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WHICH LAPTOP BACKPACKS ARE BEST? For business people, travelers and students, backpacks have a lot of advantages over briefcases and messenger bags because they’re easier on your shoulders and arms. If you’re looking for a backpack to use every day, then you …

The fence looked suspiciously different (Picture: Reform UK – Herne Bay & Sandwich) A Reform branch has apologised for an ‘administrative oversight’ after an AI-generated picture of road signs was posted on its Facebook page. The party’s Herne Bay and …

One young person died and another was taken to hospital (Picture: Google Maps) A teenager has died and another was seriously injured after the driver’s car collided with a lorry. The driver, a boy in his teens, died at the …

Last January, Mayor Brandon Johnson said he was already preparing City Hall for a potentially painful round of midyear layoffs if revenue fell short, infuriating the rebel bloc that muscled an alternative budget through the City Council after rejecting Johnson’s corporate head …

By ELAINE KURTENBACH, AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Oil prices surged more than 6% after U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the interim agreement with Iran is “over,” though he will allow talks to continue. Trump made the …

By LORNE COOK and SEUNG MIN KIM ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump took aim at his NATO partners at a summit in Turkey on Wednesday, saying he was unhappy with the alliance for pushing back against his …

By JON GAMBRELL and SEUNG MIN KIM DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran targeted American military sites in the Gulf on Wednesday after the U.S. launched strikes on several places in Iran and reinstated sanctions on its oil sales. …

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Up Next Previous Page Next Page The US president lashed out at Spain during the NATO summit, saying the country is a …

EA Sports is looking to build on one of gaming’s biggest comeback stories with College Football 27, and this year’s installment is less about reinventing the playbook than making the game feel more authentic than ever. (EA Sports) Launching July …

Former President George W. Bush joined Democratic former Presidents Joe Biden and Bill Clinton (and their spouses) at the grand opening and dedication ceremony of the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago on June 18. The only living President not invited …

BALTIMORE — The series-opening game between the Cubs and Orioles started in a rain delay Tuesday night. Originally scheduled for a 5:35 p.m. Central first pitch, fans were informed via a scoreboard message that a conversation between Major League Baseball …

Unlike you, I’ve actually been to a WNBA game. Ten years ago, at the invite of a Chicago Sky publicist. I thought it would be a fun outing for myself and my wife, and it was, in a low-key way. …

Alex Stanley, 31, never went fishing before Tuesday. Now he has, thanks to Adventure Club, a Chicago Park District program that brings dozens of children and adults to Northerly Island every summer to try new outdoor activities. “I like being …

A man appeared in court Tuesday on charges alleging he encouraged his girlfriend’s suicide before handing her the loaded gun with which she fatally shot herself. Mario Laboy, 49, is charged with three felony counts of inducement to commit suicide …

Bob and Joan Biebel met on the job, as Chicago police officers, and things progressed slowly, as love stories go. “I chased him for eight years before I finally made him surrender at City Hall,” Joan Biebel said with a …

(Ferrari) Given that Ferrari just launched its first, transmission-less EV, it’s surprising in a way that Maranello’s succeeding automotive creation is the first with a gated shifter in well over a decade. But knowing that the vessel for Ferrari’s new …

Michael Thompson, 56, raped and smothered Kimberley Thompson, 43, at the house they shared in Northampton in the early hours of August 9 last year (Picture: Facebook) A ‘jealous, obsessive and controlling’ man who tried to get away with murdering …

A construction worker was shot and killed during an ICE traffic stop in Houston, Texas (Picture: Jacob Lujan/Houston Chronicle) An ICE agent fatally shot a father-of-three during a traffic stop in Houston, Texas. An officer for the US Immigration and …

Pepe Vargas nunca imaginó retirarse. Después de décadas liderando el International Latino Cultural Center, el director ejecutivo y fundador, Vargas renunció el pasado martes por razones de salud. La organización, que ha sido guardiana del arte y de artistas panlatinos …

Economic abuse involves the control of a current or ex-partner’s finances (Picture: Getty Images) More than a million girls and young women experienced economic abuse in the past year, shocking new research suggests. One in three girls are estimated to …