With time slipping to bolster Ukraine's defenses, Senate negotiators struggled Wednesday to finalize a bipartisan deal that would pair policy changes at the U.S. southern border with wartime aid for Kyiv as their carefully negotiated…
A federal grand jury indicted Everett G. Pullett, 33, of Evanston for allegedly assaulting and robbing two postal carriers in the north suburb over two days in 2022, according to an indictment unsealed Jan. 29 in U.S. District Court in…
Residential energy use accounts for about 20% of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States, according to a 2020 research article in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
The House has passed a roughly $79 billion tax cut package expanding the child tax credit for millions of families and restoring three key tax breaks for businesses.
Actor Alec Baldwin has pleaded not guilty to an involuntary manslaughter charge in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer during a rehearsal on a movie set in New Mexico.
Metea Valley High School in Aurora will present “Winter Scenes,” three student-directed one-act shows, at 7 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, Feb. 8 to 10, at the high school, 1801 N. Eola Road.
Shannon faces one count of rape or an alternative count of misdemeanor sexual battery in a case that stems from a September trip he took to the University of Kansas.
A grainy sonar image recorded by a private pilot has reinvigorated interest in one of the past century’s most alluring mysteries: What happened to Amelia Earhart when her plane vanished during her flight around the world in 1937?
Iran has threatened to “decisively respond” to any U.S. attack on the Islamic Republic following President Joe Biden linking Tehran to the killing of three U.S. soldiers at a military base in Jordan.
The Porter County Council made it clear Tuesday evening that it would not support the Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission’s request that state statute be changed to require the county to pay more into NIRPC without two…
A water main serving Robbins has been "leaking thousands of gallons of water an hour" for nearly a month, with Chicago and Robbins disputing who is responsible.
Williams made her comments during a virtual State of the Workforce presentation on Jan. 24 presented jointly by Lake County Workforce Development and Lake County Partners, offering area business leaders an update on happenings in the…
A group seeking to have former President Donald Trump disqualified from Illinois’ March 19 GOP primary ballot based on the “insurrection clause” of the U.S. Constitution is seeking an expedited appeal of the board’s ruling in court.
A 40-year-old man was fatally wounded, and another man was left in critical condition in a shooting Tuesday morning in the East Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side, police said.
A former high-ranking city official was sentenced to 18 months in prison Wednesday for helping to conceal a multiyear embezzlement scheme that led to the failure of Washington Federal Bank for Savings
Boeing, however, again finds itself the focus of questions about the safety of its planes since a panel called a door plug blew off an Alaska Airlines Max 9.
This year’s Parent University featured sessions on topics like preparing students for college or careers, keeping children safe from drugs and human trafficking, understanding the special needs education system, advocating for your child…
Chicago’s Second City comedy troupe presents a Valentine’s Day-inspired comedy show, The Best of Second City: “With Love, from The Second City,” Feb. 10 at the McAninch Arts Center at the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn.
The boy was charged as a juvenile in two robberies that happened on Dec. 28, 2023, in the 2700 block of South Kedzie Avenue and the 4400 block of South Archer Avenue.
Palos Park police Chief Joe Miller recently issued a tongue-in-cheek warning about 'addictive' Girl Scout Cookies and urged residents to drop off these goods at the Palos Park Police Department, where officers will “dispose of them safely.”
A 40-year-old man was wounded overnight after he was alerted to thieves attempting to break into his parked vehicle and he tried to intervene he was shot in the Bronzeville neighborhood, Chicago police said.