Clear 15°. Wind Chill: 0°. Wind: W 22 mph.
Loading advertisement…
Trending: Illinois quick hits: Chicago school board raises property tax levy
HomeNews ( Page 712)

News

Subscribe to the News News Feed.
SHARE NOW
by

‘Legal minefield:’ Biometrics reforms needed to keep IL tech biz growing

For the past year, business leaders, attorneys and others in Illinois and beyond have watched to see how the courts and the state's influential collective of trial lawyers would respond to the decision by the state's Democratic legislative supermajority to at least appear to ...
by

Object that hit United flight’s windshield may have been weather balloon, company says

(NEW YORK) -- A United Airlines flight diverted to Salt Lake City last week after an object struck the plane's windshield at 36,000 feet, causing it to crack and injuring the pilot, according to the airline and officials.Amid the mystery of what could have ...
by

Tropical Storm Melissa forms in Caribbean: Latest forecast

(NEW YORK) -- Tropical Storm Melissa has formed in the Atlantic and may further strengthen into a hurricane.Melissa will stay away from the mainland United States, and instead pose the biggest threat to Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica and Cuba. The storm might also impact ...
by

Some Americans fear high premiums if ACA enhanced subsidies expire: ‘It’s very much a worry’

(NEW YORK) -- As the federal government shutdown enters its third week, some Americans are worried about the future of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies.The subsidies, or premium tax credits, help lower or eliminate the out-of-pocket cost of monthly premiums for those who ...
by

Some states to start halting SNAP benefits amid shutdown

(WASHINGTON) -- One of the biggest impacts of the government shutdown is about to hit tens of millions of the poorest Americans hard: the halting of a critical food assistance program.Several states are now warning they will be forced to suspend Supplemental Nutrition Assistance ...
by

Prosecutors not ruling out state charges for commuted ex-Rep. George Santos

(NEW YORK) -- Former Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., was freed from prison last week thanks to his federal fraud sentence being commuted by President Donald Trump -- but he may not be free from criminal prosecution on the local level.The district attorney’s office in Nassau County, ...
Loading advertisement…
by

Trump seeks to proceed with $10B lawsuit over WSJ story on Epstein’s birthday book

(WASHINGTON) -- Lawyers for President Donald Trump are asking a federal judge in Florida to deny a request by the Wall Street Journal and its parent companies, Dow Jones and News Corp, to dismiss a $10 billion defamation lawsuit over the paper's reporting on the bawdy ...
by

Suspect in deadly hit-and-run at Maryland child’s birthday party ID’d

(BLADENSBURG, Md.) -- A 66-year-old man has been identified by police as the alleged driver who plowed into a child's front-yard birthday party over the weekend in Bladensburg, Maryland, killing a woman and leaving 13 others injured, including eight children.The suspect, Joseph Sunday of Washington, D.C., ...
by

Ending polio still possible, health officials say, as funding cut by 30%

By Jennifer Rigby LONDON (Reuters) -Eradicating polio is still possible despite significant funding cuts to the effort, global health officials said on Tuesday as they outlined how they will cope with the shortfall. The budget of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, a partnership including the World ...
by

BNP struggles to dispel Sudan litigation concerns as shares drop

By Mathieu Rosemain PARIS (Reuters) -BNP Paribas sought to reassure investors on Tuesday that it faces limited exposure to a Sudan-related litigation, although analysts said there was continued uncertainty and shares in the lender dropped again. A U.S. jury on Friday found the French bank helped ...
by

Analysis-Global investors like the new-look Japan government, for now

By Rae Wee, Laura Matthews and Ankur Banerjee SINGAPORE/LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) -Global money managers are circling back to Japan’s stock and debt markets, drawn by the promises of its new reflationist government and a desire to diversify from pricier U.S. and European markets. Flows into yen-denominated ...
by

US House panel seeks Bill Clinton interview in Epstein investigation

By Nolan D. McCaskill and Katharine Jackson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A Republican-led congressional committee is seeking testimony from former Democratic President Bill Clinton as part of its investigation into the late financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, its chairman said Tuesday. Representative James Comer of Kentucky, chairman ...
First Previous708709710711712713714715716Next Last