A conservative nonprofit backed by billionaire Trump adviser Elon Musk is getting involved in a race that will determine the political direction of the highest court in one of the country’s most important presidential battleground states. A conservative nonprofit backed by billionaire Trump adviser Elon Musk is getting involved in a race that will determine the political direction of the highest court in one of the country’s most important presidential battleground states. A conservative nonprofit backed by billionaire Trump adviser Elon Musk is getting involved in a race that will determine the political direction of the highest court in one of…
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Linda McMahon’s nomination to serve as President Donald Trump’s education secretary has advanced out of a Senate committee, bringing her closer to leading an agency the Republican president wants to abolish
Illinois State police were involved in a pursuit of a vehicle connected to a robbery overnight that started in Englewood and ended in the Austin neighborhood where the occupants were taken into custody. Shortly before 3 a.m., three Illinois State police units located a vehicle possibly involved in a robbery in Chicago, according to preliminary information from state police. A traffic stop was attempted near the northbound Dan Ryan Expressway at 63rd Street, but the vehicle refused to stop, police said. A pursuit ensued on the streets and continued to the West Side to Monroe and Cicero in the Austin…
Chicago Housing Authority staff accused CHA’s former general counsel Ellen Harris of creating a “hostile” and “toxic” work environment leading up to her resignation in August 2024, according to public records obtained by the Tribune. CHA’s head of human resources said in a July 2024 memo to former CHA CEO Tracey Scott that his office and the Office of the Inspector General had received complaints over a 12- to 18-month period about Harris’s “leadership and management style.” The memo said concerns included “vacancies were purposely not being backfilled, high turnover, employee burnout, hostile work environment, lack of flexibility in work…
Two armed robbers in a red sedan robbed three men who were working in the Gage Park neighborhood early Thursday morning, Chicago police said. About 2:45 a.m., three men were working outside in the 2800 block of West 59th Street when a red sedan pulled alongside and two armed robbers demanded the victims’ property. The robbers returned to the red sedan and fled the scene, police said. An overnight pursuit of robbery suspects traveling in a red sedan ensued from the South to the West Side where two people were arrested in the Austin neighborhood. Two armed robbers…
The Chicago Bears officially announced their full coaching staff for 2025 on Thursday morning, three weeks after they introduced new coach Ben Johnson. Johnson will enter his first season with a staff of 28 assistants, including new coordinators Dennis Allen (defense) and Declan Doyle (offense), whose hirings were announced Jan. 28 along with the retention of special teams coordinator Richard Hightower. Eight members of former coach Matt Eberflus’ staff were retained, including Hightower, tight ends coach Jim Dray, offensive assistant Robbie Picazo, defensive quality control coach Kenny Norton III, offensive quality control coach Zach Cable and director of research and…
Options range from free to fee-based al a carte offerings For most of the past decade, I used a CPA for my tax returns. Last year, I returned to doing it myself on TurboTax. My tax return is relatively complicated, but TurboTax walked me through it and made it pretty easy. And this year was easier than last, because TurboTax already knows a lot about my financial situation. Multiple versions There are multiple versions of TurboTax depending on your tax situation The first decision you need to make is whether to use the online or the desktop version. The online…
Witnesses said they saw three people remove the 60-year-old patient and assault a nurse who tried to stop them. Authorities said that the patient was under a court-ordered conservatorship. Three Orange County residents charged in connection with the alleged abduction of a patient from a Novato health care facility pleaded not guilty on Wednesday. Michael Roberts, 49, of Capo Beach; Laura Boyle, 61, of Mission Viejo, and Paula Burkes, 57, of Mission Viejo are accused of kidnapping the man for financial gain. Related Articles Crime and Public Safety | Man arrested on suspicion of robbing East Bay convenience store at…
If paying your yearly tax bill has become, well, taxing, there’s a new Florida bill that is proposing a study to consider eliminating property taxes. SB 852, proposed by Senator Jonathan Martin, (R) Fort Myers, calls for the Office of Economic and Demographic Research to conduct a study into property taxes and replacing the lost revenue. Martin said the bill would explore replacing the revenue with higher taxes on food, household products and other purchases in the state. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis voiced his support in posts on “X”, formerly known as Twitter, stating: “I agree that taxing land/property is…
In a James Bond shakeup that stirred the film industry, Amazon MGM announced Thursday that the studio has taken the creative reins of the 007 franchise after decades of family control. Longtime Bond custodians Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli said they would be stepping back. Amazon MGM Studios, Wilson and Broccoli formed a new joint venture in which they will co-own James Bond intellectual property rights — but Amazon MGM will have creative control. Financial terms weren’t disclosed. The deal is expected to close sometime this year. “With my 007 career spanning nearly 60 incredible years, I am stepping…
