Health officials have confirmed the second case of measles in suburban Cook County this year — in a 4-year-old, unvaccinated child.

It’s believed that the child caught measles while traveling internationally, according to the Cook County Department of Public Health.

Members of the public may have been exposed if they were in Terminal 5 of ...Read more

CHICAGO — President Donald Trump again vowed to deploy the National Guard to Chicago “against” the opposition of Gov. JB Pritzker, prompting the Democratic governor on Tuesday to label the president’s latest comments a possible sign of “dementia” after a month of on-and-off threats by Trump to mobilize the military to the city.

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LOS ANGELES — School district officials are investigating after a Villa Park High teacher allegedly removed and threw away a student memorial to slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk from the front of the Orange County campus.

Superintendent Rachel H. Monárrez confirmed that the memorial had been removed but said personnel rules prevented...Read more

HARTFORD, Conn. — Federal immigration agents cannot wear masks and cannot make arrests without a warrant inside Connecticut courthouses under new rules enacted Tuesday.

Gov. Ned Lamont, the state Supreme Court chief justice and a top legislator made the announcement as they said that all three branches of state government are united in ...Read more

BEIRUT — Israel began a ground offensive into Gaza City, military officials said Tuesday, slow-rolling into the beleaguered city from multiple directions despite international opprobrium and even as hundreds of thousands of Palestinian residents remain within Gaza's devastated confines.

Weeks of intense bombardment that all but leveled the ...Read more

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie is expected to endorse Zohran Mamdani for mayor Wednesday, becoming the latest political power player to line up behind the socialist front-runner as he has started to consolidate key Democratic support, according to a source familiar with the matter.

Heastie, one of New York’s most influential Democrats, has ...Read more

Prince Harry’s nearly hour-long visit with King Charles last week — their first face-to-face since early 2024 — appears to done some good amid the royal family’s enduring rift.

Ailsa Anderson, a former spokeswoman for the late Queen Elizabeth II, told People that the 53-minute meeting last Wednesday was “a building of trust” and ...Read more

There are some encouraging signs that California's summer COVID wave might be leveling off.

That's not to say the seasonal spike is in the rearview mirror just yet, however. Coronavirus levels in California's wastewater remain "very high," according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as they are in much of the country.

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One lot of organic snacks in a pouch has been recalled from Walgreens stores and independent grocers in the South for “elevated levels of lead.”

That’s from Sprout Organic’s recall notice for 3.5-ounce pouches Sweet Potato Apples & Spinach. Sprout said routine testing revealed the problem.

“The effects of lead depend upon the amount ...Read more

BOISE, Idaho — Immigration and Customs Enforcement is planning a $1.3 million expansion of its Boise office, according to a permit application filed with the city of Boise.

The move is likely part of the Trump administration’s infusion of cash into the immigration agency. President Donald Trump’s key policy act, known as the “One Big ...Read more

Erika McEntarfer, who was fired as commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics last month, said official notice of her dismissal came as a complete surprise in a short email from the White House.

On Aug. 1, several hours after her agency reported weak jobs growth in July and substantial downward revisions to the prior two months, McEntarfer ...Read more

A Tennessee man has been sentenced to two years in federal prison after prosecutors said he left violent voicemails for Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, in which federal authorities say he threatened to beat the congresswoman in front of her children and later warned he would kill her.

Garry Lebron Hayes, 45, of Chattanooga, was sentenced ...Read more

From a ban on cat declawing procedures to an attempt to protect children from harmful artificial intelligence “companion” chatbots, the California Legislature was busy in its final days of session this year, moving bills along to the governor.

Of the nearly 2,400 bills introduced this session, only about a third of them were passed on to ...Read more

At the end of 2007, the country, and eventually the world, fell into what would later be called the Great Recession.

The economically and socially turbulent time in the United States saw the American Dream changing as the housing market crashed and unemployment hit its highest rate in decades in 2009.

Before this point, as women reached the ...Read more

The House on Tuesday advanced a pair of bills that would override local D.C. criminal justice law and make it easier to impose strict penalties on young offenders.

A number of Democrats crossed the aisle to vote in favor of the legislation, which many in their party said was patronizing to D.C. and would infringe on the District’s right to ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — Nearly five months after an arson attack on his home, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro addressed the fifth annual Eradicate Hate Global Summit, urging unity and moral clarity amid a rise in political and hate-driven violence nationwide.

Shapiro, a Democrat, gave a keynote speech at the Eradicate Hate Global Summit on Tuesday ...Read more

TROY, Mich. — Immediately before fire erupted in a hyperbaric oxygen chamber where 5-year-old Thomas Cooper was receiving treatment in late January, the boy's knee may have touched the mattress, possibly causing static electricity to build up and lead to the spark that started the blaze, according to an expert on hyperbaric chambers.

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LOS ANGELES — A group of 21 unions and faculty associations representing more than 100,000 University of California employees sued President Donald Trump on Tuesday, alleging he is illegally forcing "ideological dominance" over a UC education, has violated the constitution and endangered jobs by suspending research grants and seeking a $1.2-...Read more

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Just days after Missouri Republicans passed a gerrymandered congressional map that carves up Kansas City, a new campaign is charging forward with a plan asking voters to repeal it.

The campaign, called People Not Politicians, began collecting signatures on Monday to force a statewide referendum vote. The group plans to ...Read more