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The Arizona Legislature approved a repeal of a long-dormant ban on nearly all abortions Wednesday, advancing the bill to Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs, who is expected to sign it.

Donald Trump returned briefly to the campaign trail Wednesday and called the judge presiding over his hush money trial “crooked” a day after he was held in contempt of court and threatened with jail time for violating a gag order.

Calumet City’s municipal credit card statement showing charges from Hooters, a Gordon Ramsey restaurant, a hotel in New Orleans and a Cadillac lease have led aldermen to question whether Mayor Thaddeus Jones or another official is attempting to charge city taxpayers for personal expenses.

The effort got its first look in the City Council Wednesday during a Pedestrian and Traffic Safety Committee subject matter hearing where experts praised the potential shift.

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Harvey Weinstein arrived at a Manhattan courthouse Wednesday, his first appearance since his 2020 rape conviction was overturned by an appeals court last week.

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

The body of an adult male was pulled from Lake Michigan on the Far South Side Wednesday morning, Chicago police said.

Brian McCardie, a Scottish actor best known for his roles in the BBC drama “Line of Duty” and the 1995 film “Rob Roy,” died unexpectedly on Sunday at the age of 59.

A Will County judge ruled Tin favor of Homer Township Supervisor Steve Balich’s request to get a ballot for his opponent tossed out, which results in a tie for the position of Republican precinct committeeperson that will be decided by lot.

A female ride share passenger drove off with the car when the driver stopped at a gas station overnight on the Near North Side, Chicago police said.

A 16-year-old boy was wounded Wednesday when gunfire veered through a window inside a residence in the West Woodlawn neighborhood, Chicago police said. Around midnight, the boy was sitting near a window at a residence in the 6200 block of South Vernon Avenue when someone opened fire in the area, police said. The boy suffered a gunshot wound to the lower back, and was taken to UChicago Medicine where he was listed in good condition, police said. No one was in custody, and detectives were investigating.

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Dueling groups of protesters clashed Wednesday at the University of California, Los Angeles, grappling in fistfights and shoving, kicking and using sticks to beat one another. Hours earlier, police carrying riot shields burst into a building at Columbia University that pro-Palestinian protesters took over and broke up a demonstration that had paralyzed the school while inspiring others.

Longtime fraudster facing prison after pleading guilty to stiffing people on luxury auto sales over eBay, rip offs in the leasing of aircraft and illegally obtaining COVID-19 relief funds.

Anti-collision measures, which can include installing glass with tiny markings, will only be voluntary for new and renovated buildings.

Fjords, Pharaohs or Koalas? Time to Plan for Your Next Eclipse.

Prosecutors are setting the stage for their star witness: Trump's former attorney Michael Cohen.

In all, 22% of Illinois hospitals earned A grades for safety from Leapfrog, compared with nearly 25% in the fall.

A former Chicago man signed a plea deal last week admitting he stole Newport cigarettes and lottery tickets with a co-defendant from a Hobart Speedway.

A Merrillville man was charged after allegedly shooting guns at an apartment complex.

Cannabis company owners in Illinois welcomed the news Tuesday that the federal government is expected to reclassify marijuana as a drug with medicinal value and lower potential for abuse. The Associated Press reported that the Drug Enforcement Administration will move to reclassify marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III. Rather than continuing to classify cannabis with much stronger drugs like heroin and LSD, the move would put pot in the same class with certain prescription drugs like codeine, ketamine, steroids, and testosterone. Читать дальше...

A Chicago woman was charged after allegedly biting a cop at the Hammond Walmart who was trying to arrest her son for holding a hatchet during a large fight with loss prevention workers.

Gov. J.B. Pritkzer and his wife, M.K., donated a key document from the Civil War to the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum.

Student groups at DePaul University, a longtime locus of student organizing in solidarity with Palestine, launched an encampment in protest of the war in Gaza Tuesday, joining demonstrations on campuses across the country amid midterms at the private Catholic university. Springing up within hours of an agreement between Northwestern University administrators and students to remove […]