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Illinois regulators have quietly increased their scrutiny of abortion clinics after realizing some had gone without inspections for up to 15 years.An analysis of state documents by The Associated Press finds the state is catching up with a backlog of neglected inspections, but a few clinics still ha

Gail Glaenzer still can't believe that her fiancé unknowingly shot a nail into his skull, let alone that he posted a picture of the X-ray on Facebook during his ambulance ride between hospitals for surgery.But she was joking about the circumstances Friday, a day after doctors successfully removed th

Rush hour traffic ground to a halt throughout many parts of the Chicago metro area late Friday as a winter storm dumped as many as 9 inches of snow on the region.Traffic inched along at more than twice the normal travel times in much of the central city, and travel times on the outbound Kennedy expr

Though the European Union is staunchly against the death penalty, it's been in the business of selling death penalty technology to the U.S. for the past two years. But that all changed a few weeks ago, when the E.U.

Chicago’s City Council ended months of back and forth and passed a map establishing new ward boundaries on Thursday. However, it was not without controversy. The question of a potential lawsuit down the road remained.

For those who thought the future of crime fighting would look like RoboCop, think again. The future is here and it is social media.