The Chicago Board of Education approved a small increase to its property tax levy on Monday that will allow the district to collect about $40 million more than originally planned.For taxpayers, that means someone with a $250,000 home will pay about $8 more next year.The school board approved a property tax increase back in August, but this revision means ...

CINCINNATI — Facing the seventh-ranked passing game in the NFL, the Cincinnati Bengals’ maligned defense turned in its best performance of the season in Sunday’s 37-14 victory over the Arizona Cardinals.

LOS ANGELES — Text messages show that Tyler Perry and “Boo! A Madea Halloween” actor Mario Rodriguez, who recently filed a lawsuit accusing the filmmaker of sexual assault, remained in contact years after Rodriguez alleges their interactions ended.

The Neshannock girls basketball team got in the win column Monday afternoon as it bounced back from a loss two days earlier to state power Bishop Guilfoyle at the Holiday Bash in Butler.

Kevin Stefanski’s thoughts are on to Cincinnati and not on what might happen after the Cleveland Browns’ season finale.

Maimonides Health is a community fixture that will become part of NYC Health + Hospitals. Many of its patients are on government medical plans.

Installed as an outsider, he engineered a comeback, shifting the companys focus from a waning mainframe computer business toward consulting and services.

The technology Is ruining much of what makes life worth living.

On the fifth anniversary of the attack, which falls next Tuesday, Democrats plan to hold an informal hearing to review President Trumps clemency for the rioters and G.O.P attempts to sanitize the event.

The clocks aboard our icebreaker will be changed several times en route to Antarctica. Its one of many things that make the expedition feel otherworldly.

The jazz drummer Billy Hart said the decision was evidently connected to President Trumps name being added to the arts center.

At the annual David Green Basketball Tournament, senior Jason Berry dropped 21 points to propel North Reading (3-2) to the finals with a 79-68 boys basketball win over Arlington Catholic. Thomas Behrmann (22 points), Will Sullivan (18 points), Greyson Vogt (14 points) and Owen Armstrong (14 points) finished in double figures for Medfield (4-1) in […]

Chicago is on pace to finish the year with the fewest number of homicides in at least a decade. And violent crime overall is also significantly down.

The takedown was a joint operation involving the FBI, LAPD, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and Mexican law enforcement.

USC coach Lincoln Riley said Monday Notre Dame failed to "live up to their word" and ended one of the most storied college football rivalries for the foreseeable future.

SNL writer Jimmy Fowlie begs for tips as search for missing sister Christina Lynn Downer continues in LAs Koreatown.

A California law taking effect in January will expand Gov. Gavin Newsom’s costly mental health court that’s been described as a failure by people involved with the program. The so-called CARE court program, meant to link mentally ill and homeless people with treatment, has helped far fewer people than Newsom initially promised and hasn’t made...

In a sane society, news that Minnesota was robbed of billions through social-services fraud would be the biggest story in the country, with every media outlet playing it up and demanding answers.

Harvard and its peers replaced Western history with global history and merit with identity politics, doing serious harm" to young Americans, warns a top scholar.

Oluchi Okananwa scored a career-high 28 points, and seventh-ranked Maryland women's basketball routed Wisconsin, 97-59.

Chicago firefighters worked for hours to extinguish a fire at a scrapyard on Chicago’s West Side on Monday evening. Intense flames erupted near South Central Avenue and West Fillmore Street — not far from the Eisenhower Expressway. Thick smoke blew across Central, forcing firefighters to close the street until the fire was put out. As of Monday ...

With the game on the line against the 49ers on Sunday, Bears coach Ben Johnson thought he had the play to win it. He called a multi-step trick play that required absolute precision, and with 21 seconds left and Levis Stadium roaring, he didnt flinch.The Bears ran it beautifully.From the 49ers 13-yard line, quarterback Caleb Williams was on time and on ...

People around the world were slammed by the extremes brought on by a warming planet.

People around the world were slammed by the extremes brought on by a warming planet.

Mexican authorities have seized numerous motorcycles believed to be owned by a fugitive on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted list -- Ryan Wedding, an alleged drug kingpin and former Canadian Olympic snowboarder.