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6 days ago
Woman who stole identities to work in health care is sentenced to 6-plus years in prison
Authorities said Gallarzo left Michigan in 2024 while awaiting her sentence and worked in the Chicago area as a physician's assistant under the license and identity of another person.
6 days ago
Cubs agree to minor league contracts with outfielder Chas McCormick and reliever Trent Thornton
The 30-year-old McCormick spent five years in Houston and helped the Astros win the 2022 World Series. Thornton is 14-19 with a 4.38 ERA in 235 appearances over seven seasons with the Toronto Blue Jays and Seattle.
6 days ago
Federal troop deployments to US cities cost taxpayers $496M and counting
Factored into the estimates are troop deployments to Chicago, Memphis, Portland, as well as Los Angeles in June, when protesters took to the streets in response to a blitz of immigration arrests.
6 days ago
Grayson is sentenced to 20 years in prison for killing Sonya Massey
The sentence was the maximum Grayson could receive.
6 days ago
Democratic Sen. Klobuchar says she’s running for Minnesota governor after Gov. Walz dropped out
U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar said Thursday she is running for governor of Minnesota, promising to take on President Donald Trump while unifying a state that has endured a series of challenges even before the federal government's immigration crackdown.
6 days ago
Situation in US South grows more dire after days of ice, frigid temperatures and widespread outages
It could be days before power is restored across the South, where more subfreezing temperatures are expected by Friday in areas unaccustomed to and ill-equipped for such cold. The situation is reaching a breaking point for the elderly and those with medical conditions who lack electricity, some of whom are trapped by roads made impassable by ice and fallen trees.
7 days ago
New Carnegie Medal winners Megha Majumdar and Yiyun Li love libraries
The authors each will receive $5,000 and be formally honored when the ALA gathers in June in Chicago.
7 days ago
Chicago man cleared in Border Patrol bounty trial now faces immigration proceedings
Juan Espinoza Martinez, 37, was acquitted of one count of murder-for-hire last week. Within 24 hours, he was picked up by federal immigration agents, said defense attorneys Jonathan Bedi and Dena Singer.
7 days ago
Amazon cuts about 16,000 corporate jobs in the latest round of layoffs
Amazon is slashing about 16,000 corporate jobs in the second round of mass layoffs for the ecommerce company in three months.
7 days ago
ADM settles for $40 million following SEC investigation
ADM does not admit or deny any wrongdoing in the case.
1 week ago
Investigators say deadly midair collision near DC followed years of ignored warnings about traffic
National Transportation Safety Board members were deeply troubled Tuesday over years of ignored warnings about helicopter traffic dangers and other problems, long before last year's midair collision between an American Airlines jet and an Army Black Hawk, which killed 67 people near Washington, D.C.
1 week ago
Illinois’ Democratic U.S. Senate primary heats up over ICE
Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton goes on offense as immigration dominates debate.
1 week ago
A Minnesota nurse is the 6th person to die during the US immigration crackdown
Last September, Immigration and Customs Enforcement fatally shot a person outside Chicago.
1 week ago
More arctic air expected in parts of the South still covered in ice and riddled with power outages
More widespread record cold temperatures were forecast for Tuesday, with eastern Texas through western Pennsylvania under extreme cold warnings, according to the National Weather Service.
1 week ago
Meta, TikTok and YouTube face landmark trial over youth addiction claims
Three of the world's biggest tech companies face a landmark trial in Los Angeles starting this week over claims that their platforms — Meta's Instagram, ByteDance's TikTok and Google's YouTube — deliberately addict and harm children.
1 week ago
Illini trio Witherspoon, DeVito, Lowe set for Super Bowl LX showdown
Former University of Illinois stars will face off as Seahawks and Patriots meet in Santa Clara.
1 week ago
Northeast sees more snow from the tail end of a colossal winter storm, at least 13 deaths reported
The U.S. workweek opened with yet more snow dumping on the Northeast under the tail end of a colossal winter storm that brought ice and power outages, impassable roads, canceled flights and frigid cold to much of the southern and eastern United States. At least 13 weather-related deaths have been reported.
1 week ago
A federal judge is set to hear arguments on Minnesota’s immigration crackdown after fatal shootings
A federal judge will hear arguments Monday on whether she should at least temporarily halt the immigration crackdown in Minnesota that has led to the fatal shootings of two people by government officers.
1 week ago
As Illinois House returns to Springfield, Democrats focus on Trump
Springfield, IL (CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS) – Illinois House Democrats kicked off their spring session this week in a mostly symbolic fashion,…
2 weeks ago
Former Olympic snowboarder on FBI’s most-wanted list is arrested in Mexico, faces drug charges
Former Canadian Olympic snowboarder Ryan Wedding, a top FBI fugitive, was arrested in Mexico and on Friday was flown to the U.S. to face charges related to running a multinational drug trafficking ring and the killing of a federal witness.
