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Geico, the country’s third-largest auto insurer, on Wednesday announced the launch of a Chicago office in the Merchandise Mart, where it will house more than 100 employees in corporate roles, including communications, finance and marketing. Some of Geico’s Chicago staff …

CIUDAD DEL VATICANO — El nuevo papa comenzó con un viejo chiste. “Dicen que cuando aplaudes al principio, no significa mucho”, dijo el Papa León XIV a más de 6,000 periodistas de todo el mundo el lunes en su primera …

McDonald’s anunció el lunes que este verano planea contratar hasta 375,000 empleados para sus restaurantes en Estados Unidos, incluidos más de 14,000 en Illinois, lo que constituye su mayor esfuerzo de contratación en años. El gigante de las hamburguesas de …

Citando el aumento desmedido del costo de la educación universitaria, un comité del Concejo Municipal acordó el martes eliminar ese “techo de papel” permitiendo que los candidatos a empleos municipales puedan sustituir la experiencia laboral por un diploma. Por petición …

Illinois lawmakers took another step this week to end the program offering healthcare coverage to Illinois residents without legal status in the United States. The legislature’s Joint Committee on Administrative Rules this week gave a green light to rules that …

Former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel openly flirted with a 2028 presidential candidacy Wednesday, telling a nationally televised talk show audience that he is “in training” for a White House bid. Emanuel’s remarks on ABC’s “The View” stopped short of an …

There’s no shortage of literature about artificial intelligence turned sentient and posing an existential threat to its operators and/or humanity in general. From Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” and Stanley Kubrick’s “2001: A Space Odyssey ” to the grim world of Netflix’s …

A significant, large-scale work by the late artist Sol LeWitt vanished from the exterior of a federally owned downtown building — and the government agency in charge of the piece had refused to say why. Lines in Four Directions, a …

Jayden Perkins’ grandmother was on the phone with the 11-year-old’s mother as the boy’s killer burst through the door of their Edgewater apartment, she testified in court Wednesday. “I heard screams and, ‘No, C.O.! No!,” Shirese Turner said, referring to …

For years, dilapidated toys donated by exhausted parents would lay scattered around many city playgrounds, waiting for children to play with them. Parents appreciated the tradition, but the Chicago Park District sought to stop the practice last summer when it …

Weeks after the construction of the Bally’s Chicago casino was halted amid questions about the use of a reputed mob-connected garbage company, the Illinois Gaming Board is allowing work to resume. But the state government agency, which answers to Gov. …

Music Beyoncé brings her Cowboy Carter Tour to town for a three-night stand performing songs from her recent country-tinged album and other selections from her notable songbook. Visually and sonically it’s sure to be another epic performance by the ever-evolving …

For a lot of hitters, Cubs hitting coach Dustin Kelly would talk through the situation before they stepped into the batter’s box with one out in the ninth inning, runners on first and third, in a one-run game. Look for …

After the state unwisely expanding Medi-Cal in recent years, the program has descended into a fiscal crisis. Now Gov. Gavin Newsom proposes to roll back some of the expansions, but it may be too little too late given pending actions …

LOS ANGELES — Only natural. You see yellow caution tape and you want to know: What’s going on over there? Especially when you see a couple dozen adults wearing it around their heads. And I get paid to be nosy, …

Griffith Observatory held a party on Wednesday, May 14, celebrating its 90th anniversary, and the leaders who make sure the observatory will live on praised its importance to Los Angeles and to the world. “Griffith Observatory is so much more …

Saturday, May 17, the first Altadena park is reopening since the Eaton fire devastated the town in January. Loma Alta Park, at 3330 N. Lincoln Ave., suffered damage to its playground equipment, plants, trees, a maintenance shed and the Altadena …

By GERALD IMRAY and DARLENE SUPERVILLE, Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — President Donald Trump and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa are scheduled to meet at the White House next week following allegations by Trump — and denied …

By JENNIFER PELTZ, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A former model reproached one of Harvey Weinstein ’s lawyers for suggesting that her sexual abuse allegations against the ex-studio boss are lies. “You should be ashamed of yourself,” Kaja Sokola …