Abraham Sees Modern Parallel In 'Merchant Of Venice'
Academy Award winner F. Murray Abraham is on stage in Chicago this week, starring in Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice."
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Academy Award winner F. Murray Abraham is on stage in Chicago this week, starring in Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice."
For a third time, the celebrated "Body Worlds" exhibit is back at the Museum of Science and Industry.
With oil and food prices surging, the consumer inflation rate rose last month at its fastest pace in nearly two years, up half a percent in February.
The crisis in Japan and the ongoing unrest in the Middle East are weighing on the oil market and threatening to further drive up gasoline prices.
Dozens of Chicago homeowners stormed the Bank of America office downtown Wednesday, complaining that the bank is dragging its feet on their loan modification requests.
The Humane Society of the United States is offering a $2,500 reward for information about a dead dog that was found in a garbage bag on the side of the road last week in Lowell, Ind.
Over the last few days, the phones have been ringing non-stop at the North Side office of the Japanese American Service Committee, as the organization collects money for the relief effort in Japan.
Early voting begins today for the aldermanic runoff elections in 14 of the city's 50 wards.
The latest housing figures appear encouraging, both in Illinois and nationwide.
Gov. Pat Quinn has signed legislation ending the death penalty in Illinois.
Freshman U.S. Rep. Bobby Schilling (R-Rock Island) is just back from a tour of Afghanistan.
The Chicago outplacement firm, Challenger, Gray & Christmas says planned job cuts soared again in February, the second straight month they've gone up.
Almost 40 years after the late, great Studs Terkel wrote an oral history called Working, the musical play based on the book is back on stage in Chicago.
Dozens of workers for a temporary staffing company in the southwest suburbs, say they've been cheated out of pay they earned.
The federal judge presiding over the corruption case against former Gov. Rod Blagojevich has criticized the media for what he called "harassment" of jurors after Blagojevich's first trial.
The instability in Libya is roiling the energy market this morning.
Court appearances are scheduled today for defendants in two high-profile Illinois murder cases.
If your car is still buried in snow in Chicago, you could find a nasty surprise waiting when you finally get it out.
One week before Chicago's mayoral election, a new poll suggests there will be a clear and easy winner next Tuesday.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra music director Riccardo Muti is out of the hospital and in fact, preparing to take the orchestra on the road next season.
On this Valentine's Day, a couple married for more than 60 years renewed their vows at the suburban retirement home where they live.
A new report by an independent research group outlines the financial crisis facing Chicago's next mayor and City Council.
Of the hundreds of cars stranded on Lake Shore Drive during last week's blizzard, two remained unclaimed on Thursday.
Yet another warning has been issued about Chicago's looming public pension crisis.
A Palestinian teenager could be going home soon after a Chicago-area hospital donated its services to treat her for a severe head wound she suffered in the Gaza war two years ago.
