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Illinois legislature goes late into the final day of it's scheduled session without voting on a budget, despite declaration from Democrats a day earlier that an agreement was in place.

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Evidence suggests that Covid survivors have substantially higher chances of developing cardiovascular disease. But experts say there are effective ways to minimize the risk.

The jury in the criminal trial against the men accused of plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has reached a verdict on some of the charges.

A Florida teen was killed and two of his pals were arrested after taking turns shooting live rounds at each other while wearing armored vests, police said Friday.

A Dutch teenager who disappeared after going diving off the coast of Malaysia is dead, according to his father who was found drifting at sea on Saturday, officials said.

Hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses in Puerto Rico still were without power Saturday, more than two days after the start of an island-wide outage that began with a fire at a power plant.

Convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is again trying to avoid execution after his death sentence was reinstated by the Supreme Court last month.

The court says Idaho's law cannot go into effect this month as scheduled while it reviews legal challenges. The ban prohibits abortions after fetal cardiac activity is detected.

The Portage County fairgrounds has a "long-standing policy" of not hosting political rallies, said a county commissioner.

The State Department could not compile a list of gifts for 2020, making it difficult to determine whether officials did anything improper.

The Indonesian and United States militaries are expanding their annual bilateral exercises to 14 participating countries, the Indonesian Army said in a news release Thursday.

Lockdown restrictions in China's most populous city will soon be lifted in sections reporting no positive COVID-19 cases within two weeks.

Russia is repositioning its forces while Ukraine is trying to move people out of the east as both sides prepare for the next phase of the conflict.

President Ebrahim Raisi says Iran will continue nuclear development activities as talks to revive Tehran’s nuclear deal with world powers remain stalled

A tropical "Little Ukraine" is populated by descendants of Ukrainian immigrants who arrived decades ago and still maintain the old language and customs.

Dozens of civilian explorers have volunteered to turn the city's forgotten Soviet bunkers into modern-day bomb shelters.

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Russian forces have vacated the area surrounding Chernobyl, but Ukrainian officials are now sounding the alarm that troops were likely exposed to high amounts of radiation, reports said.

A man was left in critical condition Saturday afternoon following a shooting that also injured a 21-year-old woman near King Drive in the Bronzeville neighborhood, Chicago police said.

European leaders continue to show their support for Ukraine in its war against Russia.

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