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The National Weather Service has issued a dense fog advisory until 11 a.m. for Cook, DuPage, Lake and McHenry counties in Illinois and Porter and Lake counties in Indiana. Areas with dense fog can reduce visibility to one quarter mile …

A tow-truck driver crashed into a woman’s vehicle in River North and then shot at her windshield early Friday, Chicago police say. The woman was driving adjacent to the tow-truck in the 800 block of North LaSalle Street around 3:50 …

We asked readers what one change to Chicago’s downtown they’d like to see in the next 20 years. Here’s what you told us, lightly edited for clarity: “Fewer cars, more and better public transportation and a marketplace, a large indoor …

On Thanksgiving, the NHL’s intense parity this season seemed like it might help the Blackhawks by maximizing their chances of playing meaningful games into March. On Christmas, the parity seems like it might instead help the Hawks by maximizing their …

Philadelphia artist Kristin Scholz has one public mural in Chicago, which can be found in a Lincoln Square alley on her best friend’s garage door. “She just wanted color on her house,” says Scholz, who also painted her friend’s back …

Southern Water have apologies to hundreds of its customers following a water outage on Christmas Day (Picture: Southern Water) Southern Water has apologised to hundreds of households in East Sussex after they were left without running water on Christmas Day. …

Thousands of files have been released by the US Department of Justice relating to the activities of the late paedophile Jeffrey Epstein (Picture: Department of Justice/Shutterstock) An unverified allegation in the Epstein files that a child was taken to ‘pedophile ring parties’ in the UK is being examined …

The incidents happened at the KFC in West Wickham Picture: Google) A KFC franchisee will have to fork out almost £70,000 after a manager called an Indian worker a ‘slave’ and forced him to work extra hours. Madhesh Ravichandran began …

(Bloomberg/Brody Ford) — After years of eschewing big mergers, ServiceNow Inc. is on a deal spree. It has spent at least $12 billion this year on acquisitions or strategic investments. The action has some investors on edge about whether the …

(Bloomberg/Brody Ford, Dylan Sloan and Tom Maloney) — When the year began, a billionaire with close ties to the White House was a lock for the most newsworthy tech titan of 2025. But 12 chaotic months later, Larry Ellison, not …

Memorable moments with family and friends call for a glass of bubbly! For the growing contingent that prefer to drink dry, there are lots of festive bottles of sparkling, nonalcoholic bubbly drinks in champagne-style bottles that are fun to pop …

(Bloomberg/Ian King) — Nvidia Corp. agreed to a licensing deal with artificial intelligence startup Groq, furthering its investments in companies connected to the AI boom and gaining the right to add a new type of technology to its products. The …

Looking for an easy, satisfying dish to bring to a New Year’s Eve party? Here’s how to make a batch of Sweet Hawaiian Roll Sliders, as made popular on TikTok. Chef Palestrina McCaffrey is the author of “The Unofficial TikTok …

By ILLIA NOVIKOV, Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday that he will meet with U.S. President Donald Trump in Florida over the weekend. Zelenskyy told journalists that the two leaders will discuss security guarantees for …

By ROB MAADDI, Associated Press The Lions are staying home for the playoffs, the Packers are in the postseason and only one spot remains open in the NFC. Detroit’s dismal performance in a 23-10 loss to Minnesota on Christmas Day …

By Ryan Sabalow, CalMatters California lawmakers made major changes to the state’s car-buying rules this year, including a controversial rewrite of the state law that allows buyers to get their money back if they are sold a defective vehicle and …