The former prosecutor in Gov. George Ryan's corruption trial will likely be the next U.S. Attorney in Illinois.

The Chicago Public Schools denies it banned the award-winning graphic novel Persepolis from classrooms and libraries for its depiction of torture. We have the latest on the controversy.

As tax day looms, the numbers show that filings are down 13 percent from where they were this time last year.

Changing the way medicine targets cancer. Could doctors one day kill cancer cells without the use of drugs or chemotherapy? Ash-har Quraishi spotlights some promising research in tonight's edition of Scientific Chicago.

Author Hugh Howey got a writer's dream: multiple publishers offering him million-dollar deals to publish his work. Then he did something most authors wouldn't even consider -- he turned them all down. Howey joins us.

We continue our conversation with "Wool" author Hugh Howey, including how he would reform the publishing industry.

Should religious nonprofits get free water from the city of Chicago? We have your thoughts in tonight's Viewer Feedback.

Chicago Public Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett released a school safety plan today. It's part of an overall transition plan she says every school that will be closed or receive students will get when she announces her final schools closing list on March 31. Elizabeth Brackett reports.

Now is the time to snag great home deals in Chicago -- but where are the best places to look? We give you the inside scoop.

Residents pay for water, but religious leaders say their organizations should not. Paris Schutz has more on why the issue has brought all faiths together.

We have your thoughts about school closures and our interview with Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis when we read some of your

Pope Francis, formerly Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina, was revealed today as the newly elected pope.

For the second day in a row, a group of Chicago aldermen have formed a so-called reform caucus.