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Illinois Senate President Don Harmon is off the hook for a $9.8 million fine after election board officials deadlocked again Tuesday over allegations that the Oak Park Democrat’s political committee accepted donations beyond state campaign financing limits. Members of the …

State, county and local law enforcement agencies policing protests outside the ICE facility in west suburban Broadview have announced the designated protest zone will now include part of Beach Street, according to a statement Tuesday. A portion of Beach Street …

WILMINGTON, N.C. — Former Bulls great Michael Jordan is giving $10 million to a North Carolina regional medical center in honor of his mother. The six-time NBA champ and now businessman announced the gift to Novant Health New Hanover Regional …

Veteran Chicago newspaper editor Andrea Hanis moved from newsroom to newsroom throughout her career, bringing a creative spirit and a solid set of leadership skills. After spending more than a decade at the Chicago Sun-Times, she took on editor roles …

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO NEW YORK (AP) — Target’s third-quarter profit tumbled as the retailer struggles to lure shoppers that are being pressed by stubbornly high inflation. Related Articles U.S. trade deficit drops 24% in August as Trump’s tariffs reduce imports …

By GARY D. ROBERTSON, Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Federal agents have now arrested more than 250 people during a North Carolina immigration crackdown centered around Charlotte, the state’s largest city, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said Wednesday. …

By KONSTANTIN TOROPIN and AARON KESSLER WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of major accidents involving military aircraft spiked in 2024, internal Pentagon figures show, and a series of high-profile aviation mishaps with deaths and the loss of aircraft in 2025 …

Singer-songwriter Mikaela Straus, who performs as King Princess, wants you to know it’s not you, Los Angeles. It’s her. Straus went home to Brooklyn recently after eight or nine years in Southern California. After breakups with both her girlfriend and …

Punk veteran and Los Angeles native Frank Meyer has pretty much done it all. He’s been part of many bands that include the respected L.A. punk group The Streetwalkin’ Cheetahs, James Williamson & the Pink Hearts, Long Beach’s Blind House, …

By MICHAEL CASEY, AMANDA SWINHART and DEVI SHASTRI, Associated Press FRANCONIA, N.H. (AP) — The closing of a health center in rural New Hampshire has raised concerns that the projected cuts in Medicaid are already taking a toll. Last month, …

With rain expected to return, Del Mar has canceled thoroughbred racing Friday and has added a card Monday, the San Diego County track announced Wednesday morning. Del Mar plans to have racing Saturday and Sunday, but Saturday will have no …

By MICHAEL CASEY, AMANDA SWINHART and DEVI SHASTRI FRANCONIA, N.H. (AP) — For more than two decades, Susan Bushby, a 70-year-old housekeeper from a rural ski town in New Hampshire’s White Mountains, took comfort in knowing she only had a …

By HUSSEIN MALLA, BASSEM MROUE and WAFAA SHURAFA, Associated Press SIDON, Lebanon (AP) — The Israeli military carried out multiple barrages of airstrikes in southern Lebanon Wednesday on what it said were Hezbollah weapons storage facilities after a drone strike earlier …

Snorkeling among countless stingless jellyfish in far-off Micronesia would’ve been a pinch-me moment on its own. But doing so in one of the world’s few marine lakes — and without another tourist in sight — well, cruise adventures don’t get …

Thames Valley Police have arrested four men as part of their investigation into the robbery (Picture: PA) Masked criminals forced their way into a car and stole more than £1.1million in cryptocurrency in an audacious daylight robbery. Five people, two …