Good morning, Chicago. ✶ 🔎 Below: The city is counting on about $26 million in next year’s budget from a new tax on sports betting — which big sportsbooks are trying to stop, arguing it would violate the state constitution. 🗞️ …
Who’s calling foul on sports betting tax? Read MoreA body was found near Metra tracks Tuesday in Humboldt Park on the West Side. The person, described only as a male, was found by the tracks near the intersection of Chicago and Kedzie avenues sometime Tuesday, Metra officials said. …
Body found near Metra tracks in Humboldt Park Read MoreOn Christmas Eve, I read the late Mike Royko’s “Mary and Joe, Chicago style” column reprinted in the Sun-Times Opinion pages. It was a tome I read many times before. But this time it was different. By the time I …
Royko’s classic especially poignant amid feds’ immigration actions Read MoreDon’t mock me. I know the Summer Olympics aren’t coming here for years, but it’s already time for you to think about them. I know I am, and here’s why you should too. Going to the Olympic games is a …
Frumpy Mom: Yes, it’s already time to think about the Olympics Read MoreBy ADRIANA MORGA, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The start of a new year usually brings new motivation to achieve goals like eating healthier or finally cleaning your basement. Many resolutions also focus on financial goals, such as paying …
How to build an emergency fund, pay off debt and make a plan for your money in 2026 Read MoreBy DARLENE SUPERVILLE, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is not the first president to want more room at the White House for entertaining, says the longest-serving top aide in the executive residence, offering some backup for the reason Trump …
Trump isn’t the 1st president to want more room to entertain, longtime White House usher says Read MoreRemember that a home loan’s financial leverage can boost ownership profits over the mortgage’s life but also magnify the impact of price declines. My trusty spreadsheet reviewed Cotality’s third-quarter report on homeowner equity, focusing on homes with mortgages and comparing …
California owners lost $33,000 in home equity in a year Read MoreBy WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS, Associated Press Business Writer President Donald Trump made a lot of tariff threats and trade promises this year. Many materialized into a barrage of new import taxes that overturned decades of U.S. economic policy — but others have yet to be fulfilled …
Trump made lots of tariff threats in 2025. Here’s some that never materialized Read MoreAmbulances outside the Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital (Picture: Andrew Matthews/PA) There has been a significant rise in people going to A&E for relatively minor conditions such as a blocked nose or cough, new figures show. In the last five …
Huge rise in number of people turning to A&E for coughs and blocked noses Read MoreIn some A&E departments, teams are faced with 13-hour wait times (Picture: Tharanika Ahillan) I’m not surprised at the news that millions of people are turning to A&E for minor ailments. Those of us working in the NHS have known …
People are going to A&E with hiccups – as a doctor I know why Read MoreDevon and Cornwall Police want to identify this man in connection with an incident at a Wetherspoons bar in Plymouth (Picture: Devon and Cornwall Police) A man was sexually assaulted then punched by a male reveller on a Wetherspoons dance …
Man groped and punched on Wetherspoons dance floor by male pub-goer Read MoreBy Jonathan Randles, Bloomberg Cooking television show America’s Test Kitchen has agreed to purchase recipe site Food52, which said it was forced to file bankruptcy after its lender unexpectedly swept cash from its bank accounts. The offer from America’s Test …
America’s Test Kitchen buying bankrupt recipe site Food52 Read MoreSANTA CRUZ — After reaching a troubling peak in 2023, drug overdose deaths have declined for the second year in row in Santa Cruz County. Public health officials across Santa Cruz County convened online earlier this month for the fifth …
Fatal overdoses decline for second year in a row in Santa Cruz County Read MoreInland Empire health officials are warning people about an increase in hand, foot and mouth disease, a contagious illness that affects mostly babies and young children. In Riverside County, the number of emergency room visits for young children with the …
Hand, foot and mouth disease spreading in Southern California Read MorePHILLIPS STATION — California is seeing ample rain and water stored in the state’s reservoirs but only about half the snow levels of a year ago, officials said Tuesday, adding it’s too soon to know how that could impact water …
California needs more snow accumulation to bolster 2026 water supplies, officials say Read MoreBy JOSH FUNK, Associated Press A week after immigrant groups filed a lawsuit, California said Tuesday it will delay the revocations of 17,000 commercial driver’s licenses until March to allow more time to ensure that truckers and bus drivers who …
California delays revoking 17,000 commercial driver’s licenses until March after immigrants sue Read MoreRemember that a home loan’s financial leverage can boost ownership profits over the mortgage’s life but also magnify the impact of price declines. My trusty spreadsheet reviewed Cotality’s third-quarter report on homeowner equity, focusing on homes with mortgages and comparing …
California owners lost $33,000 in home equity in a year Read MoreRemember that a home loan’s financial leverage can boost ownership profits over the mortgage’s life but also magnify the impact of price declines. My trusty spreadsheet reviewed Cotality’s third-quarter report on homeowner equity, focusing on homes with mortgages and comparing …
California owners lost $33,000 in home equity in a year Read MorePHILLIPS STATION — California is seeing ample rain and water stored in the state’s reservoirs but only about half the snow levels of a year ago, officials said Tuesday, adding it’s too soon to know how that could impact water …
California needs more snow accumulation to bolster 2026 water supplies, officials say Read MoreBy JOSH FUNK, Associated Press A week after immigrant groups filed a lawsuit, California said Tuesday it will delay the revocations of 17,000 commercial driver’s licenses until March to allow more time to ensure that truckers and bus drivers who …
California delays revoking 17,000 commercial driver’s licenses until March after immigrants sue Read More