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Even now, five years after the crash, homebuilding is stuck at half its historical level. And a hoped-for bounce after the harsh winter hasn't materialized. Some analysts blame higher mortgage rates.

The United States puts more people behind bars than any other country, five times as many per capita compared with Britain or Spain.

Sheriffs in some politically conservative or rural counties reported spikes in applications while other counties in the state experienced smaller increases.

A panel discussion Wednesday night takes a look at ways to engage girls in STEM careers and looks at what the future holds.

General Motors is offering free loaner cars and $500 toward a new GM vehicle to more than a million owners of compact cars that are being recalled for a deadly ignition switch defect. GM says 13 people have died in crashes linked to a deadly ignition switch defect.

Democratic Assembly Speaker John Perez says the California Legislature will vote on a plan that would ease prison overcrowding before the legislative session ends in September.

House Republican leaders intended to put off the debt ceiling fight for three months. But could they accidentally be giving the Obama White House carte blanche to borrow like crazy through mid-May?

The report highlights the lack of federal coordination to integrate legal immigrants into the civic and economic fabric of the U.S.

It's been nearly two years since Oprah ended her daily show, and Chicago's been adjusting to the loss of the day-time talk queen. Although she left a huge void, there's no need to write an obituary for the TV talk genre in Chicago.

The federal probation office in St. Louis has one of the biggest caseloads of violent offenders in the country — and one of the lowest recidivism rates. That's in part because of a former felon who knows how to keep ex-offenders from returning to prison.