A 7-month-old boy was listed in "very critical" condition after being left in a car for two hours in a Joliet parking lot.

An Afghan official said Wednesday his government is examining claims that reclusive Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar is dead. The Taliban could not be immediately reached on the government's comments about Omar, who has been declared dead many t...

A bicyclist was killed and a motorcyclist was injured in a crash in Old Irving Park early Wednesday, police said.

A man has died after being pulled from the water near Oak Street Beach early Wednesday, police said.

A man was killed and at least seven people have been wounded in city shootings since Tuesday afternoon, police said.

Chicago police Officer Lynn Casey thought she heard fireworks exploding outside the front door of an Englewood police deployment center where she was working desk duty.