Spirit Airlines says that it has "started an orderly wind-down of our operations, effective immediately" while the outcome of talks between the airline and the federal government over a $500 million rescue deal for the remains unclear.

A sudden rush to the ER, a 24 week delivery and a fight that few babies survive. The odds were stacked against Action News reporter Sharifa Jackson and her baby.

The Pentagon says the United States will withdraw about 5,000 troops from Germany in the next six to 12 months.

Two men were shot, one fatally, while sitting in a car on Chicago's South Side early Saturday morning, police said.

A small plane carrying pickleball players crashed among trees in the Texas Hill Country south of Austin, killing all five people aboard, authorities said.

International Workers Day served as the backdrop of several May Day rallies in Chicago and across the country on Friday, bringing together thousands who made their voices heard from the city's Near West Side to filling Daley Plaza.

A federal appeals court is requiring that the abortion pill Mifepristone be distributed only in person at clinics. Groups in Illinois and the Chicago area are speaking out after the ruling.

Spend an afternoon with 9-year-old Graysen Hooper, and it's clear her strength and imagination shine through. A devoted "Star Wars" fan, Graysen faced cancer at an age too young to remember much of it herself.

A man who died after falling four stories while working on a roof at Northwestern University has been identified by officials.

Adam Scott reflects on an unsettling real-life moment while promoting "Hokum" with director Damian McCarthy as they discuss the paranormal.