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After a few holiday seasons of solely existing inside Macy’s store, iconic toy brand Toys “R” Us is reopening standalone brick-and-mortar stores once again, with a suburban Chicago mall garnering one of the first locations. On Saturday, Oct. 26, Toys “R” Us will open a 10,000 square-foot store at the Harlem Irving Plaza, located in […]

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump promises the biggest deportation event the U.S. has ever seen if he is elected — a promise he has predicated, in part, on the notion that immigrants in the U.S. legally and illegally are stealing what he calls “Black jobs” and “Hispanic jobs.” But government data show immigrant labor contributes […]

Tickets for the North American leg of Oasis’ highly-anticipated 2025 tour go on sale Friday, just after experts issued warnings for fans trying to purchase them ahead of time amid massive global demand. After an abrupt break-up in 2009, the Britpop band known for worldwide smash hits such as “Wonderwall” and “Don’t Look Back In Anger” are […]

UPDATE: Verizon reported progress in restoring service after a massive outage earlier Monday. Get the latest developments here. Federal authorities have opened an investigation after Verizon customers reported widespread outages across the U.S. Monday. The Federal Communications Commission, the nationwide agency that regulates interstate and international communications, posted on X, the social media platform previously […]

Britpop band Oasis has officially expanded their long-awaited international reunion tour, announcing five new stops in North America — including one in Chicago. “America. Oasis is coming,” the band posted on Facebook Monday. “You have one last chance to prove that you loved us all along.” The additional tour dates announced were Aug. 24 at […]

CHICAGO (AP) — Donald Trump falsely suggested Kamala Harris had misled voters about her race as the former president appeared before the National Association of Black Journalists in Chicago Wednesday in an interview that quickly turned hostile. Watch the event in the player above. The Republican former president wrongly claimed that Harris, the first Black […]

Ukraine-Russia War update: US learning from Ukraine’s success in the Black Sea  WGN Radio – Chicago Source link

CHICAGO — After serving 20 years in state prison for murder, former gangbanger Tyrone Muhammad never expected to return to the city’s tough South Side and find Venezuelan migrants and the criminal Tren de Aragua gang moving in. But Muhammad, 53, who’s gone straight and runs a street patrol and violence prevention program called Ex-Cons for […]

The State Department just announced a big change to how Americans can renew their U.S. passport, and the new process may save many travelers time as a result. Officials announced Wednesday that its passport online renewal system is now fully operational, after testing in pilot programs, and available to adult passport holders whose passport has […]

While the lack of affordable housing seems to be a widespread issue across many American cities, a recent U.S. News & World Report ranking listed cities where prospective home-buyers may find better luck, with the Midwest prominently featured. Though it was Fort Wayne of neighboring Indiana that topped the list, two Illinois cities still found […]


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