Smoke was so dense aloft yesterday that the sunshine hardly warmed us up. It was incredible to see temps pinned in the low to mid...

Republican governors slammed CNBC's quality of life rankings as biased, pointing to Census data showing massive domestic migration into their states.

PRESS REVIEW - Thursday, July 7: we look into new revelations on the Moroccan surveillance apparatus, five years after the first wave of the Pegasus spyware scandal. In other news, support for Israel is floundering on both sides of the political spectrum in Washington ahead of Israeli prime Minister Bejamin Netanyahu's visit this weekend. Finally, we look ...

Election officials in Arizonas most populous county reached an agreement this week on how to jointly oversee the vote

Officials say they are conducting review after jet sends umbrellas, chairs and hats tumbling with risky stunt

The eastern brown is one of the world's most venomous snakes

Rookies and quarterbacks will quietly report to Halas Hall on July 25, three days before the rest of the team arrives for training camp. Thats common practice in the NFL, which allows first-year players to do extra classroom work to get ready.Bears rookies will walk into their new home with a task far different than their most recent predecessors to help ...

Justin Harbison lowers a long stick with a cup into a stormwater catchbasin to scoop up a sample of sewer water.He lifts up what he calls his dipper and then uses his finger to sift through the murky water.I see some larvae swimming around, he says.Harbison, a Loyola University researcher, associate professor and self-described Sewer Monster, hopes that a ...

Dive is a new play set in a Chicago dive bar. And not in a storefront theater flipped to mimic a bar, but it's actually staged in Fritzys Tavern in Edgewater.We literally wandered in October, said Michaela Petro, co-founder of The Dark Room District, the new theater company producing the immersive show.We were scouting location scouting, i.e., bar hopping, ...

Woot's Charging Devices clearance sale covers a wide range of portable chargers, power banks, car chargers, and charging cables. Prices start at $9.99 for a 2-pack of chargers, with portable power banks like the 20,000mAh Fast Charging Power Bank at $19.99 and larger capacity options such as the 192Wh Portable Power Supply at $77.99. MagSafe-style and Qi2 ...

On the trail of the worlds best counterfeit artists.

Lawmakers are continuing to urge action at Delaney Hall in Newark, where the conditions have been decried by detainees and demonstrators.

Heres what to know about the smoke, and when it might end.

Plus, why Gen Z is turning to trade schools.

Mr. Fedorov became the youthful face of Ukraines successful drone warfare program. The move to replace him has prompted street protests.

Demonstrators demanded the reinstatement of Mykhailo Fedorov, who had come to symbolize Ukraines success in using drones to strike back against Russia.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) has pledged an additional US$100 billion to expand its manufacturing facilities in Arizona, boosting the companys US investment to US$265 billion, as the chip foundry rushes to meet booming demand driven by artificial intelligence. TSMC chairman CC Wei said the firm planned to proceed as fast as possible with the ...

ST. LOUIS - Thursday will start partly cloudy and dry, but scattered showers and spot thunderstorms are expected during the afternoon. Unlike Wednesday, this rain chance will be areawide as a drifting area of low pressure shifts more to the north. Some areas will see heavy downpours and lightning. Top afternoon temperatures will be around [...]

WARSAW, Poland (AP) Polish prosecutors have charged a Ukrainian man with sabotage and diversionary activities on behalf of Russian…

I recently read a book about the rise and fall of ancient Greece. The similarities between America and Greece are striking. Both countries rose to prominence when power was shared rather than centralized, when their people cooperated and had strong civic participation, when there was trade and alliances with other countries and when they had economic ...

A year after Apple TV’s “Stick” and Netflix’s “Happy Gilmore 2,” golf still seems to be having a pop culture moment, although anyone who watches Netflix’s new Will Ferrell comedy series “The Hawk” may wonder why.

Landon Maloberti was only 5 years old when he died in February 2023 after suffering what prosecutors described as years of emotional, psychological and physical abuse.