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A north suburban middle school teacher and coach has been charged with possession of child sex abuse material, officials said.

Nearly half a million people across the world could lose their lives by February due to El Niño-driven extreme heat, according to a sobering new report.

The Shedd Aquarium has released new findings on the deaths of three beluga whales at the aquarium.

For decades, Claire Gravel's family didn’t know who killed her. A DNA hit cracked the case.

A fire at an apartment complex along Woodward Avenue in Woodridge displaced dozens of residents Thursday, injured five people and prompted a large emergency response as crews worked for hours to contain the blaze.

Some families in Illinois could soon get help with their utility bills.

The official autopsy report from the State Medical Examiner's office in Mississippi found that teenager Nolan Wells' cause and manner of death are "undetermined."

The NFL fined San Francisco 49ers All-Pro fullback Kyle Juszczyk for what it deemed an "offensive" celebration

Powerful Hurricane Polo sent bands of heavy rain across Mexico's Pacific coast Thursday as a growing Tropical Storm Nolo approached Hawaii with the potential for catastrophic flooding.

Three people were seriously injured in a shooting Thursday evening outside a liquor store on the city's South Side, officials said.