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SAN DIEGO (AP) The San Diego Padres hadn't loss a home game yet on the young season. Until Tuesday night. One night after the Cubs' bullpen couldn't hold a late lead in a series-opening loss, it kept the Padres' high-powered lineup at bay long enough to keep the game tied until Nico Hoerner's triple [...]

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Police in a Boston suburb have arrested a man who they say entered a courthouse while wearing a gas mask and tactical gear and attacked several people with pepper spray.

Baristas at your local Starbucks will soon be sporting a new, more consistent look after the company announced a new dress code this week.

A man was shot multiple times while walking his dog on Chicago's West Side, and the 38-year-old sustained multiple gunshot wounds but is in good condition.

The Silver Dollar City theme park in Branson, Missouri is blasting into 2025. I was there last week to check out what's new at the park and to get another look at the construction site of the new Silver Dollar City Resort hotel. The 262-room resort is currently under construction just down the street from [...]

Wink Martindale, the genial host of such hit game shows as Gambit and Tic-Tac-Dough who also did one of the first recordedtelevisioninterviews with a young Elvis Presley, has died. He was 91.

The legal battle continues over the wrongful deportation of a Maryland man.

CHICAGO Firefighters are battling a two-alarm blaze Wednesday morning at a warehouse in Austin on the city's West Side. The fire is in the 5000 block of West Lake Street, and the Chicago Fire Department says no injuries have been reported. The following photos are from CFD: Crews were still battling the fire as [...]

CHICAGO A high school senior was shot and killed Tuesday night in Morgan Park on the city's South Side, and his father is left hoping for justice for his son. Albert Winfield tells WGN-TV his son was Trevon Winfield, a 19-year-old soon-to-be graduate of Morgan Park High School who was shot in his car [...]

CHICAGO With summer approaching, some downtown aldermen in Chicago are pushing to lower the curfew for teenagers amid growing concerns over recent mass gatherings where violence occurred. A vote on the change could happen as early as Wednesday. But as WGN Investigates found, the citys current curfew is enforced much less than it used [...]

A man was shot and killed Tuesday night on the Far South Side.

Police in Palatine are searching for a missing 18-year-old woman.

What are believed to be the city's last-existing manually operated elevators open to the public are bein phased out and will be replaced by modern, automated versions.

For one day this weekend, entrance fees at the parks that charge them will be waived.

Federal immigration agents are accused of shattering a car window in Massachusetts while detaining a Guatemalan man on Monday in a caught-on-camera incident despite his attorney saying they had the wrong person.

Newly-released body camera footage shows the confusion and questions investigators had after actor Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa were found dead in their home.

The Chicago Cubs have demoted infield prospect Matt Shaw and relief pitcher Nate Pearson to Triple-A and recalled pitchers Luke Little and Daniel Palencia from the Iowa Cubs, while reinstating Vidal Brujn and moving relief pitcher Eli Morgan to the 15-day IL with a right elbow impingement.

After a chilly start, Wednesday's generous sunshine will allow temperatures to moderate slightly by afternoon.

A teen was injured after being shot Tuesday afternoon near a South Side high school.

DALLAS (AP) A shooting at a Dallas high school on Tuesday injured four students who were taken to hospitals, police said. Authorities did not say what led up to the shooting at Wilmer-Hutchins High School in south Dallas or the severity of the injuries. Police said a suspect has been identified but no arrests [...]

Leo High School boasts a 100% graduation rate for the 12th consecutive year.

Hearts were heavy at Lewis University Airport in Romeoville on Tuesday afternoon as the body of a US Army soldier returned home to Joliet.

A teen was injured after being grazed by bullet while waiting for a school bus Tuesday morning on the city's South Side.