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While summer usually means dusting off your beach chairs or finding the nearest pool, there are other ways to spend the sunny season in Southern California. It may not be October quite yet, but there are several horror-themed conventions happening …

By JEFFREY COLLINS and DAVID A. LIEB COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Republicans in the South Carolina House cast aside Democratic suggestions and objections Tuesday as they worked toward a key vote on a congressional redistricting plan that could give the …

By LORNE COOK BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO’s top military officer said Tuesday that he doesn’t expect any more drawdowns of American troops from Europe — at least not anytime soon — beyond the 5,000 that U.S. President Donald Trump announced …

Rich Lowry, editor-in-chief of the conservative magazine National Review, published an op-ed by the editors Tuesday titled ‘Thomas Massie Deserves to Lose,’ and wrote of the Republican Kentucky Congressman: “We hope that the district’s voters on Tuesday will send Massie …

If the White Sox haven’t begun negotiating a contract extension for Munetaka Murakami, they should have — yesterday. As last weekend’s hugely satisfying spectacle against the Cubs showed, the Japanese slugger is the Sox’ most charismatic star since Tim Anderson, …

SEATTLE — The White Sox won’t get Kyle Teel back for at least another three weeks after their prized catcher sprained a knee ligament during a rehabilitation assignment on his way back from a pulled hamstring. The second-year backstop could …

Consumer advocates want Nicor Gas to cut its proposed $220.8 million rate hike by 80%, saying the company is overzealous in seeking profit. Those advocates are seeking a $178 million cut to the proposal, according to filings to the Illinois …

Robert Kenyon X account has been suspended for violating the rules, according to X Reform UK’s candidate in the Makerfield by-election wrote about Asian men ‘assaulting white people en masse’ and ‘an invasion of foreign criminals’ on his now suspended …

Caption: NEED TO CONFIRM ID – Amin Abdullah (security guard killed in Islamic Center shooting in San Diego) Provider: Facebook / Amin Abdullah More than £1.4million has been raised for the security guard shot dead while saving people from a …

The New York Times filed a second lawsuit against the Defense Department this week, arguing that an interim press policy mandating that reporters be escorted at all times while on Pentagon grounds is unconstitutional. U.S. Assistant to the Secretary of …

If the remaining members of the “Broadview Six” head to trial next week, federal prosecutors have already agreed not to slap them with labels like “rioters,” “domestic terrorists” or “Antifa members.” But they might say they were part of a …

When Joabe Barbosa set out to run on every street in Chicago, he didn’t know how long he’d be allowed to stay in the United States. Now, as the Roosevelt University graduate student prepares to complete his journey next month, …

A third-generation Chicagoan from South Shore will be the Chicago Reader’s next publisher. Malik Jackson, who was previously the executive director and publisher of South Side Media Works, which oversees South Side Weekly and Hyde Park Herald, will join the …

Three confirmed cases of whooping cough have been identified at Blair Middle School, according to the Pasadena Public Health Department. On average, Pasadena reports about three cases of whooping cough per year, according to the city, but so far in …

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States began ratcheting up pressure on communist-controlled Cuba after the military action in Venezuela early this year resulted in the capture of President Nicolás Maduro. The Justice Department is preparing to seek an indictment of …

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — When Australian farmer Rhys Smoker announced he’d found a live frog in a bag of lettuce, his housemates didn’t believe him. Smoker had been preparing a steak and salad dinner on Saturday for the three people …

By THOMAS BEAUMONT, JESSE BEDAYN and KENDRIA LaFLEUR, Associated Press ALLEN, Texas (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday endorsed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, supercharging his effort to oust incumbent Sen. John Cornyn in a Republican primary runoff. “Ken is a true …

By JON GAMBRELL DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates for decades has advertised itself as a haven for international business in a Middle East awash in violent upheaval. Those waves have now crashed into this nation, …

By JAMEY KEATEN and ELENA BECATOROS GENEVA (AP) — The body overseeing the U.S.-brokered ceasefire in Gaza will ask the United Nations Security Council to press Hamas to disarm, according to a report seen by The Associated Press on Tuesday. …

By ADITHI RAMAKRISHNAN NEW YORK (AP) — A biotech company that aims to resurrect lost creatures said Tuesday it has hatched live chicks in an artificial environment — a development that was met with mixed reviews from scientists and critics …