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(CHICAGO) -- The Cook County Medical Examiner's Office says the death of a man found shot inside of a South Shore apartment on Saturday was a homicide. Chicago police say a person discovered 51-year-o...

(CINCINNATI) -- A suspect is in custody following an incident at the Cincinnati home of Vice President JD Vance. Photos from the scene show broken windows. FOX19 reports that the U.S. Secret Service c...

Former race driver Greg Biffle and members of his family were among seven people who died in a plane crash Thursday in North Carolina, state police said. The business jet erupted into a large fire whe...

Pope Leo XIV on Thursday made his most important U.S. appointment to date, naming a fellow Chicagoan as the next archbishop of New York to lead one of the biggest U.S. archdioceses as it navigates rel...

A Wisconsin woman who almost killed her sixth-grade classmate to please horror villain Slender Man and then fled a group home won't fight the state's attempt to revoke her release privileges. Waukesha...

(CHICAGO) -- With a vote of 22-13, the City Council Finance Committee pushed though an alternative revenue package that would increase taxes on plastic grocery bags and liquor sales and allow ads on c...

The Powerball jackpot has grown to an estimated $1.25 billion for Wednesday night's drawing after lottery officials said no ticket matched all six numbers drawn Monday night. The U.S. has seen more th...

(CHICAGO) -- Mayor Brandon Johnson and a handful of aldermen met face to face at City Hall on Monday afternoon but after just 30 minutes the meeting ended with no forward movement on a budget. Alderme...

(CHICAGO) -- As the city creeps closer to the end of the year and a budget deadline looming, aldermen have tweaked an alternative budget with hopes of winning over Mayor Brandon Johnson. Ald. Gil Vill...

Indiana's Republican-led senate voted against a redrawn congressional map Thursday that would have favored their party in the 2026 elections, despite months of pressure by President Donald Trump for a...