By JIM MUSTIAN New Mexico’s attorney general on Friday opened a criminal investigation to determine whether U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents broke state law by allowing hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills to reach the streets of Albuquerque. The extraordinary …
New Mexico opens criminal probe of DEA after agents allowed fentanyl shipments to hit streets Read MoreTORONTO — Senegal racked up the goals on 10-man Iraq in a 5-0 victory Friday that boosted its hopes of reaching the World Cup knockout stages. Pape Gueye scored two second-half goals as the Senegalese — vying to advance as …
World Cup: Senegal routs 10-man Iraq to boost odds of advancing Read MoreA slice of chocolate mousse cake was tucked into a suburban freezer four years ago. Steve Fanady bought the same cake for his daughter every year at Papagalino Bakery in Niles. When she turned 11 in 2022, though, her father …
‘I’m in debtors’ prison,’ says Chicago options trader jailed 4 years over unpaid $10 million divorce judgment Read MoreA teenaged and closeted Kenny Dillon, the one who endured teasing and taunting growing up in Hegewisch in the 1970s, clung to this truth: He knew he could always leave. Dillon did bolt from Chicago’s farthest southeastern industrial enclave — …
Steep growth in same-sex couples on the Far Southeast Side: ‘I can make home here’ Read MoreChicago’s entire class of vintage residential courtyard buildings — totaling in the thousands — could be headed for the National Register of Historic Places under a measure before a state panel Friday. The nine-member Illinois National Register Advisory Council will …
Could Chicago’s stock of courtyard buildings wind up on the National Register of Historic Places? Read MoreOn his debut album, “American Rough” out Friday on Bloodshot Records, Chicago serenader Andrew Sa offers a tender ode to love, longing and masculinity with a rich voice and country charm. Sa guides listeners through a vast, 10-track sonic landscape …
Chicago balladeer Andrew Sa serenades the ‘American Rough’ man on debut album Read MoreFederal prosecutors have accused a Chicago man of obstruction of justice for allegedly deleting the encrypted messaging application Signal from his phone after being questioned about his role in the “planning of a violent attack” targeting the recent Ultimate Fighting …
Chicago man charged in relation to alleged plot to attack White House UFC event on Trump’s birthday Read MoreA greedy buccaneer skeleton sitting frozen atop a pile of gold for the past six decades in the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disneyland has been brought to life with the latest cutting-edge animatronic technology from Walt Disney Imagineering. …
How Disneyland created a new scene for Pirates of the Caribbean Read MoreBy DEREK GATOPOULOS ATHENS, Greece (AP) — In the searing Mediterranean summer, wildfires turn dangerous in minutes. Greece has learned that at a terrible cost. In 2018, a blaze east of Athens moved with ferocious speed, killing more than 100 …
Greece bets on space technology to contain wildfires in a global first Read MoreIs it the fight A.J. McKee has been anticipating? No. Is it an opponent that has been on his radar? Not exactly. “Big risk, little reward,” the PFL star said. But the timing and location work out well as the …
A.J. McKee hopes PFL San Diego leads to more gold Read MoreMel Brooks’ 100th birthday is June 28, so here’s a look back (and ahead) at the creative icon’s show business career. “Comedy is a very powerful component of life. It has the most to say about the human condition because …
Mel Brooks is turning 100 this weekend, a look at his career Read MoreVowing transparency, Pasadena Unified School District trustees voted 4-3 to approve a resolution designating a study session in August to review background and determine next directions of an ongoing district transformation process. But the action came with pushback among the …
After merger controversy, Pasadena Unified trustees move forward on ‘transformation’ process. But some wanted a pause Read MoreBy KRISTIN M. HALL NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A judge temporarily ordered the Tennessee Department of Health not to give immigration authorities information about roughly 400 seriously sick and disabled immigrant children who are enrolled in a healthcare assistance program. …
Judge blocks Tennessee from reporting sick children to immigration authorities, for now Read MoreBy JOHN HANNA Gracie the Giraffe, who went missing for about two weeks in Texas after wandering off a remote private ranch, was finally found Friday — and the open range appeared to have agreed with her. The giraffe was …
Gracie the Giraffe, who went missing after wandering off a Texas ranch, is finally found Read MoreBy PETER SMITH A new report by a Trump administration commission suggests replacing the idea of separating church and state with the idea of building bridges between them. The assertion — challenging a longstanding concept in American law — comes amid a …
A Trump commission urges ‘bridges’ between church and state in sweeping draft report Read MoreThe Ducks have made their first trade of the offseason, shipping defenseman Olen Zellweger to the Buffalo Sabres in exchange for the 45th overall pick in this weekend’s draft and prospect center Anton Wahlberg. Zellweger, 22, was taken 34th overall …
Ducks trade Olen Zellweger for Anton Wahlberg and a 2nd-round pick Read MoreBy JEZ FIELDER BOURG-SAINT-PIERRE, Switzerland (AP) — At the Great St. Bernard Pass high in the Swiss Alps, the eponymous dogs still walk the same mountain paths their ancestors patrolled for hundreds of years to find travelers buried beneath the …
St. Bernard dogs still roam the Swiss Alps as part of this ‘living museum’ and its breeding program Read MoreAndrea Bello has died protecting her daughter from the earthquakes (Picture: Héctor Bello/Instagram) The body of brave mum Andrea Bello was discovered protecting her one-year-old daughter after the earthquakes broke out in Venezuela. Her husband, Marítimo de La Guaira player …
Footballer pays tribute after wife dies heroically shielding toddler in Venezuela earthquakes Read MoreTwo priests long affiliated with the University of Notre Dame groomed and sexually abused young men at the storied Catholic college and elsewhere over many years dating to the 1980s. And the clerics — both with ties to the Chicago …
Priestly secrets and sexual misconduct at University of Notre Dame Read MoreThe DePaul Art Musuem has officially closed to the public, but the collections will remain with the institution, according to a university spokesperson. Months ago, DePaul University announced the museum would cease all operations on June 30. Days later, university …
DePaul Art Museum collections to stay on campus as day-to-day operations cease Read More