An Illinois man was arrested Tuesday after TikTok video allegedly showed him fighting against National Guard members attempting to hold ...
In Chicago, methamphetamine seizures hit new record high, DEA says
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is reporting a new record number of methamphetamine seizures in Chicago. In the entirety of fiscal year 2020, DEA agents there removed 1,534 pounds of meth off the city’s ...
Teachers’ unions ‘overplaying their hand’ as students suffer by being out of classroom: Spellings
While teachers' unions push for remote schooling amid the coronavirus pandemic, the lack of in-person learning is having an impact on ...
Chicago principals offer school reopening plan to ‘end divisive stalemate’ between district, teachers union
An organization of Chicago principals has put forward a phased reopening plan for the city’s schools that it believes could "end the divisive stalemate between district officials and ...
While You Weren’t Looking: Revised Airline Policies May Make Flying Better
Four years ago, David Dao, a 69-year-old Kentucky doctor, was forcibly dragged from his seat on a United Airlines flight ...
Cloris Leachman, Oscar Winner and TV Comedy Star, Is Dead at 94
Cloris Leachman, who won an Academy Award for her portrayal of a neglected housewife in the stark drama “The Last ...
Chicago parents told not to bring kids to school as impasse between teacher’s union, district continues
The parents of Chicago public school students were told not to send their children to school Thursday as the stalemate ...
Chicago’s plan to reopen schools hits another barrier as union threatens strike
Chicago ditched plans Tuesday for thousands of teachers to report to schools this week ahead of students after the teacher's union said ...
Winter weather sweeps across the US with multiple storms bringing snow, rain and blizzard conditions
A winter storm that dumped up to 15 inches of snow and forced coronavirus testing sites to close in the middle of ...
Biden chief of staff backs teachers unions refusing to reopen schools, says they’re not ‘overruling’ science
White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain defended teachers' unions who refuse to resume in-person teaching despite studies that have ...
Kyle Rittenhouse, mother fixated on social media treatment after arrest in Kenosha shooting
MADISON, Wisc. – An Illinois teen accused of killing two people during unrest in Wisconsin and the teen's mom were ...
Winter storms target Midwest, Northeast and the Southwest, with travel conditions becoming hazardous
Major winter storms are forecast to impact a large portion of the U.S. on Tuesday, bringing snow, freezing rain and hazardous travel conditions to ...