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After declining by about 65,000 during the pandemic, Chicago’s population now has grown for a third straight year, according to new data released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau. Those new figures show Chicago with 2,731,585 residents in 2025, an …

It’s a big weekend for high school players, especially those who will be seniors next season in the Class of 2027. The first live period of the spring and summer tips off Friday and runs through Sunday. Players will travel …

Most Californians will recall Jerome Powell’s reign as Federal Reserve chairman as an era when life seemed largely unaffordable. The end of his term as boss of the nation’s influential central bank prompted my trusty spreadsheet to grade his tenure …

Q: I’ve noticed an increasing number of vehicles displaying expired registration stickers. For example, within an hour in February I observed four different cars driving with 2025 (yellow) registration stickers while traveling from Torrance to John Wayne Airport. I understand …

WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI is offering a $200,000 reward for information leading to capture and prosecution of a former U.S. Air Force counterintelligence specialist who defected to Iran in 2013 and was later charged with revealing classified information to …

By CHINEDU ASADU Africa’s top public health body has confirmed a new Ebola outbreak in Congo’s Ituri province, the 17th since the disease first emerged in the country in 1976. A total of 246 suspected cases and 65 deaths have already been recorded in …

SACRAMENTO — As Republicans and Democrats continue their mid-decade redistricting grudge match that could determine which party controls Congress after November, Americans may learn a truism about legislative elections. That is, voters don’t really select the politicians who represent them. …

By PHILIP MARCELO NEW YORK (AP) — North America’s largest commuter rail system is facing a potential shutdown as a deadline nears to reach a deal with unionized workers to avert a strike. The Long Island Rail Road that serves …

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Up Next Previous Page Next Page Donald Trump has wrapped up his state visit to China with a glowing review of his own …

Christie’s and Cartier just smashed yet another record for the most expensive Cartier watch ever sold. (The Cartier Crash Watch/Courtesy of Sotheby’s) As part of the “Geneva Magnificent Jewels” Collection, an ultra-rare 1990 Cartier Crash London just fetched more than …

By HILLEL ITALIE NEW YORK (AP) — Claudine Longet, the French singer and actor who was at the center of a highly publicized manslaughter trial after she was charged with the fatal shooting of her boyfriend, Olympic skier Vladimir “Spider” …

By SAMYA KULLAB and BARRY HATTON KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday that a Russian missile attack on a Kyiv apartment building the previous day killed 24 people, including what local officials said were three teenagers. …

By ROD McGUIRK MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Six passengers from a cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak arrived Friday in Australia for a quarantine expected to last at least three weeks. The Gulfstream long-range business jet carrying them from …

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Up Next Previous Page Next Page A teenager killed an 86-year-old great-grandmother when he ploughed into her on an illegal and defective …

The stadium would be the biggest indoor arena in the UK, dethroning Manchester’s Co-Op Live (Picture: Jericho Estates) East London’s new multi-use sports venue will be bigger than the O2 and will be a key venue for basketball, according to …

Not only does Odessa A’zion appear in the music video for the Rolling Stones’ latest single “In The Stars”—she’s licking one of them. Similarly to how the seemingly immortal rockers tapped Sydney Sweeney to promote “Angry” from 2023’s Hackney Diamonds, …

Fox News star Bret Baier travelled to China this week with President Donald Trump and walked the streets of Beijing with a camera crew to report on the Communist country’s practices of surveillance. As seen below, Baier said, “Big Brother …

While President Donald Trump and his entourage, including Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing, Reuters China reported that the United States “has cleared around 10 Chinese firms to buy Nvidia’s second-most powerful AI chip, …

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday preserved women’s access to a drug used in the most common method of abortion, rejecting lower-court restrictions while a lawsuit continues. The court’s order allows women seeking abortions to continue obtaining the drug, …

A recommendation about whether to free Larry Hoover is now on Gov. JB Pritzker’s desk. An outspoken Catholic priest and a former mayoral candidate told the Sun-Times they’ve requested the governor to grant clemency to the former Gangster Disciples leader, …