Thirteen years ago, Northwestern Memorial Hospital's renowned cardiac surgeon Patrick M. McCarthy began operating on his patients’ hearts using a new invention. McCarthy designed the Myxo-ETlogix...

Former 3rd Ward alderman Emily Guthrie could not believe what she saw on Election Day last November. Unlike many in the country, she wasn’t focused on the results of congressional races, but rather the...

This story contains detailed descriptions and discussions of gun violence. The last time Carolyn Murray saw her son alive, he told her he loved her before boarding a flight to San Diego, where he...

It was the top of the eighth inning of the 2017 Big Ten Tournament semifinal against Maryland — a win-or-go-home game for the Wildcats — when Sam Lawrence delivered one of the most important pitches...

Yuri Villa wanted no part of Greek life. Unaffordable fees, social events, pressure to live in a common house — that’s what she imagined of “mainstream” sorority and fraternity culture. Villa...