Category: All

Police are warning residents of two armed carjacking reported recently in Kenwood. In each case, the suspects approached a female in her vehicle, pulled out guns and demanded the keys to her vehicle before driving off, Chicago police said. One incident happened at 6:30 a.m. May 19 in the 6300 block of South Kenwood Avenue,… Continue reading Armed Carjackings Reported in Kenwood, Police Say

Chicago police say that three people were injured in a multi-vehicle crash in River North early Sunday morning. According to authorities, a man was driving a Jeep westbound in the 100 block of West Huron at approximately 12:35 a.m. when he rear-ended a vehicle that was stopped at a red light. Police say the Jeep… Continue reading 3 Injured in Multi-Vehicle River North Crash, Police Say

A man injured in an exchange of gunfire with an off-duty Cook County sheriff’s deputy at Millennium Park Friday evening is now facing multiple felony charges in connection with the case, officials said Sunday. According to Chicago police, 22-year-old Jordan Jackson has been charged with several felonies in connection to the Friday incident, which started… Continue reading Man Faces Charges After Exchange of Gunfire With Off-Duty Deputy at Millennium Park

PFLUGERVILLE, Texas (KXAN) — On Sunday, the Pflugerville Police Department announced a missing teen was found safe. Pflugerville police released information Thursday regarding the disappearance of 14-year-old Yaslin De La O-Romero to its social media pages saying she was last seen Tuesday evening. PREVIOUS: Pflugerville police looking for missing 14-year-old girl

At least 5 people died as a probable “derecho” swept through Ontario and Quebec.

The World Health Organization said it expects to identify more cases of monkeypox as it expands surveillance in countries where the disease is not typically found.

Pakistan’s defiant former Prime Minister Imran Khan called on Sunday for his supporters to march peacefully on Islamabad on May 25th, to press for fresh elections

The U.S. ambassador to Ankara has been summoned to the Turkish Foreign Ministry over a U.S. warning to citizens in Turkey about attending a political rally that referred to police crowd control methods

Iran’s state TV is reporting that a senior member member of the country’s powerful Revolutionary Guard has been killed outside his home in Tehran by gunmen on a motorbike

NEW YORK — Kate McKinnon and Pete Davidson are among those departing from “Saturday Night Live,” leaving the sketch institution without arguably its two most famous names after Saturday’s 47th season finale. Aidy Bryant and Kyle Mooney will also leave the cast after the episode hosted by Natasha Lyonne. The departures represent one of the… Continue reading Kate McKinnon and Pete Davidson Departing From ‘Saturday Night Live’

Three rescued loggerhead turtles are released into the Mediterranean off the Tunisian coastal city of Sfax, one, named Marwa, with a tracking beacon glued to its shell to help researchers better protect the threatened species.

Affordability issues such as housing and gas prices are central in the Ontario election campaign, and for many parents of young children there is no bigger expense than child care.

The storm was severe enough for Environment Canada to issue a broadcast-intrusive emergency alert that goes out to television, radio stations and mobile phones.

The dip in Ontario’s hospitalizations was accompanied by a lower-than-average death increase. The province reported two further deaths as a result of the virus on Sunday.

The Mercier Bridge leading to Montreal was blocked by Kahnawà:ke Peacekeepers for more than an hour Saturday, as youth from the community protested against Bill 96.

Far-right extremism is a growing concern for Canadian national security authorities. Race replacement theory is the latest conspiracy in that spectrum under the spotlight.

Alberta UCP leadership rival Danielle Smith many Albertans feel Kenney didn’t take the referendum to push for changes to the equalization formula seriously enough.

The ICE scored three power-play goals and an empty-netter in the third period Saturday to snap a 1-1 tie and even their best-of-seven Eastern Conference final series.

Davos — the hub of an elite annual gathering in the Swiss Alps — is back, more than two years after the coronavirus pandemic kept its business gurus, political leaders and high-minded activists away. There’s no shortage of urgent issues for the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting to tackle. With their lofty ambition to help… Continue reading Climate to Conflict, Davos’ Post-COVID Return Has Full Plate

Enough specialty infant formula for more than half a million baby bottles arrived Sunday in Indianapolis. The formula, weighing 78,000 pounds (35,380 kilograms), was being transported by military plane, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters aboard Air Force One as President Joe Biden flew from South Korea to Japan. It is the first… Continue reading 78,000 Pounds of Infant Formula Arrives in US

Residents in the Chicago area will see a cool and breezy Sunday, with below-average temperatures settling in for an extended stay. According to forecast models, temperatures will start out cool and stay cool on Sunday, with highs reaching into the low-to-mid 60s throughout the area. That will be accompanied by dry conditions after a cold… Continue reading Forecast: Cool, Breezy Conditions Expected in Chicago Area Sunday

A man was robbed at gunpoint and a suspect was critically wounded on a CTA Red Line train Sunday morning near the 95th Street stop. The man, 55, struggled with two armed suspects over his bag on the train near the 95th Street station about 3 a.m., Chicago police said. During the struggle, a suspect… Continue reading Man Robbed at Gunpoint, Suspect Critically Hurt on CTA Red Line Train

The QIA, which manages $450 billion in assets, is ranked as the world’s ninth-largest sovereign wealth fund.

