Individual donors aren't allowed to give more than $20,000 to a Supreme Court candidate. But both Republicans and Democrats use a workaround to solicit bigger donations.

In this instance, Joe Ricketts, an owner of the Chicago Cubs, gave $500,000 to the state GOP. After that and some other large donations, the party gave about $1.7 million to Brad Schimel’s campaign.

Stanley Smith, Jr. was fatally shot May 5 when he intervened as four men tried to steal a vehicle from a Taco Bell parking ...

A Chicago man and a Milwaukee woman led authorities on two high-speed pursuits in Northwest Indiana before being tracked by a police helicopter and arrested. The driver, Titus Long, 30, and passenger, ...

A powerful and deadly winter storm that has been slamming the Plains and Midwest Wednesday morning moved into Chicago, ...

An 83-year-old man was taken to a nearby hospital in critical condition after crashing into a Dollar Tree on Chicago's ...

Another winter storm is unleashing its fury across the central U.S., bringing heavy snow and ice to portions of the Plains and Midwest, forcing officials to close state offices and schools and ...

MESA, Ariz. — When Craig Counsell thinks about his time managing right-hander Colin Rea, a moment stands out that has nothing ...

A Southwest Airlines plane narrowly avoided colliding with another plane on Tuesday at Chicago’s Midway International Airport.

Chicago’s first major winter storm of the season is here, with as much as six inches of snow possible in some parts, dozens ...

The NBA suspended Milwaukee Bucks forward Bobby Portis Jr. for 25 games without pay because he tested positive for the ...

A Chicago man will spend nearly the next 30 years behind bars for his role in killing a man who intervened during a failed car-theft attempt in a Milwaukee Taco Bell parking lot. Milwaukee County ...