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BOEING’S troubled Starliner is set to return to Earth without its crew as NASA deemed the vehicle unsafe to transport the astronauts. The spacecraft departed the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday after the untrusted vessel suffered thruster problems. Boeing’s …

RIO DE JANEIRO — Sergio Mendes, the celebrated Brazilian musician whose 1966 hit “Mas Que Nada” made him a global superstar and helped launched a long, Grammy-winning career, has died after months battling the effects of long COVID. He was …

The member-owned grocery store Chicago Market is preparing for construction as it expects to open next year in Uptown’s historic Gerber Building, formerly the CTA’s Wilson station. The 13,000-square-foot store at 4618 N. Broadway is being touted as the city’s …

A hotline to help Chicago’s homeless population find housing is up and running this week after being shut down at the end of June, though the service has been scaled back. The Sun-Times reported last month that a call center …

Disneyland employees may soon have to pay thousands of dollars a year for a free college education program the Anaheim theme park dangled as a job perk to prospective hires. Disneyland has announced plans to update the Disney Aspire educational …

By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS NEW YORK — LL Flooring, the hardwood flooring retailer formerly known as Lumber Liquidators, is going out of business. Less than a month after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, the Virginia-based company says it is now …

Southern California will catch a reprieve from its oppressive heat wave starting early next week, the National Weather Service said. But you can expect a sweltering weekend. Parts of the region have seen daily temperatures nearly 20 degrees higher than …

The turnover in the state legislature will continue this November in the San Fernando Valley. The 44th Assembly District’s incumbent legislator, Laura Friedman, D-Glendale, is not in the race, meaning voters will be sending a newcomer up to Sacramento to …

Officials and staffers at the Hyperion Water Reclamation Plant, the region’s largest and oldest wastewater facility, must respond more quickly to odor complaints, communicate better with regulatory agencies and fix malfunctioning doors that could be letting odors seep out into …

Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, a volunteer with the International Solidarity Movement, was shot dead in the West Bank on Friday (Picture: AP) An American women partaking in a protest against Israel’s settlement and expansion in the West Bank was fatally shot …

Keir Starmer has sent a message to the country on the second anniversary of the Queen’s death (Picture: PA/Getty) Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has paid tribute to the late Queen ahead of the second anniversary of her death, saying …

Commuters told Metro they feel ‘demonised’ for not living in London (Picture: Getty Images) Johnbosco Nwogbo has had enough of train travel in the UK. Speaking to Metro a day after his journey from Oxford to Bournemouth was abruptly cancelled, …

For a second day in a row, roughly 30% of SamTrans union bus drivers called in sick Friday in protest of the transit agency’s latest pay increase offer. SamTrans said more than 70 bus drivers participated in the sick-out, which …

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