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Thursday’s decision to extend limits on the use of force by federal immigration agents in the Chicago area followed heated testimony over First Amendment rights. President Donald Trump’s administration has been insisting that it’s getting tough on “violent mobs” to …

The Chicago minister, whom federal agents pelted with pepperballs outside the immigration processing center in Broadview, praised a court ruling Thursday that restricted the use of such force in peaceful protests. “I’m so grateful for the ruling,” said the Rev. …

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent is facing DUI charges after his car hopped a curb and he drove into a tree line, according to bodycam footage and report obtained by the Chicago Sun-Times from Oak Brook police through Freedom …

A teen is facing attempted murder charges stemming from a South Shore shooting in September, according to Chicago police. The 16-year-old boy, who wasn’t identified because he is a minor, faces an attempted second-degree murder charge, as well as vehicular …

A man was seriously injured and another person was grazed during a shooting in Chicago Lawn Thursday night, according to Chicago police. Two men, 36 and 49, were outside in the 6700 block of South Western Avenue at 8:21 p.m., …

Moon Alert There are no restrictions to shopping or important decisions today. The moon is in Gemini. Aries (March 21-April 19) An average day Tread carefully with your closest relationships today, especially romantic relationships, because they will be powerful and …

By MATTHEW DALY, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Near the end of his first term, President Donald Trump signed into law a bill that aimed to reduce harmful, planet-warming pollutants emitted by refrigerators and air conditioners. The bipartisan measure brought …

Here are five things to do in the garden this week. Herbs. In Acciaroli, a fishing village on the southwest coast of Italy, one in ten residents is at least 100 years old. It is thought that consumption of rosemary, …

By DAVID A. LIEB, MICHAEL CASEY and SCOTT BAUER, Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration asked a federal appeals court Friday to block a judge’s order that it distribute November’s full monthly SNAP benefits amid a U.S. …

The United States Supreme Court this week is considering the crucial constitutional argument of whether the president has the power to levy tariffs on foreign goods, or whether any such taxes on American consumers and businesses are purely in the …

Elaine Hsieh Chou knows how to keep readers off-balance. The author made her literary debut in 2022 with the aptly titled novel “Disorientation,” a satire about a Taiwanese American graduate student who sets off a firestorm after discovering that the …

SACRAMENTO — As a pessimist, I always figured it was a matter of time before Democrats would decide to counter the rise of a grievance-based populist Right with a grievance-based populist Left. We saw shades of this in the 2020 …

When 66-year-old Elliot Stern arrived in 2019 to take over the leadership of Saddleback College as president, he almost immediately began to rethink what would get built on the community college’s proposed Tustin satellite campus. Trustees of Saddleback had shown …

A: Rental units have become a consistent problem to the quality of life in our large HOA community. Our board members and property manager refuse to reveal how many units are rentals. Some of these problem renters brought into the …

Californians aren’t rushing to buy either homes or new vehicles – a sign of skittish consumers in a wobbly economy. My trusty spreadsheet reviewed two sets of annual statewide sales data: new-vehicle purchases from the California New Car Dealer Association, …