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After years of working to clear their names, a former principal and assistant principal at Lincoln Park High School have been removed from Chicago Public Schools “Do Not Hire” list. Former Principal John Thuet and Assistant Principal Michelle Brumfield were …

A woman was shot to death while sitting in a car Thursday afternoon in North Lawndale. The 33-year-old was inside a car parked on the street about 2:30 p.m. in the 1600 block of South Ridgeway Avenue when three people …

By ZEKE MILLER and AAMER MADHANI, Associated Press ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — President Donald Trump said Friday he’s moving to set up direct talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin as soon as he can, after Putin opted …

By LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREKING, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans are preparing to push their hard-fought package of tax breaks and spending cuts through its next hurdle Friday in the Budget Committee, but conservatives are warning they …

By Alex Gailey, Bankrate.com Since having her first child in 2015, certified public accountant Katie Thomas has repeatedly asked herself the same impossible question: career or family? Following a layoff six months after having her first child, Thomas decided to …

By BRUCE SHIPKOWSKI, Associated Press New Jersey Transit train engineers went on strike, leaving train terminals quiet for Friday’s rush hour and an estimated 350,000 commuters in New Jersey and New York City to seek other means to reach their …

By LAURA UNGAR A baby born with a rare and dangerous genetic disease is growing and thriving after getting an experimental gene editing treatment made just for him. Related Articles DeSantis signs a bill making Florida the 2nd state to …

SAN FRANCISCO — Mike Montgomery was officially enshrined into the Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame this week following a remarkable college coaching career. But close to 40 years ago, he encountered an issue at the start of his tenure …

Head-Royce baseball player Kaden Choi is the Bay Area News Group’s boys athlete of the week for May 5-10. In online voting that ended at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Choi had 48.68% to finish ahead of Newark Memorial track and field …

SAN FRANCISCO — Golden State Valkyries coach Natalie Nakase has made a career of proving doubters wrong. When recruiters said she was too short to play major college basketball, Nakase worked her way from walk-on to starting point guard at …

Mills softball player Jazzy Maske is the Bay Area News Group’s girls high school athlete of the week for May 5-10. In online voting that ended at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Maske finished with 45.12% of the vote. Hillsdale softball player …

A report by the Riverside County civil grand jury says errors by the Sheriff’s Department’s inmate screeners and flaws in the booking process resulted in a felon with a violent past mistakenly being placed with low-risk inmates in a vocational …

The effort by two California lawmakers to exempt most urban housing developments from the state’s premier environmental regulation — an idea that has drawn some of the state’s most powerful interest groups into a fierce legislative debate — received a …

By LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREKING, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans are preparing to push their hard-fought package of tax breaks and spending cuts through its next hurdle Friday in the Budget Committee, but conservatives are warning they …

U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) shared the video below and wrote: “A new Republican Senator tried to pass a law last night that would increase minimum sentences for assaults against police officers, except for assaults on police officers on January …