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By ZANA CIMILI TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama is vowing to press ahead with a luxury development linked to U.S. President Donald Trump ’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, despite a surge in protests against it there. In …

The union representing roughly 2,000 hospitality workers at SoFi Stadium announced a tentative contract agreement Tuesday, averting a potential strike days before the venue hosts its first FIFA World Cup match. The agreement, which is subject to ratification by workers …

Michael Jordan said Monday he’s “deeply saddened” by the death of former Bulls teammate Stacey King, who died Sunday at 59. Jordan emphasized King’s role on his first three NBA championship teams with the Bulls (1991-93). King was the No. …

The iconic Chicago-area hot dog chain Portillo’s will open a restaurant on Michigan Avenue, south of the Chicago River. The Oak Brook-based company didn’t give an opening date for the location at 304 N. Michigan Ave. But the news marks …

Ald. Timmy Knudsen (43rd) is asking for “stricter rules on nightlife” in a corridor of Lincoln Park where a woman was shot Sunday following a bar fight nearby. The 39-year-old woman was shot while standing outside in Lincoln Park Sunday …

A Northwestern researcher and several other diabetes experts were escorted out of a medical conference Friday for handing out copies of an editorial criticizing President Donald Trump’s attacks on America’s long-established system of scientific research. The incident happened at the …

Disneyland plans to rebuild a train station building in New Orleans Square more than three years after the employee breakroom was severely damaged in an after-hours fire during the busy Christmas holiday season. Disneyland has been issued a permit by …

By MICHAEL CASEY, R.J. RICO and CHARLOTTE KRAMON ATLANTA (AP) — Just a mile from Atlanta’s stadium, which will welcome tens of thousands of fans to World Cup games this month, dozens of people were camped out on a downtown …

By JAMES ROBSON, AP Soccer Writer The wait is over for the biggest World Cup ever with 48 teams, 104 matches, three host nations and a slew of questions and controversies swirling around the highly scrutinzed event that will last …

By MATTHEW PERRONE, AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health regulators on Tuesday signed off on the first new sunscreen ingredient for the U.S. market in more than 25 years, giving Americans access to a skin-protecting chemical long used …

They won’t be flying to the moon, but will be paving the way. NASA announced today the four astronauts assigned to Artemis III, a mission targeting launch from Kennedy Space Center next year. “So you want to find out who …

The vote counts have finally solidified in the nationally watched race for Los Angeles mayor, and projections suggest that Mayor Karen Bass will face off against Councilmember Nithya Raman in the November general election. Anyone familiar with the city’s overwhelmingly Democratic voter-registration …

By SAM McNEIL and SYLVIE CORBET PARIS (AP) — A coalition of six countries on Tuesday issued new joint sanctions on Israeli settlers and settlements in the West Bank, including a hard-line Israeli cabinet minister already sanctioned by Western countries, …

PLAYER OF THE YEAR James Tronstein, Harvard-Westlake, Sr. Harvard-Westlake baseball coach Jared Halpert summed it up pretty well this past spring when talking about senior standout James Tronstein. “When you talk about the Mount Rushmore of players that’ve come through …

Call it President Trump’s “credibility gap.” That’s a phrase used for President Lyndon Johnson prevaricating on the Vietnam War. Trump’s gap got wider during his Sunday interview with Kristen Welker on NBC News’s “Meet the Press,” held in a Wisconsin …

By STEPHEN HAWKINS, AP Sports Writer Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby has won a temporary injunction against the NCAA that allows him to remain eligible even after he acknowledged making thousands of impermissible bets worth at least $90,000 on college …