Picking up hobbies, not guns, message behind West Side community basketball game

2 hours ago | WGN TV

CHICAGO - As Chicago deals with another violent weekend, community leaders are using their skills on the basketball court to connect with young people, saying it's just one way...
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Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard beaches close to swimming after shark sightings: Great white spotted 25 yards from shore

2 hours ago | Boston Herald

Shark spotters have sure been busy these last few weeks along the Cape and Islands, including over the weekend as several shark alerts lit up the Atlantic White Shark...
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Ed Markey visits Taiwan less than 2 weeks after Nancy Pelosi's trip angered China

2 hours ago | Boston Herald

Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey arrived in Taiwan on Sunday to “encourage stability and peace across the Taiwan Strait,” less than two weeks after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's...
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Israeli air strikes in Syria kill three soldiers: State media

4 hours ago | Al Jazeera

Latest Israeli strikes target sites around the capital Damascus and south of the coastal Tartus province.
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95-year-old Italian actress announces Senate run

5 hours ago | RT

Gina Lollobrigida will run for Senate as the face of a newly-formed Euroskeptic party Italian cinema legend Gina Lollobrigida announced on Saturday that she will run in...
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Hunter dies in Jeep rollover accident in south Monterey county

5 hours ago | KSBW

4 pedestrians struck by vehicle, 3 killed in South Shore crash that may have been intentional, officials say

5 hours ago | Chicago Tribune

A Chicago Fire Department official said a fourth person was taken to Stroger Hospital in serious-to-critical condition.
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2 killed when small plane crashes on roadway in Illinois

9 hours ago | WGN TV

HANNA CITY, Ill. - Two people were killed Saturday when a single-engine plane crashed on a roadway in the small central Illinois community of Hanna City, officials...
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Can the IMF Help the Global South?

10 hours ago | Foreign Policy

As debt burdens worsen, all eyes are on the IMF.
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3 men killed, 1 injured in South Shore hit-and-run

10 hours ago | WGN TV | 2 articles

CHICAGO - Three men were killed and another injured after a hit-and-run crash in the city's South Shore neighborhood. Police said the crash happened around 5 a.m. Sunday in the...
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Japan Bounces Back to Economic Growth as Coronavirus Fears Recede

A public weary of virus precautions pushed up consumption of goods and services, but the longer-term picture is uncertain as the global economy weakens. Read more ...

Derek Jeter: Credit to Yankees' Aaron Judge for Betting on Himself in...

New York Yankees legend Derek Jeter complimented Aaron Judge for almost certainly playing his way into a sizable paycheck this winter. Jeter said on the... Read more ...

Mom of Salman Rushdie stabber Hadi Matar disowns son, says he ‘changed'...

“As I said to the FBI, I'm not going to bother talking to him again." said the mother of suspect Hadi Matar. Read more ...

Man found shot to death in Pittsburgh neighborhood

Police are investigating a deadly shooting in Pittsburgh's Lincoln-Lemington-Belmar neighborhood. Read more ...

Chicago White Sox move 3 games over .500 for the 1st time since April 17...

The Chicago White Sox were in third place in the American League Central when they began a stretch of 19 straight games against sub-.500 teams July 26 in Colorado. The Sox... Read more ...

'I think I still know him perfectly fine right now': Ja'Marr Chase on Burrow...

The highly anticipated wait for Bengals star QB Joe Burrow to return to practice is finally over Read more ...

The PGA Tour playoffs need fixing. Let's start with the points system

Golf roundup: Will Zalatoris prevails in FedEx St. Jude playoff for first...

Will Zalatoris sinks a seven-foot bogey putt to beat Sepp Straka in a wild three-hole playoff to take the No. 1 spot in the FedEx Cup. Read more ...

Trump's Shifting Explanations Follow a Familiar Playbook

The former president and his allies have given often conflicting defenses of his retention of classified documents, without addressing why he had kept them. Read more ...

Rideshare and delivery drivers demand better wages and working conditions...

At a news conference Sunday afternoon, Illinois rideshare drivers and delivery workers announced that local groups are joining a national movement to fight for better working... Read more ...