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After former Elmwood Park Fire Chief Michael Terzo allegedly tried locking a 24-year-old male employee of a local bar in a walk-in cooler and slugged him during an alcohol-filled late-night incident in the western suburb in August, public records show …

A family-run Palatine cafe is closing because of a drop in customers due to immigration enforcement in the area, the owners said. Chappie’s Cafe, 754 W. Euclid Ave., will serve its last meal Nov. 2. The business has seen great …

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The Bears’ “Black Friday” game in Philadelphia will be seen around the world. Amazon Prime Video announced Wednesday that it will air the Nov. 28 game to more than 240 countries and territories for the first time in the streamer’s …

By FATIMA HUSSEIN WASHINGTON (AP) — In the midst of a federal government shutdown, the U.S. government’s gross national debt surpassed $38 trillion Wednesday, a record number that highlights the accelerating accumulation of debt on America’s balance sheet. Related Articles …

By BERNARD CONDON NEW YORK (AP) — Tesla, the car company run by Elon Musk, reported Wednesday that it sold more vehicles in the past three months after boycotts hit hard earlier this year, but profits still fell sharply. Related …

By DEE-ANN DURBIN Beyond Meat’s shares briefly sizzled Wednesday before heading back down again. Related Articles HBO Max increasing all subscriptions, new ones hiked immediately Reddit sues AI company Perplexity and others for ‘industrial-scale’ scraping of user comments Gold prices …

MENLO PARK, Calif. (AP) — Meta Platforms is cutting roughly 600 artificial intelligence jobs even as it continues to hire more workers for its superintelligence lab, the company confirmed on Wednesday. Related Articles HBO Max increasing all subscriptions, new ones …

By DAVID KLEPPER WASHINGTON (AP) — North Korean hackers have pilfered billions of dollars by breaking into cryptocurrency exchanges and creating fake identities to get remote tech jobs at foreign companies, according to an international report on North Korea’s cyber …

The SaveLACougars campaign, backed by the nonprofit National Wildlife Federation, on Tuesday celebrated its efforts to begin planting 5,000 native plants on the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing — a unique bridge created just for animals and plants, and built over the …

Education Secretary Bridget Philipson on a school visit at Scott Wilkie Primary School in Newham (Picture:Belinda Jiao/Metro) Half a million more children will benefit from free breakfasts after the education secretary vowed to ‘power up kids’ by launching 2,000 new …

Jewellery purporting to have Napoleon links has appeared online market platforms like Vinted and eBay (Picture: Vinted) Jewellery claiming to belong to Napoleon is being sold online on Vinted and eBay just days after the Louvre break-in in Paris. Four …

At least 55 student news organizations have voiced support for The Stanford Daily in its lawsuit against Trump administration officials over free speech violations, a national student journalists organization said. According to the Student Press Law Center, it joined campus …

Editor’s Note: This article was written for Mosaic, an independent journalism training program for high school and college students who report and photograph stories under the guidance of professional journalists. On a Sunday afternoon in San Jose, a teenage girl …

Despite lingering concerns about affordability and a desire for better long-term planning, the vast majority of San Jose city leaders support the upcoming sales tax measure proposed to counter the effects of the Trump Administration’s budget bill on Santa Clara …