As the president aims to root out diversity, equity and inclusion in the federal government, some lawmakers say important policy documents have been swept up with it. That includes a report aimed at addressing missing and murdered indigenous people.

Just months after emerging from a 2023 bankruptcy filing, Rite Aid has again filed for bankruptcy protection.

NEW YORK (AP) A new salmonella outbreak linked to backyard poultry has sickened at least seven people in six states, health officials said Monday. Two cases were identified in Missouri, and one each in Florida, Illinois, South Dakota, Utah and Wisconsin, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. People got sick in February [...]

Emergency crews rescued a semitruck driver who was trapped inside the cab after losing control on I-65 in Louisville, with the rescue taking around 30 minutes and the driver being taken to the hospital as a precaution.

hree staff members at Brooks Middle School were terminated Monday after an internal investigation revealed "inappropriate conduct" with a student, district officials said.

Nancy Faust, a longtime organist for the Chicago White Sox, will reprise her role on a handful of dates this baseball season as part of the White Sox 125th anniversary celebration, and will play special Bobblehead giveaways on select dates.

Federal officials closed Alcatraz prison in 1963. And they had a valid reason.

A person of interest has been arrested in connection with recent threats made against schools in the Merrillville Community School Corporation.

Police are investigating a string of burglaries targeting small businesses in Downers Grove and Woodridge, Illinois, with at least three people believed to be involved.

The Illinois Democrat has served the state's 9th Congressional District, which covers parts of Cook and McHenry counties, since 1999.

A boat washed ashore early Monday morning at Torrey Pines State Beach and authorities are now calling the situation "a mass causality incident."

VATICAN CITY (AP) Before he died, Pope Francis donated one of his popemobiles to be converted into a mobile health unit to serve the children of Gaza, officials said Monday. The Jerusalem and Sweden branches of the Vaticans Caritas charitable federation released photos of the repurposed vehicle on Monday. There is no word, though, [...]

NEW YORK (AP) Pharrell Williams has high hopes forthe Met Gala,the first to focus exclusively on Black designers, and the first in more than 20 years to have a menswear theme. I want it to feel like the most epic night of power, a reflection of Black resiliency in a world that continues to be colonized, [...]

The pattern of dreary spring weather hangs on Monday, but things improve this week.

BOLINGBROOK, Ill. A beer truck has rolled over and northbound lanes are closed on I-55 in Bolingbrook. SkyCam9 over the scene shows a semi rolled over and is completely blocking northbound I-55 lanes near mile marker 268. Beer cans, looking like debris, can be scene close to the median. Police are diverted traffic to [...]

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