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The population across the world slightly lower than the year before
The world population increased by more than 71 million people in 2024 and will be 8.09 billion people on New Year’s Day, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates released Monday.The 0.9% increa...
Dec 30, 2024
An Illinois State Trooper killed on I-55 Monday night
A 35-year old Illinois State Police trooper has died after being struck by a vehicle on Interstate 55, the latest of more than two dozen roadside crashes involving state police this year, authorities ...
Dec 24, 2024
An Illinois State Trooper killed on I-55 Monday night
A 35-year old Illinois State Police trooper has died after being struck by a vehicle on Interstate 55, the latest of more than two dozen roadside crashes involving state police this year, authorities ...
Dec 24, 2024
Workers at Amazon and Starbucks in the Chicago area remain on strike
Amazon delivery drivers and Starbucks baristas are on strike in a handful of U.S. cities as they seek to exert pressure on the two major companies to recognize them as unionized employees or to meet d...
Dec 23, 2024
Workers at Amazon and Starbucks in the Chicago area remain on strike
Amazon delivery drivers and Starbucks baristas are on strike in a handful of U.S. cities as they seek to exert pressure on the two major companies to recognize them as unionized employees or to meet d...
Dec 23, 2024
The man convicted of killing two teens in Delphi Indiana sentenced today
An Indiana man convicted in the 2017 killings of two teenage girls who vanished during a winter hike was sentenced to a maximum of 130 years in prison Friday in the case that's long cast a shadow over...
Dec 20, 2024
The man convicted of killing two teens in Delphi Indiana sentenced today
An Indiana man convicted in the 2017 killings of two teenage girls who vanished during a winter hike was sentenced to a maximum of 130 years in prison Friday in the case that's long cast a shadow over...
Dec 20, 2024
Workers in Skokie part of a teamsters strike against Amazon
Workers at seven Amazon facilities went on strike Thursday, an effort by the Teamsters union to pressure the e-commerce company for a labor agreement during a key shopping period. The Teamsters said t...
Dec 19, 2024
Workers in Skokie part of a teamsters strike against Amazon
Workers at seven Amazon facilities went on strike Thursday, an effort by the Teamsters union to pressure the e-commerce company for a labor agreement during a key shopping period.The Teamsters said th...
Dec 19, 2024
Prosecution Rests in Madigan Case
(CHICAGO) -- The prosecution in the corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan is resting its case. This comes after nine weeks and 50 witnesses. Now defense attorneys will do t...
Dec 19, 2024
