The future of the federal government’s footprint in Chicago is uncertain as the Trump administration embarks on a plan to shed up to half of all government office space across the nation, while also shrinking the federal workforce. The federal government owns 19 properties in Chicago, including the John C. Kluczynski Federal Building and the 28-story Ralph H. Metcalfe Federal Building. It also leases more than 2 million square feet of space throughout the entire metro area, including a 439,000-square-foot complex at 2111 W. Roosevelt Road, which has served as the regional headquarters of the Federal Bureau of Investigation since…
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Emily Russell remembers feeling hopeful after she managed to get an appointment with the Federal Emergency Management Agency not long after Hurricane Helene ripped though her home in Swannanoa, North Carolina. But after several assistance requests were denied or left pending, Russell says the agency has been of “no help” to her family after the late September storm. Still reeling in a world turned upside-down by the most damaging storm in state history, she finds herself open to President Donald Trump’s suggestion about “getting rid of” FEMA. That is a common sentiment in the mountains of western North Carolina, where…
Long before Silicon Valley billionaires purchased tracts of Solano County land to build a tech utopia, a group of Bay Area environmentalists proposed one of their own: An “ecovillage” to serve as a model for sustainable communities worldwide. Students work in the pottery workshop amphitheatre at Arcosanti in Cordes Junction, Ariz., on Wednesday March 22, 1995. Arcosanti is an urban laboratory created by Paolo Soleri in 1970 and is still only 3 percent complete. (AP Photo/Scott Troyanos) Long before Silicon Valley billionaires purchased tracts of Solano County land to build a tech utopia, a group of Bay Area environmentalists proposed…
A Turkish opposition party delegation arrived in Iraq’s semiautonomous Kurdish region Sunday against the backdrop of peace efforts between Ankara and a banned Kurdish separatist movement in Turkey. The delegation led by Sirri Sureyya Onder and Pervin Buldan, two senior officials with the pro-Kurdish People’s Equality and Democracy Party, or DEM, in Turkey, met with Masoud Barzani, the head of the Kurdistan Democratic Party — the dominant Kurdish party in Iraq — in Irbil Sunday. Barzani’s office said in a statement that they discussed “the peace process in Turkey” and that the Turkish delegation conveyed a message from Abdullah Ocalan,…
GLENDALE, Ariz. — Earning back the trust of Chicago White Sox fans won’t be easy after last year’s record-setting 121-loss season. The evidence is everywhere. SoxFest was downsized to a South Side theater, and the Sox still couldn’t fill that small venue. Fans booed when director of player personnel Gene Watson told them the front office would one day be recognized as “the best” in baseball, knowing it was way too soon to boast. Chicago Sports Network, the new TV network Chairman Jerry Reinsdorf co-owns, remains without a deal with Comcast, potentially depriving tens of thousands of Sox fans from…
Former VP appears to have a glide path to the governor’s office, as Newsom blocks a liberal immigration bill From left, LA County Assistant Fire Chief Drew Smith, former Vice President Kamala Harris and LA County Supervisor Lindsey Horvath tour the Palisades burn area in Pacific Palisades on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Press-Telegram/SCNG) Kamala Harris The former VP is heading for an apparent coronation if she runs for governor in 2026, leading 57% to 9% over her closest rival, former Rep. Katie Porter, D-Irvine, in an Emerson poll of Democrats out Thursday. Mike Gipson Democratic…
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Maybe you’re new to the sport, have a casual interest or are just coming around to the edge-of-your-seat wrecks, the thrilling finishes and the stars that make up the Daytona 500 field. Daytona Beach became the unofficial “birthplace of speed” in 1903 when two men argued over who had the fastest horseless carriage and decided to settle things in a race on the white, hardpacked sand along the Atlantic Ocean. Since then, the region has become a motorsports mecca, and the first Daytona 500 was held Feb. 22, 1959, in front of a crowd of more…
Exhibit explores home life via evolution of household tools. Cupertino Historical Society board member Gail Fretwell-Hugger, left, and Cupertino Historical Society and Museum Executive Director Manuel Valerio, second from right, pose with collections assistants Jana Kilpatrick, second from left, and Alecia Thomas at the Feb. 7 opening of “Gadgets Galore!” The exhibit, which runs through March 21, explores home life via evolution of household tools. The treading sewing machine displayed at left belonged to Fretwell-Hugger’s grandmother, Posey Fretwell. (Courtesy photo) Gadgets Galore Related Articles Local News | San Jose hoping for a picture-perfect Valentine’s Day Local News | 7 terrific…
