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(CHICAGO) -- Residents of Illinois are joining a handful of other states in using digital ID's and drivers licenses. The announcement Tuesday came after Apple unveiled its new "Digital ID" system for ...

A man doused a woman with a fluid and set her on fire on a Chicago L train, leaving her in critical condition, authorities said Tuesday. The attack happened Monday night on a Blue Line train, police s...

(CHICAGO) -- Mayor Brandon Johnson's $16.6 billion spending plan was dealt a major blow on Monday as it failed to make it out of the finance committee. Alderman voted 25-10 against the mayor's tax pac...

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(WASHINGTON, D.C.) -- The Federal Aviation Administration's flight reduction emergency order officially ended this morning, allowing normal operations to resume nationwide. The decision came after saf...

(CHICAGO) -- Melissa Conyears-Ervin is getting some pushback after saying Thursday her office will no longer invest the city's money in U.S. Treasury Bonds. Ald. Ray Lopez (15th) was the first to rais...

(CHICAGO) -- The Department of Homeland Security says a member of Sen. Tammy Duckworth's (D-IL) office misrepresented himself as the attorney of a detained illegal immigrant to facilitate their releas...

(PHILADELPHIA) -- The last penny will be minted today at the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia. The president ordered the end of the penny as it has cost almost 4 cents per penny to mint. The mint has been st...

(CHICAGO) -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security says a man is now in custody for allegedly firing shots at an agent in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood over the weekend. In a social media p...

(CHICAGO) -- The FAA has ordered reduced capacity at 40 airports across the country. O'Hare and Midway could see capacity cut by up to 10-percent. Air traffic controllers and TSA officers have been un...