British playwright Tom Stoppard, a playful, probing dramatist who won an Academy Award for the screenplay for 1998's ...

Firefighters were held at gunpoint outside a Chicago station on Thanksgiving Day, police and an alderman said.

President Donald Trump announced Friday that he was canceling executive orders signed using President Joe Biden’s autopen. Like other presidents, including Trump, Biden used an autopen to sign certain ...

Pope Leo XIV has made his first visit to a mosque since his election, and while he removed his shoes as a sign of respect, he did not appear to pray. On Saturday, Leo went to the Blue Mosque in ...

Even as he increases military pressure, Trump has said that he could still hold talks with Venezuela's president, suggesting ...

The Chicago Police Department has issued a warning after a string of armed robberies this week downtown and on the city's North Side.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Two women were shot and critically injured Wednesday night on Chicago's West Side, Chicago police said. The women were outside just before 9:15 p.m. in the 100-block of South Cicero ...

Sarah Beckstrom and Andrew Wolfe were serving on the D.C. Safe and Beautiful Mission when they were shot Wednesday afternoon, ...

The announcement comes a day after an attack on National Guard troops near the White House. Authorities have identified the ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Two men were shot early Friday morning on Chicago's West Side, Chicago police said. The men were involved in a verbal altercation outside with an unknown male suspect just before ...

The victim was identified as Lorena Garcia, 41, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner. Police said a driver, a ...

Wall Street rose for a fifth straight day to put the wraps on a volatile month. The S&P 500 rose 0.5% in abbreviated trading ...