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Every year, Chicago taxpayers hear the same thing: Pension costs are rising, state and federal aid has dried up, and there is a new round of “progressive revenues.” Although the words sound well-intentioned, the reality is that there is little …

In justifying the decision to fire Texas A&M University English professor Melissa McCoul last month over an exchange that took place in her classroom, Chancellor Glenn Hegar used a script from the academic neutrality playbook. “It is unacceptable for A&M …

DEAR ABBY: My best friend “Pat” and I live on opposite sides of the country. I am very concerned about Pat’s daughter and granddaughter, “Mandy.” Pat’s son-in-law is verbally abusive. He calls Pat’s daughter names and tells Mandy that Mommy …

LOS ANGELES — In UCLA basketball’s most brutal defeats last season, two distinct issues plagued the Bruins. A 94-75 loss to Michigan on Jan. 7 was void of physicality as the Bruins were rattled in front of their fans at Pauley Pavilion, and lost the defensive …

Attorney Ben Crump lashed out at Universal Orlando Resort on Monday, calling it “deeply disturbing” for the theme park to reopen its Stardust Racers ride before his investigators could inspect the roller coaster and help determine how Kevin Rodriguez Zavala …

Rapunzel’s slender tower will rise high above Storybook Land riders when Disneyland adds a new “Tangled” scene to the miniature world of fairy tale stories that will mark the biggest change to the original 1955 attraction in more than a …

By JIM MUSTIAN and SARA CLINE, Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The immigration detainees sent to a notorious Louisiana prison last month are being punished for crimes for which they have already served time, the American Civil Liberties …

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The U.S. Treasury Department on Monday sanctioned a network of companies and their affiliates that allegedly supplied precursor chemicals to make fentanyl to a faction of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel. A dozen Mexico-based companies and eight of …

By MAYA SWEEDLER WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly two years after the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks in Israel and the country’s ensuing invasion of the Gaza Strip, Americans are more divided on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict than they were before the war …

A worker died after he was struck by a street sweeper at a construction site in Santa Fe Springs on Monday morning, Oct. 6, authorities said. Whittier police got a call at 8:33 a.m. about the collision in the 10600 …

DAILY NEWS FOOTBALL TOP 10 RANKINGS, OCT. 6, 2025 Not a lot of movement this week despite league play kicking off; however, Chaminade rises after an impressive win over Bishop Amat at home. There could be some movement in next …

Father-of-two Jermaine Baker was shot dead by police (Picture: PA) A counter-terror marksman, known only as W80, shot an unarmed father-of-two dead at close range, a misconduct hearing heard. Jermaine Baker, 28, was part of a plot to snatch two prisoners …

Three cavers spent nearly 42 hours trapped underground (Picture: Upper Wharfedale Fell Rescue Association) A few years ago, Derek Hammon spent nearly three hours crawling through a mile-long cave – it had always been on his bucket list. One minute, …

After a year-long investigation officers disrupted a major criminal network suspected to have smuggled up to 40,000 stolen phones to China(Picture: Met Police) The Met has smashed an international stolen phone smuggling gang in the largest ever operation against mobile …

HAYWARD — A cannabis dispensary looking to open up in Hayward has met resistance from the city’s planning commission and some residents who were not convicted the business is a good fit for a commercial area that already has a …

(Bloomberg/Shirin Ghaffary and Rachel Metz) — OpenAI is making it easier for ChatGPT users to connect with third-party apps within the chatbot to carry out tasks, the company’s latest bid to turn its flagship product into a key gateway for …