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Just when you think things couldn’t get worse for California’s beleaguered taxpayers, a new problem is beginning to emerge that will surprise many homeowners when they sell their primary residences. The problem is the result of both rapidly rising home …

GLASGOW — It’s not as if everyone here in Europe in this late spring of this dangerous year is all in against the horrors of the current American president, Donald Trump. The urges, irrational as they may be from anything …

California is pursuing better living through poverty. In order to accomplish the state’s goal of pretending to eliminate “fossil fuels” and “greenhouse gases,” California has enacted laws and regulations that are making everything more expensive. For example, on June 6, …

An aerial view of Long Lartin prison (Picture: SWNS) A prison officer had to be airlifted to hospital after being stabbed by an inmate. The 25-year-old suffered serious injuries during the stabbing at around 10am on Friday at HMP Long …

Anastasia Ryzhenko would have celebrated her 14th birthday today (Picture: East2West) A schoolgirl who died when a classmate threw a javelin towards her has been pictured for the first time. 13-year-old Anastasia Ryzhenko was struck in the eye with a …

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Up Next Previous Page Next Page Locals have been warned to ‘avoid the area’ after a lorry overturned and spilled its unusual …

La Junta de Educación de Chicago renovó con retraso los contratos de 16 escuelas chárter el jueves, después de meses de demoras para reevaluar los criterios con los que se juzgan estas instituciones. Cada una de las escuelas recibió términos …

As I write this column, the spring legislative session is a day away from adjournment. Nothing of great importance has cleared both chambers. So there’s no point in writing about any of that. I’ll let you know my thoughts next …

In a blistering memo filed Friday night, federal prosecutors say former Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan deserves a 12 ½-year prison sentence partly because, “with his back against the wall,” he got on the witness stand at trial and …

Manager Craig Counsell didn’t leave much mystery when he was asked Friday whether right-hander Ben Brown is expected to remain part of the Cubs’ starting rotation. ‘‘That’s the expectation, yes,’’ he said. But the Cubs will do something different with …

Con el tema de las visas y permisos de trabajo pendiendo de un hilo y que ya ha obligado a artistas como los mexicanos Julión Álvarez y Lorenzo de Monteclaro a cancelar o poner en pausa sus presentaciones en Estados …

SPRINGFIELD — After months of negotiating through one of Illinois’ toughest budget seasons in years, state legislators on Friday unveiled a $55.2 billion spending bill that Democratic leaders say bridges an estimated $1 billion shortfall in part through increased gambling …

In many ways, it looked like any college graduation. There were balloons, flowers and squares of frosted marble cake. Rows of family and friends faced a lectern in the fluorescent-lit gymnasium. But the uniformed guards patrolling the gym underscored that …

A man is in critical condition after he was shot by Chicago police during an altercation early Saturday, police said. Officers were called to the 3100 block of North Central Avenue around 2:10 a.m. for a reported battery and shots …

Before the House of Representatives passed President Donald Trump‘s “big, beautiful bill,” U.S. Representative Tom Suozzi (D-NY), a member of the Committee on Ways and Means’ Subcommittee on Tax, asked Thomas Barthold, Chief of Staff for the Joint Committee on Taxation, …