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Disneyland is celebrating its 70th anniversary: Here’s a look at the park then and now
Disneyland is celebrating 70 years of being “The Happiest Place on Earth.” The summerlong festivities in southern California ...
Nationwide protests planned against Trump’s immigration crackdown and health care cuts
Protests and events against President Donald Trump’s controversial policies that include mass deportations and cuts to ...
Urban League declares a ‘state of emergency’ for civil rights in the US in response to Trump
One of the nation’s oldest civil rights organizations on Thursday declared a “state of emergency” for antidiscrimination policies, personal freedoms and Black economic ...
Justice Department fires Maurene Comey, prosecutor on Epstein case and daughter of ex-FBI director
The Justice Department has fired Maurene Comey, the daughter of former FBI director James Comey and a prosecutor in the ...
Von Miller signing 1-year deal with the Washington Commanders, AP source says
Von Miller is signing with the Washington Commanders, with the NFL’s active sacks leader joining the team roughly a week before training camp opens. Miller and the team have agreed on a ...
McKinley Park homeowners weigh options after storm causes tree to crash into 3 South Side homes
Three homes in the McKinley Park neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side were damaged when a tree fell on them during a storm, ...
Thousands of Haitians mark annual pilgrimage far from a sacred waterfall surrounded by gangs
The massive crowd that would gather once a year at a revered waterfall in central Haiti where the faithful would splash in ...
Trump administration pulls $4B in federal funding for California’s bullet train project
The Trump administration revoked federal funding for California’s high-speed rail project on Wednesday, intensifying ...
Prince Harry retraces Diana’s footsteps by walking through a land mine field in Angola for charity
Prince Harry followed in his late mother’s footsteps on Wednesday by wearing a flak jacket and walking down a path in an active land mine field in Angola to ...
Army veteran and US citizen arrested in California immigration raid warns it could happen to anyone
A U.S. Army veteran who was arrested during an immigration raid at a Southern California marijuana farm last week said ...
Camp Mystic leader may not have seen urgent alert before Texas flood, family spokesman says
The leader of Camp Mystic had been tracking the weather before the deadly Texas floods, but it is now unclear whether he saw an urgent warning from the National Weather Service that had triggered ...
Thursday: Coolest day in more than a month
Thursday is set to be the coolest day Chicagoland has had in more than a month. The National Weather service around midday issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch for the area ahead of a round of ...