Новости за 22.05.2024

For the first time, the number of Americans who use marijuana just about every day has surpassed the number who drink that often, a shift some 40 years in the making as recreational pot use became more mainstream and legal in nearly half of U.S. states.

Hunter Biden is scheduled to stand trial on federal tax charges in September after a judge on Wednesday granted his request to delay the California trial that had been approaching next month.

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Crime reports from south and southwest suburban agencies from police and court reports and news releases.

According to the news release, the employer, Joshua Herion, “repeatedly expos(ed) employees to falls from elevations.”

Coach Jordan Sintich used an automated external defibrillator to shock Miles Sanchez to get his heart back to normal after Sanchez, who has a heart disease known as the Brugada syndrome, said he started to feel dizzy and then took a knee.

More than 14,700 customers were without power since a line of storms blew into the area overnight, ComEd reported Wednesday.

A 40-year-old man was shot Tuesday night after getting into a fight on a CTA Red Line train on the South Side, Chicago police said.

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The Republican National Convention in July is but one of the attractions drawing visitors to Wisconsin's largest city, where there's more than beer and cheese.

The founder of Chess Moves Against Violence and the nonprofit Not Before My Parents helped foster relationships and safety in her community.

The invasive Asian longhorned tick was discovered in April in Illinois. The Gulf Coast tick, once limited to the southern US, has been found across southern Illinois.

Student journalists across the Midwest and the country have been thrust into the spotlight as protests against the Israel-Hamas War engulfed universities. With firsthand campus knowledge, they have provided some of the most detailed, compelling coverage of the movement that swept the country.

On May 22, 1962, Continental Airlines Flight 11, en route from Chicago to Kansas City, Missouri, crashed after a bomb apparently brought on board by a passenger exploded, killing all 45 occupants of the Boeing 707.

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, the Georgia prosecutor who brought a sprawling racketeering case against former President Donald Trump and others, has won the Democratic primary in her bid for reelection.

Advocates of ending a subminimum wage for tipped workers in Illinois acknowledged that legislation is unlikely to move before lawmakers adjourn later this week.

This focus on how many people ShotSpotter has helped is a recent emphasis for backers of the technology, who long concentrated mainly on it helping police lock up offenders and lower crime.

Illinois State Police on Tuesday said separate dust storms had forced them to close a portion of Interstate 55 outside of downstate Bloomington. Authorities originally asked motorists on I-55 near McLean near Dixie Road to find alternate routes as dust moved through the area about 3 p.m., state police announced on the site formerly known […]

Memorial Day weekend is considered the unofficial start of summer. Along with commemorative ceremonies to honor fall military personnel, pools open for the season. A Memorial Day ceremony is set from 11 a.m. Monday at the Peace Triumphant Memorial in Scoville Park, officials announced on the village of Oak Park website. According to the website, the program will include remarks from Illinois Senate President Don Harmon, D-Oak Park, and Village President Vicki Scaman. The police department Honor Guard Unit will also be present for the ceremony... Читать дальше...