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Christine Mertzelos is trying to avoid having her leg amputated.

Twice a week, a hospital van carries her from her home in Wrigleyville to the wound clinic at Humboldt Park Health, where a diabetic ulcer on her ankle is ...Read more

HARRISBURG — Recreational marijuana is back on the table for state lawmakers.

But it’s still a long way away from being legally sold in Pennsylvania.

Adult-use cannabis came the closest it’s ever gotten to being ...Read more

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly says lawmakers and federal agencies still don't have a complete picture of what allowed a gunman to nearly assassinate Donald Trump at a rally in the congressman's hometown of Butler ...Read more

Muhammadu Buhari, a former Nigerian military ruler who went on to become the nation’s first opposition candidate to win a presidential election, has died. He was 82.

Buhari died on Sunday afternoon at a clinic in London...Read more

An early Sunday morning SpaceX launch marked the 60th orbital mission from the Space Coast from all companies for the year, but also the 500th successful mission for the workhorse Falcon 9 rocket.

The rocket lifted off ...Read more

Emergency crews in central Texas suspended their search for victims of recent catastrophic flooding as another night of heavy rain touched off new flash flood warnings.

The Kerr County Sheriff’s Office ordered ...Read more

At the Mamiche bakeries in the 9th and 10th arrondissements of Paris, their famous pains au chocolat and croissants depend on an essential but increasingly scarce ingredient — butter.

The bakery’s regular supplier ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — The highest-paid Minneapolis police employee earned about a half-million dollars last year, with nearly half of that total from overtime pay.

The city’s Police Department posted a record amount of ...Read more

ANAHEIM, Calif. — A young undocumented man stood outside of the Hollywood Home Depot looking for work on a recent hot Wednesday afternoon. Since the store was raided by federal immigration agents in June, he’s been on ...Read more

CHICAGO — Dragging the weighted black bait box out from the brush with his boots, Ryan Campbell wiped a few beads of sweat from his forehead. The 30-year-old service technician for Rose Pest Control was about halfway ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — On a palm tree-lined bluff overlooking the Pacific Ocean, thousands of people rallied against the Trump administration in one of many "No Kings Day" protests around the country last month.

Here in Santa ...Read more

ATLANTA -- It was a couple of years into his prison sentence that Sedrick Moore says he lost his anger toward the people who had sent him there for a crime he didn’t commit, but now, more than two decades later, he’s ...Read more

The Trump administration’s broadsides against scientific research have caused unprecedented upheaval at the National Cancer Institute, the storied federal government research hub that has spearheaded advances against the...Read more

SAN DIEGO — Chu Ding, a 53-year-old agent with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, had just finished a Costco run when he noticed a pickup stopped in the parking lot blocking his car.

He tapped on the passenger ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — A Philadelphia judge has been placed on administrative leave after a colleague accused him of attempting to influence his decision in a criminal case, sources in the criminal justice system said.

Common ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center on Saturday began forecasting a system to form later this week near Florida with a chance to develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm.

In its 8 p.m. ...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A 2.2-magnitude earthquake hit the North Carolina mountains late Friday, government seismologists confirmed.

The quake struck at 11:23 p.m. and was centered about 5.6 miles west of Rosman, according to...Read more

CHICAGO — With his features hidden by a mask and a black thermal shirt, prosecutors said Lontray Clark ignited a fire in a building with 13 apartments, then returned to his car and banged his hand on the center console. ...Read more