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A woodworker from Wisconsin who threatened the governor and several other officials was sentenced to a year in prison Thursday after taking a plea deal.Michael Yaker,…
A man has been charged in federal court with defacing one of Michigan’s oldest synagogues with a swastika in 2019.A swastika was sprayed on the outside…
U.S. health officials will start formally tracking infections caused by the rare but potentially deadly germ that sickened babies and triggered a nationwide shortage of infant…
A man armed with explosive materials and weapons, and wanted for crimes related to the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, was arrested Thursday…
The ambush had been postponed three times before Ukrainian commanders decided one recent night that conditions were finally right. Cloaked in darkness, a battalion of Kyiv’s…
A key component of Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s $1.8 billion reelection year tax relief plan will come to an end on Saturday as consumers will again…
Ten years ago, the first big blue Divvy bikes hit Chicago streets, on a mission to provide quick, inexpensive transportation and add one more car-free way…
Shane Selig often volunteered to provide security for the Highland Park Independence Day parade, a typically low-stress job where the biggest threat to public safety occurred…
After months of planning, weeks of disruption and an 11th-hour push to complete the transformation of Grant Park into a pop-up NASCAR track, ready or not,…
A Cook County judge who was accused in court filings of making racist comments during a conference in his chambers in January has been reassigned until…