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Kim Deal is an artist who needs no introduction. Especially in Chicago. Over nearly 40 years, the city has become a creative home away from home for the Pixies/Breeders/solo whiz who often set up base camp at Electrical Audio recording …

BANGKOK (AP) — Armed clashes broke out Thursday between Thailand and Cambodia in long-disputed border areas, rapidly escalating months-long tensions. Related Articles Ranchers in southern Mexico are struggling against a flesh-eating parasite infecting livestock French President Macron says France will …

We have the first full Nielsen ratings book for The Score’s nascent midday show with Leila Rahimi and Marshall Harris, and the numbers tell us … something. Coming off a winter book in which the time slot, then with Harris …

While MAGA-aligned House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) closed down Congress a week early to reportedly prevent the House from voting on the H. Res. 531 bill calling for the release of the Epstein Files, the Federal Bureau of Investigation announced results of …

By JOHN O’CONNOR and SARAH RAZA, Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture will move thousands of employees out of the nation’s capital in a reorganization the agency says will put them closer to customers while …

By MARK SHERMAN and JACK DURA, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday blocked a lower-court ruling in a redistricting dispute in North Dakota that would gut a landmark federal civil rights law for millions of people. …

By ELÉONORE HUGHES and DIARLEI RODRIGUES PORCIUNCULA, Brazil (AP) — Brazilian José Natal da Silva often tends to his modest coffee plantation in the interior of Rio de Janeiro state in the middle of the night, sacrificing sleep to fend …

Redwood City resident Azarmeen Pavri’s journey into the world of delicate, precise meringues began back in 2016 with a simple desire: to introduce her young children to the dessert she’d grown up loving as a kid in Pakistan. But when …

By Henry Payne, The Detroit News There’s never a dull moment in the U.S. market as automakers hustle to divine consumer trends, navigate federal regulations, juggle tariff-driven plant production, and dodge activist Molotov cocktails. Related Articles Average long-term US mortgage …

(Bloomberg/Ian King) — Back in April, Intel Corp.’s newly appointed Chief Executive Officer Lip-Bu Tan told investors on his inaugural earnings call that turning around the troubled chipmaker would take time. That was three months ago — and they’re already …

Nearly 500 flights headed in and out of Denver International Airport on Wednesday were delayed amid afternoon thunderstorms. As of 2:45 p.m. Wednesday, a ground delay traffic management program was in effect at the Denver airport, causing average delays of …

By MARK SHERMAN WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed the Trump administration to remove three Democratic members of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, who had been fired by President Donald Trump and then reinstated by a federal …

Quantum company Infleqtion will join the state’s massive quantum campus at the former U.S. Steel South Works site with the goal of building the first utility-scale quantum computer in Illinois, Gov. JB Pritzker announced Wednesday. The $50 million investment makes …

Chicagoans are stepping up to help one another during another heat wave in the city. Temperatures are expected to reach 93 degrees Wednesday with a heat index of 102, according to the National Weather Service. An extreme heat warning is …

By Stephen Groves and Matt Brown | Associated Press WASHINGTON — House Democrats launched a bid Wednesday to subpoena President Donald Trump’s Justice Department for files in the sex trafficking investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, goading GOP lawmakers to defy Trump …

Capitalism gets a lot of hate. I expect it from the left. They blame free markets for racism, “horrifying inequality” and even, according to economist Joseph Stiglitz, “accelerating climate change.” People on the right generally defend capitalism, but today, a …

For more than a decade, the now-deceased president and CEO of a crooked Bridgeport bank coerced his loan officer to forge dozens of documents to hide a $140 million embezzlement scheme from federal regulators, who eventually closed the clout-heavy bank. …

Chicago’s Joffrey Ballet will remain the resident dance company of the Lyric Opera House for an additional seven years, the companies announced Wednesday. The Joffrey’s current lease was slated to end following the 2027 season, but this extension will keep …

By BERNARD CONDON NEW YORK (AP) — The fallout from Elon Musk’s plunge into politics a year ago is still hammering his Tesla business as both sales and profits dropped sharply again in the latest quarter. Related Articles Meta launches …

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google’s accelerating shift into artificial intelligence helped propel its corporate parent to another quarter of solid growth while a crackdown on its internet empire looms in the background. Related Articles Meta launches new …