Snowy roads led to hundreds of crashes throughout Virginia and North Carolina, including a series of crashes on an interstate highway involving more than 50 vehicles, as officials continued to ask people Thursday to avoid travel to allow crews to work on the roads. Two separate collisions stopped traffic on Interstate 40 in Orange County, North Carolina, on Wednesday afternoon and the stopped vehicles were struck from behind, including a tractor trailer that hit a passenger vehicle, causing a fatality, according to the North Carolina State Highway Patrol. A total of 53 vehicles were involved in 12 crashes in the…
William Swaim, the man notorious for claiming ownership of submerged lands across Florida, has lost yet another legal battle. In a major ruling, a Florida judge rejected his latest attempt to claim public land, marking yet another courtroom defeat for the developer. Swaim, through his company South Spanish Trail (SST) LLC, had sued major tech firms — including GlobeNet and Caribbean Crossings —demanding over $250 million in damages and the removal of fiber optic cables from the Intracoastal Waterway near Boca Raton. He argued that the submerged lands where the cables run belonged to him rather than the state of Florida.…
Shuttled around Seoul in a prison transport vehicle, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol appeared in two different courts on Thursday, contesting his arrest on rebellion charges in one and fighting an effort to remove him from office in the other. Both cases — one on criminal charges, one an impeachment — are related to his brief imposition of martial law in December. Security was heightened at the Seoul Central District Court as the motorcade transporting Yoon arrived for a preliminary hearing that involved discussions of witnesses, proposed evidence and other preparations for his criminal trial. The court, which scheduled…
Wall Street is retreating from its record as a slide for Walmart weighs on U.S. stock indexes Thursday. The S&P 500 was down 0.6% in morning trading after setting all-time highs in each of the last two days. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 439 points, or 1%, as of 10:30 a.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was 0.7% lower. Walmart helped drive the market lower after falling 6.2%, even though the retailer reported stronger profit for the latest quarter than analysts expected. The Bentonville, Arkansas-based giant gave a forecast for upcoming profit that fell short of analysts’…
New York on Thursday sued some of the country’s biggest distributors of electronic cigarettes, accusing the companies of violating state laws that prohibit the sale of vaping flavors and designs that appeal to children. Attorney General Letitia James announced the lawsuit targeting middlemen that distribute fruit- and candy-flavored e-cigarettes like Puff Bar and Elf Bar to hundreds of convenience stories and gas stations across the state. The approach differs from past litigation by New York and other states, which targeted vaping manufacturers, such as Juul Labs. Widely blamed for sparking the teen vaping trend, Juul has paid more than $1…
A Senate committee voted Thursday to advance Linda McMahon’s nomination to serve as President Donald Trump’s education secretary, bringing her closer to leading an agency the Republican president wants to shut down. The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions voted 12-11 along party lines to send her nomination to be considered by the full Senate. At her confirmation hearing, McMahon said she wants to “reorient” the Education Department. Since his campaign, Trump has called for the department to be abolished, but McMahon acknowledged that only Congress could shut it down completely. “We’d like to make sure that we…
The Senate is set to vote on whether to confirm Kash Patel as FBI director, a decision that could place him atop the nation’s premier federal law enforcement agency despite concerns from Democrats over his qualifications and the prospect that he would do President Donald Trump’s bidding. Here’s the latest: Administration officials to address reporters National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller and National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett will address reporters at the White House on Thursday as part of the press briefing, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced. Leavitt said in a post on X…
He took a dry topic and made it entertaining, capturing the attention of policymakers and influencing the way cities are built. He took a dry topic and made it entertaining, capturing the attention of policymakers and influencing the way cities are built. It increases traffic congestion and pollution, monopolizes public land and makes cities less walkable, he found in “The High Cost of Free Parking.” Donald Shoup, a professor of urban studies whose provocative and occasionally amusing 734-page treatise on the economics of parking sparked reforms in thousands of cities, helping reduce traffic, create green space and make cities more…
Before this smiling boy in his white top was spittin’ tracks and topping the charts, he was just cheesing big for the camera, working on his rhymes in school and bundling up for the winter snow in Detroit, Michigan. No question his popular tunes… Before this smiling boy in his white top was spittin’ tracks and topping the charts, he was just cheesing big for the camera, working on his rhymes in school and bundling up for the winter snow in Detroit, Michigan. No question his popular tunes… Before this smiling boy in his white top was spittin’ tracks and…
Damontas Sabonis has an idea to clam up all the haters of the NBA’s All-Star Game … just go back to East vs. West!! The Sacramento Kings center told TMZ Sports out at LAX on Wednesday that if the backlash to Sunday night’s iteration of the… Damontas Sabonis has an idea to clam up all the haters of the NBA’s All-Star Game … just go back to East vs. West!! The Sacramento Kings center told TMZ Sports out at LAX on Wednesday that if the backlash to Sunday night’s iteration of the… TMZSports.com Damontas Sabonis has an idea to clam…