Chicago police say they are investigating the apparent suicide of a 28-year-old man who reportedly shot himself after accidentally shooting his 18-year-old brother in the head.
TOLEDO, Ohio–Democratic Barack Obama on Monday called for more immediate steps to heal the nation's ailing economy, proposing a 90-day moratorium on home foreclosures at some banks and a two-year tax break for businesses that create new jobs.
LOS ANGELES– Intense Santa Ana winds swept into Southern California Monday morning and whipped up a 3,700-acre wildfire, burning mobile homes and industrial buildings and forcing the evacuation of eight patients from a nearby hospital.
Kenya's Evans Cheruiyot won his second marathon in two tries, pulling away late from countryman David Mandago before finishing in 2 hours, 6 minutes, 25 seconds to win the Chicago Marathon on a warm Sunday morning.
NEW YORK– Wall Street snapped back from last week's devastating losses after major governments announced further steps to support the global banking system, including plans by the U.S. Treasury to buy stocks of some banks. All the major indexes rose
Chicago police said Milton Wardlaw is the man who pulled the trigger and fatally struck 17-year-old Kiyanna Salter as she rode on a Chicago Transit Authority bus Sunday on the South Side, contrary to his claims of innocence.
Two days after a 17-year-old boy and his friends got into a brawl Sunday with a few others on 75th Street and Michigan Avenue, he died of his injuries.
With so many renters being forced to move because the landlord fell behind on the mortgage, Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart said his office has temporarily stopped evictions.
