We take you on the set of an international, big budget action film being shot here in Chicago.

The director of one of next year's biggest Indian films discusses why he decided to film in Chicago.

Legendary sportswriter Bill Jauss died on Wednesday at age 81.

Several City Council members aren't showing up regularly to City Hall for work. Paris Schutz has the story.

As the federal deficit climbs, Republicans and Democrats can agree on one thing: the federal tax code needs revamping.

A tainted steroid pain injection leads to a fungal meningitis outbreak, with eight deaths nationwide. We learn more about the fatal disease.

It's a bird! It's a porcupine! It's a tiny fanged dinosaur? The Chicago paleontologist who discovered the new species joins us to talk about the odd dinosaur.

Things are looking up for the arts in Hyde Park. We tour the new Logan Center for the Arts on the University of Chicago campus, and speak with the architects.

Beekeeping in Chicago is legal, relatively easy and increasingly popular. We take a look at the largely unseen world of rooftop bees, and the people who care for them.

A very rare Burrowing Owl was spotted along Chicago's lakefront.

Passion, Positivity and Punctuality: these are the three things which center around the people of America which I have observed since the day my plane landed in Washington D.C. on 2nd October. I am one of the 14 journalists from Pakistan chosen for the sixth batch of journalists’ exchange program for three weeks, funded by the U.S. State Department.

Presidential candidate Mitt Romney is riding a jump in polls after last week's debate; some show the Republican has moved ahead of Presid

We talk with the filmmaker behind As Goes Janesville, which goes deep into Wisconsin’s historic labor battle under Gov. Scott Walker.

Jay Shefsky tells us about companies that pick up food scraps from restaurants and now from your home -- and turn them into compost. And, he takes us to an urban farm that uses that compost to grow vegetables -- and jobs.

The Bears make NFL history. James "Big Cat" Williams dissects the historic win against the Jaguars.