A bid by Ukraine to join the European Union could not be finalised for “15 or 20 years,” France’s Europe minister Clement Beaune said on Sunday.

A US landscaper met a grim accidental death on Thursday after being attacked by a giant swarm of bees as he hung suspended from a tree.

Pakistani police arrested six men from the same family on Sunday, accused of murdering two sisters who were from the same village but also had Spanish citizenship

The much-ballyhooed World Economic Forum in the Swiss Alpine town of Davos gets underway this week after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Gangs are fighting each other and seizing territory in Haiti’s capital with a new intensity and brutality

Artist Jon Foreman finds inspiration in nature and a receding tide, using rocks that he finds, or raked sand, to turn the beaches of Wales into spectacular designs that are destined to be washed away. Correspondent Seth Doane reports on landscape art that is stunning – and fleeting.

PYEONGTAEK, South Korea — President Joe Biden said Sunday that recent cases of monkeypox that have been identified in Europe and the United States were something “to be concerned about.” In his first public comments on the disease, Biden added: “It is a concern in that if it were to spread it would be consequential.”… Continue reading Biden Says Monkeypox Cases Something to ‘Be Concerned About’

World leaders are descending on the Swiss mountain resort for the WEF’s belated annual meeting. Here’s what the 2022 event is likely to have in store.

One of the things driving vinyl’s continued resurrection is the contention that it sounds better than other formats. But are people prepared to buy the necessary audio gear?

Doug Ford will stop in cottage country on the second day of the long weekend, before going door-knocking in the riding Steven Del Duca is seeking election.

Cyclists said they don’t like lanes that are merely painted on the ground — because they often fade and offer little protection. Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times Chicagoans love their bikes, and they eagerly share their favorite routes to ride in the city. Local cyclists also are quick to spout their frustrations and concerns, from safety to… Continue reading What cyclists love — and hate — about biking in Chicago

City contractors begin work on new bike lanes on North Milwaukee Avenue near North California Avenue in September of 2020. Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times When WBEZ asked Chicago cyclists to sound off on biking in the city, one question kept coming up: How does the city decide where to put bike lanes? As biking season gears… Continue reading How does the city decide where to put new bike lanes?

AUSTIN (KXAN) — In a memo to Austin council members, Austin Water’s interim director said staff anticipates drought response stage one regulations will be triggered “in the near future.” This would be the first water restriction stage since November 2018 when Austin entered its base water conservation stage. Summer forecast: What to expect with drought… Continue reading Memo: Austin Water anticipates drought water restrictions soon

At a summit in Tokyo on Tuesday, the new Australian prime minister will meet an American president who in many ways is his mirror image.

Britain is seeing daily infections of the rare monkeypox virus that are unconnected to any travel to West Africa, where the disease is endemic, a health official said on Sunday.

35-year-old Dr Nas Mohammed has come out in the open and may have just become the first Qatari man to declare publicly that he is gay.

An Israeli court has sentenced six Palestinian inmates to five years in prison for tunneling out of their cell last year and escaping from a high-security facility

Pope Francis has expressed his spiritual closeness to Catholics in China and voiced hope that the church there operates in “freedom and tranquility

Ukrainian forces were deterring Russia’s intensified thrust in the east, President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday.

The government in Warsaw is a strong supporter of Ukraine’s bid to join the EU, which Zelenskyy says will determine Ukraine’s future.

On Sunday, most female anchors were seen with their faces covered after the Taliban’s Vice and Virtue Ministry began enforcing the decree.

It will be important for Nova Scotia and New Brunswick to find sources of electricity to complement the future Atlantic Loop because they still have coal-fired generating plants.

Here is your guide for what’s open and what’s closed in Toronto on Victoria Day.

Liberal Leader Steven Del Duca is in Northern Ontario, while Andrea Horwath, Doug Ford and Mike Schreiner will campaign in Southern Ontario.

In a rare joint television interview, Ukraine’s first lady said: “Nobody takes my husband away from me, not even the war.”

North-east Bangladesh’s worst floods in nearly 20 years began receding on Sunday, but rescue workers were struggling to help millions marooned by extreme weather across the region that has killed…

SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk recently posted a job advertisement on Twitter and internet users could not help but troll the billionaire.