Two people, including a 5-year-old boy, were bitten by a coyote in Chicago Wednesday, the most recent in a string of coyote sightings.
Author: Grace Hauck, USA TODAY
Outraged Americans condemn US actions in Iraq and Iran: ‘Enough with this nonsense’
More than 70 demonstrations were planned across the country to protest the Trump administration’s killing of top Iranian Gen. Qasem Soleimani.
New Year’s Eve sees gun violence across nation, concluding record-high year of mass killings
2019 was a deadly year for gun violence, and New Year’s Eve was no different. Within hours of the new decade, many people had lost their lives.
Legal weed sales begin in Illinois as state pardons more than 11,000 marijuana convictions
Weed dispensaries across Illinois opened their doors Wednesday morning to long lines of customers eager to purchase recreational marijuana.
Legal weed sales are about to begin in Illinois. But some say dispensary owners are too white
As Illinois becomes the 11th state to allow recreational marijuana, some in Chicago are calling for more racial diversity among dispensary owners.
When will women get equal pay? Not for another 257 years, report says
Women won’t see equal pay for equal work until 2277, according to the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report published this week.
2 dead, including gunman, 2 injured in shooting at municipal building in North Carolina
A city employee fatally shot a co-worker and injured two people Friday morning in a shooting at a municipal building in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Deep freeze: Schools closed for snow days in Northeast, subzero temperatures in Midwest
Snow along the East Coast disrupted morning commutes and caused some school closures as subzero temperatures struck the Midwest and Northern Plains.
Prosecutors: Noted American coder taught North Korea how to evade sanctions with cryptocurrency
American programmer Virgil Griffith has been criminally charged for traveling to North Korea to teach cryptocurrency and blockchain technology.
‘Very disturbing’: Chicago officer under investigation for body-slamming man to the ground
A Chicago police officer is under investigation after body-slamming a man during an arrest on the South Side, an incident captured in a viral video.