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Illinois is raising the minimum salary for teachers in the state to $40,000 a year. Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed off on the bill on Thursday, saying it sends a message to both students and parents that &...

When Anthony Dierolf and his wife left a 74 cent tip for a New Jersey waitress, who they said gave them bad service, Senator O’Scanlon took to Twitter to call them out. Dierolf says him and his ...

Wildfires in the Amazon rainforest have become so severe, they’ve created a plume of smoke that’s now visible from outer space. That’s according to NASA’s Earth Observatory, wh...

Some advice for all the up-and-coming muggers out there: When selecting a victim to rob, it’s probably a good idea to stay away from champion boxers. Just ask two Chicago men who earlier this we...

While few would argue that the mass shooting epidemic in the U.S. has gotten out of control, it turns out the problem may be worse than most people know. Since the El Paso and Dayton tragedies occurre...

Vice President Mike Pence is due in Iceland next month but he won’t be getting any facetime with Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdottir. Is she snubbing the VP? Jakobsdottir says no, it’s quit...

United States Steel Corp. will temporarily lay off up to 200 workers at it’s Great Lakes, Michigan facility. In June, the company announced it would halt two blast furnaces at the Great Lakes an...

For the first time a Republican congressperson has stepped forward to back a bill seeking to ban assault weapons. New York Representative Pete King made a very blunt statement to the New York Daily Ne...

So how much is a dime worth? 10 cents, right? That depends because someone just paid $1.32 million for a dime at a Chicago coin auction. According to Stack’s Bowers Galleries, this wasn’t ...

The U.S. Womens National Team will get its day in court. A judge has set a May 5, 2020 date for the team’s gender discrimination lawsuit against the U.S. Soccer Federation. Both parties were hop...