Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration on Thursday delivered a pointed rebuttal to sharply higher taxes and fees for garbage collection, off-premise liquor sales and rides on Uber and Lyft proposed by a City Council majority determined to avoid the mayor’s proposed …
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration shoots down Council members’ alternate budget ideas Read MoreBy REBECCA SANTANA, DAKE KANG and GISELA SALOMON, Associated Press When President Donald Trump suspended the refugee program on day one of his current administration, thousands of people around the world who had been so close to a new life …
Around the world, refugees are shut out of the US by Trump’s new policies Read MoreBy OMAR FARUK, Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somali migrant Mohamed Abdi Awale endured horrors on an ill-fated journey across Africa to seek a better life in the West — but he’s determined to try again one day, even …
Why Somali migrants may still aim for US despite travel restrictions Read MoreBy OMAR ALBAM and ABBY SEWELL, Associated Press DUMAYR, Syria (AP) — A raid by U.S. forces and a local Syrian group aiming to capture an Islamic State group official instead killed a man who had been working undercover gathering …
US raid allegedly killed Syrian undercover agent instead of Islamic State group official Read MoreIn 2003, the city of Chicago predicted more than 140,000 people would live in its central area by 2020, which includes the Loop, Near North, Near West and Near South Sides. But the population count was too low — hitting …
Chicago’s 20-year development plan for Downtown calls for more nightlife, housing and greenery Read MoreReading Time: 3 minutes Brennon Lemieux has gone on legal record. As previously reported, the Love Is Blind star and his Love Is Blind co-star, Alexa, are going their separate ways after four years of marriage. The split comes just …
Brennon Lemieux Discloses Actual Reason for Alexa Lemieux Divorce Read MoreMikel Arteta has some big decisions to make for the game against Aston Villa (Picture: Getty) Jeremie Aliadiere has told Mikel Arteta to make the ‘tough’ decision to drop Noni Madueke for Saturday’s Premier League clash at Aston Villa. Madueke was …
Mikel Arteta told to drop Arsenal star for Aston Villa Premier League clash Read MoreMikel Arteta’s Arsenal are five points clear at the top of the Premier League (Photo: Getty) Mikel Arteta believes Aston Villa can be considered Premier League title contenders ahead of their big clash against Arsenal on Saturday. Arsenal have the …
Mikel Arteta says surprise club can rival Arsenal for the Premier League title Read MoreWhy do celebs love to give their babies such unusual names? (Pictures: Getty/Metro.co.uk) Celebrities, celebrities, celebrities. Why do they always give their sprogs such bizarre names? When was the last time an A-lister opted for a sturdy Kate or George …
Celebrities picking unique baby names might be amusing – but it’s actually pretty bleak Read MoreLizzo didn’t hold back when addressing comments about her appearance (Picture: Maya Dehlin Spach/WireImage) Lizzo has hit back at trolls online, urging them to ‘mind their business’ after sharing bodyshaming comments about her weight. The About Damn Time hitmaker, 37, …
Lizzo blasts fat-shamers after cruel joke about her weight Read MoreJeremy O. Harris was arrested in Japan (Picture: Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images) Jeremy O. Harris has been arrested and detained in Japan for the past 18 days. The 36-year-old star, known for his work as a playwright on Slave Play and …
Netflix star and playwright Jeremy O Harris arrested and detained in Japan for 18 days Read MoreA collaboration between Steven Spielberg and Leonardo DiCaprio is on Netflix (Picture: Sportsphoto Ltd./Allstar) A classic Steven Spielberg film starring Leonardo DiCaprio is available to stream on Netflix – and it’s already soaring up the UK charts. Catch Me If …
‘All-time classic’ Steven Spielberg film arrives on Netflix and it’s perfect for Christmas Read MoreWhat’s worse than your favourite TV show getting the axe? It being cancelled on a cliffhanger, of course. With unresolved plots and character-shaped holes, it can often feel like a messy, heart-wrenching break-up. There are many reasons why a show …
7 TV shows that were cancelled on a frustrating cliffhanger Read MoreLogan Smith, 18, from Weston-super-Mare, was being taken to hospital at the time of the incident at around 11pm on Sunday (Picture: Facebook/Logan Smith) A teenager who died after getting out of an ambulance on the M5 last weekend was …
Teenager who died after getting out of ambulance on M5 was Tasered then hit by car Read MoreTo view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Up Next Previous Page Next Page An MP has used a novel way to explain the nation’s crumbling finances, using a favourite …
Labour MP explains why ‘Britain is broke’ – using biscuits Read MoreThe Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Netflix has struck a deal with Warner Bros. Discovery to buy the legacy Hollywood giant’s studio and streaming business for $72 billion. The acquisition, announced Friday, would bring two of the industry’s biggest …
Netflix to buy Warner Bros. Discovery, home to Harry Potter and Superman franchises, for $72 billion Read MoreNorth Bay Interior Valleys, San Francisco Bay Shoreline, Northern Monterey Bay and Southern Monterey Bay and Big Sur Coast as well as San Francisco County were placed under a coastal flood advisory by the National Weather Service on Friday at …
Coastal flood advisory issued for Northern California until Sunday afternoon Read MoreDestinee Coronado was just 10 years old when her parents noticed something seemed terribly wrong: The normally happy, bubbly girl was sprawled across a set of chairs instead of joining the dance floor at a wedding with her family. Related …
Wish Book: Seven years later, South Bay nonprofit that supported girl through cancer raises money for her college Read MoreThe sprawling Hamptons estate owned by Alec Baldwin is back on the market for a noticeable price increase. Related Articles Photos: Historic Oakland home in Rockridge sold for $3.7 million, above asking price Diane Keaton’s California dream home back on …
Alec Baldwin relists ‘mayonnaise’ Hamptons mansion for $21 million Read MoreA heavily redacted new filing from Blake Lively calls on a New York judge to forge ahead with her March 2026 trial against her “It Ends With Us” director and co-star Justin Baldoni, lest he “avoid accountability” for the sexual …
Blake Lively demands her ‘day in court’ as Justin Baldoni aims to toss lawsuit Read More