We hear what you had to say about recent stories when we read some of our viewer mail.

We see this week's heat wave through your eyes — and cameras—when we look at YouTube videos from the past few days.

A brand new casino opens to great fanfare. Are more on the way?

Two sailors were killed in this year's race to Mackinac.

What is Google+, and will it become a serious rival to Facebook? We talk about this, Tech Week coming to Chicago, and much more.

No matter how well you think you know this city, there are always a few surprises around the corner.

The worst is on the way. As hot as it's been, even hotter temperatures will settle into the Chicago area tomorrow and Thursday.

Is a deal on the debt finally about to happen?

We take a look inside the Cook County Jail to learn how it handles arrested undocumented immigrants.

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch testified at a hearing today in Britain about the phone hacking scandal that shut down his News of the Wor

In tonight's Scientific Chicago, Jay Shefsky reports on the University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory's collaboration to crea

The National Weather Service has issued a heat advisory for Cook County and the surrounding area.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel is pitting two private garbage companies against city workers for Chicago's recycling services.

Trading pork belly futures is a thing of the past.

In another milestone in space exploration, for the first time, a spacecraft has gone into orbit around a massive asteroid.