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An argument apparently sparked a shooting that left a 51-year-old man wounded inside a Rogers Park building early Monday. The 51-year-old was arguing with someone he knew inside the building in the 6700 block of North Sheridan Avenue around 12:40 …

Three people were injured when a motorist lost control of the car he was driving and crashed into a pole early Monday in Lincoln Square on the Northwest Side. The crash happened about 3 a.m. in the 4700 block of …

Metra riders who are having issues with their Ventra app are able to ride trains for free early Monday. Customers reported difficulties buying tickets as early as 4:30 a.m., a spokesperson with Metra confirmed. It is unclear when the app …

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and LARRY NEUMEISTER, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors will begin trying to prove Monday that Sean “Diddy” Combs turned his hip-hop conglomerate into a racketeering enterprise that forced women to satisfy his sexual desires for …

By SAM MEDNICK, Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The Gaza Strip will likely fall into famine if Israel doesn’t lift its blockade and stop its military campaign, food security experts said in a stark warning on Monday. Nearly …

By Paula Span, KFF Health News A prime example of elderspeak: Cindy Smith was visiting her father in his assisted living apartment in Roseville. An aide who was trying to induce him to do something —  Smith no longer remembers …

President Trump’s recent Executive Order, “Strengthening and Unleashing America’s Law Enforcement to Pursue Criminals and Protect Innocent Citizens,” included a section titled “Holding State and Local Officials Accountable.” But worrisome events in Los Angeles suggest that the Trump Administration’s emphasis …

The on-again and off-again sale of Disneyland Magic Key annual passes are back again — this time with a new twist — as the Anaheim theme park prepares for a yearlong 70th anniversary celebration that kicks off next week. Related …

A teenager was charged Friday, May 9, with murder and two counts of assault with a deadly weapon for allegedly stabbing another student to death during a fight near Santa Ana High School earlier this week and injuring two others, …

Unaware that his life was about to take a dramatic turn, Harry Edwards came to class at San Jose State on his 21st birthday with two things in mind. “I had my filled-out voter registration — you had to be …

A parade of barrel-chested firefighters and police officers lined up, scores deep, at the microphone. Yes! they said, over and over again. Give public agencies the power to sidestep pension reforms and sweeten our retirement formulas! One could almost hear …

Did a suspicious email land in your inbox, promising settlement money at Venmo or Zelle? The message goes like this: “This payment represents your share of the California v. Vitol Settlement. More information visit vlc.calgaslitigation.com.” In one instance, a blue …

LOS ANGELES — The family of a helicopter pilot who died when his helicopter crashed in 2020 while fighting a wildfire in Southern California reached a $15 million settlement with the company that maintained the aircraft, their attorneys said Friday. …

Marisol Mondragon was in a rented Home Depot truck moving her belongings to a new home in San Jose when she, her son and a family friend found themselves surrounded by police with guns pointed at them in what resembled …

San Mateo County has allocated $2 million to renovate and build housing for its largely low-income farmworker population, aiming to address long-standing substandard living conditions that garnered national attention after seven workers were killed at two mushroom farms in Half …