Residents in the German town of Geretsried have long wanted to run their buildings with clean heat and electricity from geothermal energy instead of fossil fuels. Their hopes were dashed about 15 years ago when a drilling company couldn’t find enough hot water close to the surface to be profitable using traditional geothermal technology. That basically left them with natural gas. “We gave up. We had big hopes,” recalled First Mayor of Geretsried Michael Müller, who was raised in the town. Today the next generation of geothermal companies is trying to succeed where previous efforts failed. They don’t rely on…
Cheap value stocks could outperform their more expensive growth counterparts going forward, the bank found.Cheap value stocks could outperform their more expensive growth counterparts going forward, the bank found. The time has come to invest in cheap stocks for outperformance, according to Bank of America. Over history, cheap stocks have generally tended to beat their more expensive counterparts, Bank of America’s head of U.S. equity and quantitative strategy Savita Subramanian said in a recent note. She added that since 1986, the bank’s low forward price-to-earnings factor has beaten its high price-to-earnings factor by 4.6 percentage points each year. However, ahead of…
As Pope Francis continued to show “some” improvement in his lab tests, the pontiff remained hospitalized with a respiratory tract infection on Sunday, the Vatican said.
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TipRanks’ analyst ranking service reveals three stocks favored by Wall Street, including Pinterest and Amazon.TipRanks’ analyst ranking service reveals three stocks favored by Wall Street, including Pinterest and Amazon. In this article MNDY PINS AMZN Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Dado Ruvic | Reuters Inflation worries, tariffs under the Trump administration and earnings season could continue to keep the stock market volatile and rattle investor sentiment. Investors looking for attractive stock picks should focus on the ability of a company to navigate ongoing uncertainties and deliver strong returns over the long term. To this end, recommendations of top Wall Street analysts…
U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Ukraine and Russia Keith Kellogg said Saturday that peace plan for the two warring nations could come within days or weeks.U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Ukraine and Russia Keith Kellogg said Saturday that peace plan for the two warring nations could come within days or weeks. U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Ukraine and Russia Keith Kellogg speaks at Victor Pinchuk Foundation U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Ukraine and Russia Keith Kellogg said Saturday that a peace plan for the two warring nations could come within days or weeks. “I’m on Trump time,” Kellogg told delegates…
As electric car giant BYD gets serious about advanced driver-assistance systems, analysts expect its suppliers can benefit.As electric car giant BYD gets serious about advanced driver-assistance systems, analysts expect its suppliers can benefit. As electric car giant BYD gets serious about driver-assistance systems, analysts expect its suppliers can benefit. Shares of the Hong Kong-listed automaker hit a record high in the past week after the company launched a driver-assistance system for a range of its cars, including one of its low-cost models priced below 70,000 yuan (roughly $9,600). BYD also said it’s integrating DeepSeek’s artificial intelligence capabilities. Companies that sell parts…
States in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast were heavily betting on offshore wind to meet their future power needs.States in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast were heavily betting on offshore wind to meet their future power needs. A view of the turbines at Orsted’s offshore wind farm near Nysted, Denmark, September 4, 2023. Tom Little | Reuters President Donald Trump promised to unleash U.S. energy dominance, but his sweeping executive order targeting wind power puts a pipeline of projects at risk that would generate enough electricity for millions of American homes. The order Trump issued on his first day in office indefinitely…
U.S. President Donald Trump’s hopes of securing 50% ownership rights to Ukraine’s rare earth minerals hit a wall Saturday after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy rejected the bid as too focused on U.S. interests.U.S. President Donald Trump’s hopes of securing 50% ownership rights to Ukraine’s rare earth minerals hit a wall Saturday after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy rejected the bid as too focused on U.S. interests. U.S. President Donald Trump speaks, as he signs an executive order in the Oval Office, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S. Feb. 14, 2025. Nathan Howard | Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump’s hopes of securing…
President Donald Trump’s administration has disbanded an FBI task force focused on investigating foreign influence campaigns and placed on leave several election security employees at the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency
President Donald Trump’s suggestion about “getting rid of” the nation’s disaster relief agency doesn’t sound like a bad idea for some residents of western North Carolina who are still navigating the long recovery process from Hurricane Helene