Sears Tower was renamed Willis Tower after Willis Group, the global insurance broker, in a changing of the guard that underscores Chicago’s increasing importance as a business center. CHICAGO — The ...

The Sears Tower was the world’s tallest building until 1996, when it was surpassed by the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. With clear weather, four states are viewable up to 50 miles ...

CHICAGO — For Chicagoans it may be the architectural equivalent of having to watch Michael Jordan finish his career in a Washington Wizards uniform: The Sears Tower is turning into something called ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --Skydeck Chicago, the observation deck atop Willis Tower, the tallest building in Chicago, is celebrating its 50th anniversary. It was designed as a gift to the city of Chicago; an ...

On numerous occasions over the past nine years, when the I-Team and ABC News have reported information about the Sears Tower being on al Qaeda's target list, federal authorities have insisted that the ...

CHICAGO (AP) -- Ever since terrorists crashed commercial jets into the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, Angela McKeel's mother has worried about her daughter going off to work every day in the Sears ...

MIAMI -- It took three trials, three juries and nearly three years, but five Miami men were convicted Tuesday of plotting to start an anti-government insurrection by destroying Chicago's Sears Tower ...

MIAMI (Reuters) - Six men went on trial in Miami on Tuesday for a second time on charges they plotted to blow up the tallest American skyscraper, Chicago's Sears Tower, and several government offices ...

CHICAGO -- Wind turbines, roof gardens and solar panels will join the pair of antennas atop the Sears Tower's staggered rooftops, said building officials who announced Wednesday that the skyscraper ...

W A S H I N G T O N, Oct. 1 -- The FBI says it has no specific or credible threat against the Sears Tower in Chicago, but federal officials with access to intelligence information tell ABCNEWS the ...

Workers have started tearing down the vacant Sears world headquarters in northwest suburban Hoffman Estates, a necessary next step in converting the iconic 2.4 million-square-foot complex into a data ...

After years of being mostly closed to the public, Boyle Heights’ iconic Sears building has reopened part of its space with a new art gallery, signaling a potential turning point in the building's ...