwest Side apartment, prompting state child welfare officials to take custody of eight other children in the home and place...

On the eve of the inauguration of a president who ran on assurances of hope, Connie Williams found a dose of her own Monday in the selfless actions of strangers....

Imagine coming home and never taking off your coat. For thousands of Chicago residents, surviving the coldest nights means wearing as many clothes as possible, huddling around gas stoves and...

The fearless 4-year-old boy with reddish hair, brown eyes and fair skin moved through four foster homes during his short lifetime. He had recently begun to visit with foster parents...