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By ALI SWENSON Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Thursday faced federal lawmakers for the first time since September as he sought to defend a more than 12% proposed cut to his department’s budget and dodge arrows from angry …

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER and JOEY CAPPELLETTI, Associated Press Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s nominee to run the Federal Reserve, Kevin Warsh, is likely to face tough questions about his vast financial holdings at a hearing next week by …

By Dana Hull | Bloomberg Sales of Tesla’s Cybertruck were propped up in recent months by Elon Musk’s other companies, an unusual arrangement that further indicates the polarizing pickup is failing to appeal to everyday buyers. SpaceX, the Musk-led rocket and …

LOS ANGELES — Despite adding 55 newcomers to its roster less than six months ago, the UCLA football team has quickly developed a family environment among its players. Just ask senior wide receiver Landon Ellis, who spoke Thursday after the …

CASCADE LOCKS, Ore. (AP) — DNA analysis has identified the remains found in a car in the Columbia River as those of an Oregon family that went missing in 1958 while on a trip to find Christmas greenery, authorities said …

NEW YORK — The Angels have demonstrated this week that, if nothing else, they are resilient. They suffered two gut-wrenching ninth-inning losses this week, and followed both times they rebounded to win the next day. It helps to do that …

Justin Evans was reported missing from Papa Stronsay monastery in the Orkney (Picture: Police Scotland) A monk living in a secluded island monastery is presumed dead after vanishing. Justin Evans, 24, known as Brother Ignatius, was wearing a white robe …

Moon Alert There are no restrictions to shopping or important decisions today. The moon is in Aries. Aries (March 21-April 19) A dynamic day This is a powerful day for you. Mercury in your sign is lined up with Neptune, …

The first two periods of the Blackhawks‘ season finale Wednesday mirrored their last few weeks: Sloppy, slow and worrying. Then a lucky goal off Sam Rinzel’s stick late in the second period shifted momentum, and it seemed the Hawks suddenly …

Attendees at Rate Field were left in a stunned silence before Wednesday’s White Sox game when Gerald Chaney collapsed while singing “Lift Every Voice and Sing” on Jackie Robinson Day. Chaney, a longtime national anthem performer and beloved ballpark presence, …

On a recent Thursday morning, Alexa Rice paces inside a West Side photography studio, adjusting accessories and stepping in and out of frame as models hit their marks for the camera. In jeans, zebra print booties, and a vermilion t-shirt, …

It’s well known that auto insurance companies charge more to people who have caused crashes or have had a DUI. But the companies also charge more to customers over other factors they have less control over: age, credit and their …

Two 15-year-old girls were arrested after allegedly battering Cook County sheriff’s officers responding to reports of gunfire in Woodlawn Wednesday afternoon, according to Chicago police. The sheriff’s officers were in the 6400 block of South Evans Avenue at 4:41 p.m. …

White Sox prospect Sam Antonacci got news of his promotion from Triple-A Charlotte about 20 hours before he took the field for his debut at Rate Field on Wednesday. “Tired, but adrenaline high,” the Springfield native said inside his first …

Christopher Phillips, 60, was funding a bachelor lifestyle A man has pleaded guilty to preventing the ‘lawful and decent” burial of his mother after her body was found in a freezer. Christopher Phillips, 60, kept the body of his mother, …

(Bluetti) U.S. electricity outages recently reached their highest levels in a decade. According to a report by the U.S. Energy Information Administration, the average American electricity customer experienced a record 11 hours of electricity interruptions in 2024—the spike being largely …

PHILADELPHIA — Matt Shaw and Nico Hoerner formed quite the duo in the Cubs’ 11-2 victory Wednesday against the Phillies. No. 9 batter Shaw would double (he did it three times), and leadoff man Hoerner would drive him in (he …

After an awful opening week, the White Sox’ starting rotation has been a bright spot with an MLB-best 1.73 ERA in 11 games from April 3-14. If you were told in spring training that Sox starters would go on a …

PHILADELPHIA — Injuries have put Cubs president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer on the prowl for starting pitching. “You just immediately feel sorry for the player, but then you just process like, ‘Who’s up next?’ ” Hoyer said before the …

U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, delivered an opening statement at a Committee oversight hearing on President Trump’s FY2027 Budget request that slammed the President’s Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), …