A man was killed in an altercation on a CTA platform in the Loop Saturday night, Chicago police said.

A Chicago woman is now facing charges after her 4-year-old son was killed and two other children were injured in a stabbing and arson fire on the Northwest Side, police said.

A $30,000 mistake. When paying the IRS, a California taxpayer wrote the correct amount of $3,360 on the numerical value box on her check. But she accidentally miswrote on the "Pay to the order of" line. Here's what happened.

Lizards, snakes and other reptilian creatures are preparing to take over North Riverside Park Mall. Crosstown Exotics' Reptile Road Show returns Saturday, July 12.

Sitting before a packed audience that included hundreds of red-robed monks and nuns who braved incessant rain to see him, he said: "When I look back on my life, I see that I have not wasted it at all."

Chicago's third annual NASCAR Street Race will hit the gas later Sunday, charging full speed into a second day.

A small, single-engine plane overturned on landing Saturday afternoon at Joliet Regional Airport, officials said.

A 5-year-old boy died after a "drowning incident" in the north suburbs on Friday evening, fire officials said.

Officials say the deaths from flash flooding in central Texas have risen to 51 people, including 15 children.

A 2.2-mile, 12-turn track takes NASCAR drivers through Grant Park and along DuSable Lake Shore Drive, setting a scenic stage.