By David W. Dunlap David M. Childs, an architect who crowned the New York City skyline with the tallest building in the Americas — a shimmering new 1 World Trade Center in place of the twin ...

WHAT: Villain Arts presents the 15th annual Chicago Tattoo Arts Festival, where you can meet artists, get new ink or just enjoy the sights. Feeling out of the loop? We'll catch you up on the ...

Noticing less traffic in the Chicago area? That's because spring break started for many Illinois schools this week, including Chicago Public Schools, the state's largest school district.

At least four people were killed and five others were wounded in Chicago weekend shootings as of Saturday. The ages of the victims range from 14 to 64. In the first shooting of the weekend ...

If we saw it anew with fresh eyes, might we still think it’s grand? What makes for a good skyline, anyway? For starters, consider the design, density, variety and height. Each of these ...

A line of severe storms triggered tornado warnings for parts of the area late Wednesday, and brought dangerous wind, hail and blinding downpours to the entire Chicago area. The severe storms had ...

One of Skyline's offshore luge sites in Tongyeong, South Korea. What started as a single gondola on Queenstown Hill in 1967 has expanded to a multimillion-dollar business in seven countries ...