A five-year-old girl and a woman were both injured in a house fire on the South Side Monday morning, Chicago police said.

Israel struck tents outside two major hospitals in the Gaza Strip overnight, killing at least two people, including a local ...

City Council members will vote whether to approve Cook County Commissioner Anthony Quezada to represent the 35th Ward. Mayor ...

NEW YORK -- A meat-cleaver-wielding man who stabbed and slashed four children in a New York City home on Sunday was shot by police after one of the young victims managed to call 911 for help, police ...

A second child in Texas has died of measles, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services.

He left an offering of a Diet Coke can and a coconut in an attempt to meet people from the reclusive Sentinelese tribe, who have has been isolated from the rest of the world for thousands of years.

A 26-year-old woman was shot and critically wounded in a shooting on the West Side Monday morning, Chicago police said.

Hundreds of young ladies went head-to-head in the 20th annual KCF All-Girls National Chess Championship in Chicago this ...

An image of and quote from Harriet Tubman have been removed from a National Parks webpage about the "Underground Railroad." ...

Global markets are plunging following last week's two-day meltdown on Wall Street, and President Donald Trump says he won't back down on his sweeping new tariffs, which have roiled global trade.

Chicago Blackhawks (22-45-10, in the Central Division) vs. Pittsburgh Penguins (31-35-12, in the Metropolitan Division) ...

Chicago police said they intercepted a CPS student who threatened to shoot up a high school Friday afternoon on the Northwest ...