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Authorities are looking into whether a man accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 9-year-old girl might be connected to 2017 murders.

Sen. Tim Scott's (R-S.C.) response to President Biden's address to Congress on Wednesday was met with high praise from conservatives, including those who fall under the "never-Trump" label. Scott began his speech by sayi...

Justice Department officials plan to ask a grand jury to indict Derek Chauvin and the other former officers on charges of civil rights violations.

Six trillion dollars and counting . . . that's the price tag that President Biden says Americans need to pay for his triple play of COVID-19 relief, infrastructure and social spending. During his first speech to Cong...

The CDC now says it's okay for vaccinated people to be maskless outdoors in most situations, and for the unvaccinated in some. How are Chicagoans reacting?

Federal officials are investigating two incidents in the United States that appeared similar to the mysterious apparent attacks that left overseas personnel suffering from "debilitating" symptoms, CNN reports. In one inc...

A man wielding a knife killed two children and wounded 16 more people at a kindergarten in China’s southwestern region of Guangxi on Wednesday, China’s official Xinhua news agency reported. Xinhua had earlier reporte...

The feds may have been spurred to raid Rudy Giuliani's Manhattan apartment and office based on a voicemail he left a former business associate’s lawyer in which he hinted at having a burner phone, according to a report...

Rudy Giuliani, the personal attorney to Donald Trump, is facing growing legal scrutiny after federal investigators searched his home and office Wednesday.

Arbery was killed while out for a jog in Georgia in February 2020.

Republican lawmakers with penchants for bipartisanship reacted with skepticism to President Biden’s first joint address to Congress, as he continued his efforts to woo the group on supporting critical pieces of high-do...

Cardinals and other church officials will be required to make detailed financial disclosures and decline most gifts.

Russia has been pulling back tens of thousands of troops from its border with Ukraine following a show of strength that rattled nerves from Kyiv to Washington. Russia’s Defense Ministry said the drawdown would be compl...

Biden addressed a joint session of Congress days before marking his 100th day in office.      

Cruising could restart in mid-summer in American waters, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a letter to the cruise industry.      

The shooting of Anthony Alvarez occurred March 31 in Chicago's Portage Park neighborhood on the northwest side.

The beleaguered Louisville Police Department has been hemorrhaging officers since the Breonna Taylor shooting, in the face of a federal investigation and a soaring murder rate. More than 230 cops have either retired, res...

Sgt. Jonathan Mattingly, the Louisville police officer who fired at Breonna Taylor after being shot during the deadly raid is retiring.      

Police say the driver of a van that crashed and burst into flames on a Georgia interstate has been arrested and charged with six counts of homicide by vehicle

U.S. health regulators are pledging again to try to ban menthol cigarettes

Nijeer Parks couldn't have committed the crime. That didn't stop police from arresting him based off of a false facial recognition match. Here's why the technology can often misidentify Black people, with serious consequ...

Federal agencies are investigating at least two possible incidents on US soil, including one near the White House in November of last year, that appear similar to mysterious, invisible attacks that have led to debilitati...