Wiz Khalifa sentenced to 9 months in Romanian prison for weed possession
Rapper Wiz Khalifa was sentenced on Thursday to nine months in a Romanian prison following his arrest last year for ... Read More
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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson calls aldermen's debt sale plan a 'red line,' yet mum on budget veto
CHICAGO — Mayor Brandon Johnson on Thursday singled out a debt collection measure as his latest nonstarter in the budget proposal crafted by his aldermanic antagonists, who showed no signs of slowing their march toward ...Read more
Chicago remains alert, even as Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino and his agents sweep in and out of town
CHICAGO — It was almost as if they never left.
When Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino and a throng of masked federal agents returned to Chicago in a flash on Tuesday, residents across the city — armed with whistles, ...Read more
New photos, emails show evidence of Epstein's international sex trafficking
In December 2006, Jeffrey Epstein was the target of a criminal investigation that the FBI had code named “Operation Leap Year.” A 14-year-old girl claimed that Epstein had sexually assaulted her. Palm Beach police took...Read more
Man accused of lighting woman on fire on Chicago train faces new charge in arson outside City Hall
CHICAGO — A man accused of lighting a woman on fire on the CTA Blue Line last month has been indicted on additional federal charges alleging he lit a fire outside City Hall three days earlier.
Lawrence Reed, 50, was ...Read more
TikTok says it signed agreements for a new US joint venture
TikTok Chief Executive Officer Shou Chew told employees that the social media company and its parent, ByteDance Ltd., signed binding agreements to create a U.S. joint venture majority-owned by American investors.
In an ...Read more
State commission highlights 'unjustified' uses of tear gas, pepper spray by federal immigration agents in Illinois
CHICAGO — After Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino and scores of his federal agents left Chicago last month, and immigration enforcement wound down, Matt DeMateo said daily life slowly but surely returned to normal.
...Read more
Witnesses, DHS offer starkly different accounts after woman dragged in Minneapolis ICE operation
MINNEAPOLIS — A viral video of an ICE agent dragging a woman across the pavement in south Minneapolis on Monday was met with outrage, while the Department of Homeland Security says agents moved to detain her after she ...Read more
TikTok says it signed agreements to create new US joint venture
TikTok Chief Executive Officer Shou Chew told employees that the social media app’s parent company, ByteDance Ltd., signed binding agreements to create a U.S. joint venture majority-owned by American investors.
In an ...Read more
Federal prosecutors charge 6 more people in 'staggering' Minnesota social services fraud scandal
MINNEAPOLIS — Federal prosecutors announced new charges Thursday as they continue to investigate a massive fraud crisis across Minnesota’s social services programs, adding that 14 Medicaid-funded programs have cost $18...Read more
Widow of NYPD officer killed in Park Avenue mass shooting sues skyscraper owner, alleges security failures
NEW YORK — A Park Avenue building where a rampaging gunman killed four people, including a New York Police Department officer on a paid security detail, didn’t have a single security measure to prevent the rifle-toting...Read more
NASCAR star Greg Biffle, his family among 7 dead in North Carolina plane crash
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Retired NASCAR driver Greg Biffle, his wife Cristina and their two children were among those who died Thursday when a jet crashed at Statesville Regional Airport, according to a joint statement released...Read more
'It's very scary': Brookline neighborhood on edge after MIT professor killed
BOSTON — Tensions are running high in the normally sleepy Brookline neighborhood where an MIT professor was fatally shot Monday. Officials have yet to give an update on a suspect in the killing.
Nuno F.G. Loureiro, 47, ...Read more
Cracks emerge as members of Congress try to curb their own stock trading
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers hoping to ban congressional stock trading are seeing fractures in their alliance as they try to bring the issue to the House floor next year before attention turns to the midterm elections.
Rep. ...Read more
Judge sentences Brian Walshe to life for 'barbaric' murder of Ana Walshe
DEDHAM, Mass. — A judge sentenced convicted wife-killer Brian Walshe to life without parole on top of consecutive maximum sentences for lying to police and mishandling a body in court Thursday morning.
Earlier this week...Read more
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia faces threat as Trump administration proposes rules to stop gender-affirming care for minors
PHILADELPHIA — President Donald Trump’s administration proposed a sweeping set of rules Thursday designed to prevent hospitals from providing gender-affirming care to minors, a move that could have consequential ...Read more
Zooey Deschanel under 'a lot of pressure' with planning her and Jonathan Scott's wedding
Zooey Deschanel is feeling "a lot of pressure" with planning her and fiance Jonathan Scott's wedding.
The 45-year-old actress has been sorting out the arrangements for their big day since the 47-year-old TV personality ...Read more
Anne-Marie sought help from Ed Sheeran on how to juggle parenting and singing
Anne-Marie turned to pal Ed Sheeran for advice on how to juggle being a parent and a pop star.
Since the release of Unhealthy in July 2023, the Ciao Adios hitmaker and her 31-year-old husband, rapper Slowthai - real name ...Read more
Will Arnett reveals what ex-wife Amy Poehler told him after their Golden Globes Best Podcast nomination
Will Arnett has revealed the text his ex-wife Amy Poehler sent him after they were both nominated in the Best Podcast category at the 2026 Golden Globes.
The former couple - who were married from 2003 until their 2012 ...Read more
Phone call reveals Trump pressuring Georgia speaker to overturn 2020 election
ATLANTA — As Georgia lawmakers gathered in Athens for a legislative training session five years ago, there was a hubbub inside the Classic Center conference room that served as then-House Speaker David Ralston’s ...Read more
NASCAR star Greg Biffle, his family among 7 dead in North Carolina plane crash, officials say
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Retired NASCAR driver Greg Biffle, his wife Cristina and their two children were among those who died Thursday when a jet crashed at Statesville Regional Airport, according to multiple sources.
The ...Read more
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