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Prosecutors on Monday said a convicted felon somehow took a gun into Swedish Hospital after he was arrested this weekend, then pulled it from under a blanket after he undressed and shot two Chicago cops, killing officer John Bartholomew. Alphanso …

Good morning, Chicago. ✶ 🔎 Below: Family members hoping to bring spouses or other relatives to the U.S. are caught in legal limbo that began in January when the Trump administration paused immigrant visas for 75 countries. 🗞️ Plus: Prosecutors …

Construction started on the next phase of the redevelopment of a former South Loop public housing complex on Monday. Developer the Community Builders was joined by project partners and city officials for the groundbreaking of Southbridge 1C, the third phase …

Police are seeking a silver car in connection with a fatal drive-by shooting that left a 29-year-old man dead Sunday in the Humboldt Park neighborhood. The man, 29, was walking in the 2700 block of West Thomas Street around 8:50 …

In Washington D.C., the name on a bill is often the opposite of what it does. The Main Street Depositor Protection Act is the latest example. The name sounds noble. The math is not. Here is what the bill would …

By AMIR-HUSSEIN RADJY, LEE KEATH and SARAH EL DEEB CAIRO (AP) — In the heartland of Iran’s famed carpet-making industry, manufacturing has ground to a near halt. Dairies struggle to find packages for milk and butter. Giant steel mills that …

By HANNA ARHIROVA KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine used interceptor systems to shoot down more than 33,000 Russian drones of various types in March, a record monthly figure since Moscow launched its all-out invasion more than four years ago, Ukraine’s defense minister …

Q:  Chris Smith of Highland asked why San Bernardino and Los Angeles counties have different lane markings for their carpool lanes. San Bernardino County uses dash lines and Los Angeles County uses solid lines with openings every so often for …

By MATT OTT, AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. consumer confidence rose modestly in April despite growing anxiety over soaring energy prices brought on by the war in Iran. The Conference Board said Tuesday that its consumer confidence index …

By Jackie Fortiér, Oona Zenda, KFF Health News An elementary school teacher chose a low-price health insurance plan but soon realized she wasn’t clear about what it would mean for her family’s finances. When enhanced federal subsidies expired at the …

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN, AP Business Writer BP’s profit more than doubled in the first quarter as the war in Iran continues and the average price for gasoline hit a new high for the year in the U.S. The oil and …

By Ana Staples, Bankrate.com Finance is different for everyone. We all inhabit our own money realities: white people and people of color, Gen Z and baby boomers, high earners and those with lower incomes. Women live in their own financial …

Cristina Celaya was strolling on the Hermosa Pier with a friend Monday afternoon when she looked down and saw an unusual sight – beautiful blue sea creatures washed up by the thousands on the shoreline. “It was lined up and …

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A college dropout was ordered held without bond Tuesday for murder charges in the killings of two University of South Florida students, just days after a SWAT team descended on his parents’ house to arrest him. …

Smiling at a press event after retirement, Coleman reflects on years at the heart of Washington’s defence (Picture: Getty Images) NFL legend Monte Coleman has died at the age of 68, two of his former teams have confirmed. Tributes began …

The latest instance of violence in US politics has left Americans feeling numb (Picture: Getty/Reuters/AP/Metro) When I heard there had been another shooting near Donald Trump this weekend, I didn’t feel horror – in fact, I barely felt anything. And …

Locals say the work is a ‘flagrant disregard for the history’ of the area (Picture: SWNS) A controversial home on ‘England’s prettiest street’ is causing fresh anger as its owner refuses to stop making renovations. Rosemary Cottage owner Metin Dener …

President Trump told reporters this weekend (prior to the White House Correspondents’ Dinner) that the investigation into Fed Chair Jay Powell is “not dropped,” despite U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro announcing that it was closed. [NOTE: Last month, Pirro’s office reportedly conceded to a federal judge that …

Chicago actor Matt DeCaro never took being a working actor for granted. Last week, before an unusually early-in-the-day staging of August Wilson’s “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” at the Goodman Theatre, artistic director Susan Booth bumped into DeCaro as she entered …

NEW YORK (AP) — A U.S. special forces soldier is due in federal court in New York on Tuesday on charges that he used classified information about the mission to capture former Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro to win more than …