Three members of a Des Plaines-area family were killed when their car was hit broadside while turning through an intersection, authorities said Monday. Two other people were injured in the horrific crash shortly after 6 p.m. Sunday at Rand and Golf ...

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Monday: 1. PORN STAR DESCRIBES THREAT OVER ALLEGED TRUMP ENCOUNTER Adult film star Stormy Daniels says she was threatened to keep silent about an allege...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Idaho is not the most obvious place to attract members of the Russian punk collective Pussy Riot. But even in the Republican stronghold that strongly supports President Donald Trump, Pussy Riot members carved out time late Saturd...

Maestro Philip Morehead, a veteran of more than 30 years as pianist and conductor at Lyric Opera of Chicago, will direct "Tosca" at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 29, at the First Methodist Church, 216 E Highland Ave. in downtown Elgin. The staged production...

PFLUGERVILLE, Texas (AP) - As a SWAT team closed in, the suspected bomber whose deadly explosives terrorized Austin for three weeks used one of his own devices to blow himself up. But police warned that he could have planted more bombs before his de...

A 40-year-old Aurora man was sentenced to 16½ years in prison for his role in the kidnapping of an Aurora 18-year-old whose beaten body was later found in Chicago. Anthony W. Bills, of the 700 block of Fifth Avenue, pleaded guilty Friday to aggravat...

A nonprofit group is organizing a search Saturday of a forest preserve near Hanover Park for a 22-year-old woman who has been missing since December. Organizers from the Kankakee-based Missing Persons Awareness Network say they need roughly 300 volu...

The DuPage County Bar Association's Judges' Nite Show began 43 years ago as a roast of the people in black robes. And the skewer was a sharp one at this year's show, especially for Judge Patrick O'Shea. The judge's legal woes - he was acquitted afte...

St. Patrick's Day weekend began in an authentic way Thursday in Barrington with a visit from an Irish city's mayor. Killarney Mayor Niall Kelleher, accompanied by Barrington Village President Karen Darch, concluded his busy day at McGonigal's Pub. ...

A Waukegan man has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder for gunning down a North Chicago man after a verbal altercation at a bar March 5, authorities said Monday. Andre G. Jones, 34, of the 1700 block of Longview Road, is held in Lak...