Richard Mason, a man who measured his life in square footage and stock prices, never imagined a trip for tomatoes would detonate his…

“YOU’RE THE MAN IN MY MOM’S PICTURE,” THE HOMELESS GIRL SAID TO THE MILLIONAIRE, WHO BURST INTO TEARS… A 12-year-old girl was living…

Huddled on the cold concrete, a little girl clutched a hardened piece of bread in her trembling fingers. “Mister, my stomach hurts from…

“Sir, my little brother hasn’t eaten in two days.” Little Valentina pleaded, her eyes welling with tears in front of the restaurant. The…

Sterling Vance chuckled as he deliberately tipped the glass, spilling orange juice across the polished mahogany table. “A useless thing like you should…

Patrick Harrison hated his cleaning lady and treated her like dirt. When he collapsed from a heart attack, she screamed, “I’m a doctor,…

The sun beat down on the unforgiving asphalt of Michigan Avenue, turning Chicago’s grand thoroughfare into an open-air oven. Elena Garcia felt sweat…

The biting November wind whipped down Wacker Drive, carrying a cold Chicago rain that seemed to cut right through to the bone. From…

The fluorescent lights of St. Raphael General Hospital flickered with a coldness that seemed to seep into the soul. It was well past…

The Vanguard Solutions tower loomed over the heart of Chicago’s financial district, a monument of glass and steel reflecting the golden sunrise. Inside,…