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Many Americans are getting weary of the false narrative that somehow black males are being butchered for no reason by a bunch of yahoo cops. The media, the politicians and a handful of radicals will have you believe that young, black men are being gunned down in the streets by out of control white policemen.  T...

Chicago - (AP)  - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump canceled one of his signature rallies on Friday, calling off the event due to safety concerns after protesters packed the arena where he was scheduled to speak. The announcement the billionaire businessman would postpone the rally led a large portion of the crowd inside the University of Illinois at Chicago Pavilion to break out into

Earth, Wind & Fire founder Maurice White is dead at the age of 74. TMZ reports that White had been struggling against Parkinson's disease. White formed the band with two friends in Chicago in 1969. They recorded more than 20 albums and had several Top Ten hits, including "September," "Shining Star" and "Got To Get You Into My Life." ...

FBI Director James Comey says he believes authorities are well prepared to provide security for the terrorism trial of Boston Marathon bombing suspect . During a visit to the Boston FBI office Tuesday, Comey said the U.S. has had trials for accused terror suspects in New York, Chicago and Northern Virginia, and has ``a pretty good handle'' on providing security...

Traffic at Chicago's two busiest airports, O'Hare and Midway, slowly returned to more normal levels Monday, three days after a deliberately-set fire at a regional air traffic control center disrupted much of the nation's air-travel system.

Law enforcement officials are continuing to negotiate with at least one hostage-taker for the release of two children and two adults he is still holding inside a house in the southern Chicago suburb of Harvey. The standoff began at 12:45 p...

Severe weather erupted through the middle of the country on Sunday. The National Weather Service says at least 60 tornadoes were reported throughout the region, with the most damaging touching down in Illionis. At least three people were reported killed, and in two communities, the storms destroyed 70 homes.  A...

New York City's World Trade Center Tower is the tallest building in the U.S.  The Height Committee of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat issued its ruling this morning.  The committee ruled that the needle on top of 1 World Trade Center is part of the actual building.  ...

A massive storm system covered a large portion of the country yesterday. There was a lightning strike at the Willis Tower (formerly Sears Tower) in downtown Chicago yesterday.,

The New Bedford School Committee is just five days away from selecting a new superintendent of schools.