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Four municipal workers in Chicago have been disciplined or ticketed for three incidents over the last year in which they accidentally breached active runways at O’Hare Airport with their ground vehicles, newly obtained records show. No injuries or crashes occurred. …

The Cubs and Diamondbacks started Sunday’s game late and found themselves waiting out a second delay before the end of the first inning. Umpires took the players off the field with one out in the bottom of the first as …

The Cubs pride themselves on their defense and baserunning. Plus, they’ve spent the first month of the season hitting the snot out of the ball. But going 0-for-3 on that front is a tough way to win a ballgame. After …

A tornado watch is in effect for portions of northern Illinois until Monday morning, the National Weather Service reported. A line of showers and strong thunderstorms entering the area has triggered the watch through 4 a.m. Monday for Kankakee, Grundy, …

A man was wounded in a shooting Sunday night on a Blue Line train, Chicago police said. Officers responded to a call of a shooting and found a man on a CTA train at the Racine Blue Line station in …

Moon alert There are no restrictions to shopping or important decisions today. The moon is in Aquarius. Aries (March 21-April 19) A dynamic day Your interactions with others will flow easily today. In particular, conversations with younger people will be …

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor but alienated conservatives with critiques of capitalism and climate change, died Monday. He was 88. Bells tolled …

If infant mortality is a barometer of a nation’s health, the United States is failing, with one of the highest infant mortality rates among countries in the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development. Much of this can be attributed to …

DEAR ABBY: I’m a 20-something gay male who was seeing a guy in his 50s who lives a couple hours away. For almost two months, we spoke nearly every day and saw each other as time allowed. I thought we …

Many of Chicago’s big problems — corruption, pension debts, population decline —might seem virtually impossible to solve. But perhaps the city’s biggest problem — gun violence — only feels that way. Why? Take gun control. There are 400 million guns …

The long, low-slung hut without windows and a gun-metal gray door with only the number “12” to identify it, looks like it might hold a closely guarded military secret. Military? No. A secret? Yes, sort of — at least until …

Here’s a look at what happens next after Pope Francis’s death Monday at 88. What’s next? In the coming days, the pope will be mourned, eulogized and laid to rest as the head of the Catholic church, bishop of Rome …

BOSTON — Marcel Hug of Switzerland blitzed to the front of the field to win his eighth Boston Marathon wheelchair title, claiming the victory Monday in the 129th edition of the race in 1 hour, 21 minutes, 34 seconds. The …

Chicagoans are mourning the loss of Pope Francis who died early Monday morning at the age of 88. Eileen Walsh commuted for over an hour to get to Holy Name Cathedral, 735 N. State St., after learning of Pope Francis’ …

By TARA COPP, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth created another Signal messaging chat that included his wife and brother where he shared similar details of a March military airstrike against Yemen’s Houthi militants that were sent …