CHICAGO — When Jodie Yanek received the rest of her long-awaited SNAP benefits for the month — and after buying some food to tide her over — she started thinking about how she could put together a small Thanksgiving dinner for her and her boyfriend with a $60 budget.

The 47-year-old compared turkey and ham prices at a nearby South Deering...Read more

After a blustery, chilly Thanksgiving day, a winter storm watch will be in effect for much of northern and central Illinois and parts of northwest Indiana from Friday at 3 p.m. until Sunday at 6 a.m., with possible snow accumulations of over 6 inches.

Snow will develop late Friday through Saturday night, and will fall heavily at times — up to...Read more

DETROIT — For the second time this month, a freighter has run aground in the Detroit River.

The vessel, a 629 ft. long Canadian cargo ship called the Robert S. Pierson, is stuck about 5 and a half miles upriver from the still-under-construction Gordie Howe Bridge near downtown alongside the William G. Milliken State Park and Harbor. The ...Read more

NEW YORK — Seven people were shot within four hours during an explosion of pre-Thanksgiving gun violence, police said Thursday.

The bullets started flying around 7:20 p.m. Wednesday when gunfire broke out along a popular downtown Brooklyn shopping strip near the corner of Fulton and Jay Sts., hitting a young man and woman, both 18, in the ...Read more

President Donald Trump’s administration is expanding its immigration crackdown in the aftermath of the shooting of a pair of National Guard members in Washington.

The two guard members remained in critical condition on Thursday after they were shot in an ambush Wednesday near the White House. The suspect is Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, an Afghan...Read more

The U.S. government is conducting a terrorism investigation into a suspect who shot two National Guard troops in Washington, DC, FBI Director Kash Patel said in a news conference Thursday.

Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for DC, said the suspect, a 29-year-old Afghan national named Rahmanullah Lakanwal, drove across the country from his home ...Read more

When Donald Trump welcomes the Group of 20 to his private golf resort in Miami next year, he’ll decide who’s on the guest list.

That much is clear after the U.S. president said in a social media post Wednesday that he won’t invite South Africa, the holder of this year’s G-20 presidency and the object of the U.S. president’s ire for ...Read more

U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposals for ending the war in Ukraine could be the basis for future agreements, but no final version exists yet, Russian leader Vladimir Putin said, while signaling an openness to talks.

“In general, we agree that this can form the basis for future agreements,” Putin said Thursday during a news conference ...Read more

When Pope Leo XIV visits the Middle East this week, he comes to a conflict-weary region struggling to find peace even as the specter of war stalks it once again.

In his first international trip since assuming the papacy in May, the Chicago-born pope will travel Thursday to Turkey, where he will celebrate the 1,700th anniversary of the Council ...Read more

SEATTLE — Amid questions from school districts about the budget impacts of Washington state’s new retail sales tax, Democratic lawmakers say they expect to make changes to the law in next year’s legislative session.

The expanded retail sales tax, which went into effect on Oct. 1, is expected to raise about $1.1 billion through 2027 via ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Biology professor Jody Hey was lecturing on human evolution one recent day at Temple University.

His students vigorously took notes by hand in paper notebooks.

There wasn’t a laptop in sight. Nor an iPhone. No student’s face was hidden by a screen.

Hey said he stopped allowing them about a year and a half ago after seeing...Read more

The Trump administration’s decision to end Temporary Protected Status, TPS, for up to a half million Haitians prompted an immediate wave of criticism from nonprofit organizations working in Haiti, community activists and some Democratic lawmakers.

In its announcement on Wednesday, the day before Thanksgiving, the Department of Homeland ...Read more

The Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday finalized a rule granting oil and gas operators more than a year in additional time to comply with mandates set by former President Joe Biden to replace leaky equipment and routinely monitor for escaped methane.

The Trump administration said this rule will affect hundreds of oil and gas sources ...Read more

The Trump administration will use a Dominican Republic air base and airport in its campaign against drug cartels, strengthening cooperation in the Caribbean, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday alongside the nation’s president.

Aircraft will be refueled and logistical tasks will take place at the San Isidro base and Las Americas ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Two National Guard members on patrol just blocks from the White House were shot and critically wounded on Wednesday afternoon, prompting a rapid law enforcement and military response across a busy stretch of downtown Washington.

A gunman was taken into custody after another Guardsman returned fire and moved in to stop him, ...Read more

The St. Paul City Council on Wednesday called for the city’s Police Civilian Internal Affairs Review Commission to conduct a “thorough investigation” of St. Paul officers’ use-of-force during Tuesday’s federal immigration enforcement operation in St. Paul.

All seven city council members, Mayor Melvin Carter and Mayor-elect Kaohly Her,...Read more

President Donald Trump failed to sway a U.S. appeals court to revive a civil lawsuit accusing Hillary Clinton and others of conspiring to tarnish his 2016 campaign with bogus claims of collusion with Russia.

A three-judge panel of 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday unanimously affirmed the dismissal of the case and upheld almost $1...Read more