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Former race driver Greg Biffle and members of his family were among seven people who died in a plane crash Thursday in North Carolina, state police said. The business jet erupted into a large fire whe...

Pope Leo XIV on Thursday made his most important U.S. appointment to date, naming a fellow Chicagoan as the next archbishop of New York to lead one of the biggest U.S. archdioceses as it navigates rel...

A Wisconsin woman who almost killed her sixth-grade classmate to please horror villain Slender Man and then fled a group home won't fight the state's attempt to revoke her release privileges. Waukesha...

(CHICAGO) -- With a vote of 22-13, the City Council Finance Committee pushed though an alternative revenue package that would increase taxes on plastic grocery bags and liquor sales and allow ads on c...

The Powerball jackpot has grown to an estimated $1.25 billion for Wednesday night's drawing after lottery officials said no ticket matched all six numbers drawn Monday night. The U.S. has seen more th...

(CHICAGO) -- Mayor Brandon Johnson and a handful of aldermen met face to face at City Hall on Monday afternoon but after just 30 minutes the meeting ended with no forward movement on a budget. Alderme...

(CHICAGO) -- As the city creeps closer to the end of the year and a budget deadline looming, aldermen have tweaked an alternative budget with hopes of winning over Mayor Brandon Johnson. Ald. Gil Vill...

Indiana's Republican-led senate voted against a redrawn congressional map Thursday that would have favored their party in the 2026 elections, despite months of pressure by President Donald Trump for a...

(Seattle, WA) -- Iran and Egypt have complained after FIFA scheduled a World Cup match between the two nations in Seattle that will coincide with the city's gay pride festival. Seattle's "PrideFest 20...

An Indiana state Senate committee took the first step toward enacting a new congressional map. But it remains to be seen if the full Senate will have enough votes to enact what is designed to give the...