A former warehouse assistant for the Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia has pleaded guilty to transporting millions of dollars' worth of stolen Masters tournament memorabilia and historic items, including one of Arnold Palmer’s green jackets
A crowd of students protesting the war in Gaza have walked out of the University of Chicago’s commencement
The nation’s third-largest city is preparing for its first school board elections and the slate of potential candidates includes progressive activists, an afterschool squash program leader and a Grammy-winning rapper
Chicago Police Superintendent Larry Snelling is touting the nation's second-largest police department as fully prepared for protests ahead of the Democratic National Convention, including on a new mass arrest policy
The head of the U.S. Secret Service says security plans for the Republican National Convention are still being determined as protesters blasted restrictions they claimed will violate free speech with just weeks until the event
Dozens of chefs and restaurants are finalists for this year's prestigious James Beard Awards
A Palestinian chef using ancient cooking techniques, a Senegalese restaurant in New Orleans and an upscale Thai restaurant in Oregon have won coveted James Beard Awards
The man accused of opening fire at an Independence Day parade in suburban Chicago in 2022 has rejected a deal requiring him to plead guilty to seven charges of murder in the attack
Suburban Chicago mom Keely Roberts counts the days, not years, since a deadly shooting at an Independence Day parade in 2022 injured her and left one of her twin boys paralyzed from the waist down
A shooting at a block party in Detroit left two people dead and more than a dozen wounded, capping a violent holiday weekend in the U.S. that also saw mass shootings in Kentucky and Chicago
Protests around the Republican National Convention in downtown Milwaukee have been peaceful and without any major problems
Security planners for the Republican National Convention have had to contend with the winding river that snakes through downtown Milwaukee and near the Fiserv Center convention site
Nearly 200 men and women are alleging they were sexually abused as children while at a Chicago youth detention facility
Chicago Police Superintendent Larry Snelling says outside police agencies that’ll help secure the Democratic National Convention in Chicago next month won’t be posted in city neighborhoods
A son of notorious drug kingpin “El Chapo” has pleaded not guilty to drug trafficking and other charges in a Chicago courtroom days after an astonishing capture in the U.S. Joaquín Guzmán López was dressed in an orange jumpsuit and shackled at the feet Tuesday as federal prosecutors detailed a five-count indictment including drug trafficking and weapons charges
As the American city that has hosted more political conventions than any other, Chicago has pretty much seen it all
Thousands of activists are expected to converge in Chicago for the Democratic National Convention, hoping to call attention to abortion rights, economic justice and the war in Gaza
Dozens of protesters broke through a security fence near the site of the Democratic National Convention on its opening day as thousands took to the streets to voice their opposition to the war in Gaza
Multiple pro-Palestinian demonstrators were arrested after clashing with police during a protest that began outside the Israeli consulate and spilled out onto the surrounding streets on the second night of the Democratic National Convention
More than 2,000 pro-Palestinian protesters rallied just a half mile from a neighboring park where pro-Israel demonstrators gathered
As attendees filtered out of the Democratic National Convention on its final night, they were met with the chants of pro-Palestinian protesters calling for the party to do more to end the war in Gaza
As far as Chicago’s storied protests go, the numbers outside the Democratic National Convention were unremarkable
As a heat wave stretched into a second day this week, residents in more than half a dozen states are looking for ways to beat the heat amid hot soupy temperatures approaching triple digits
Officials say a man suspected of killing four people aboard a Chicago-area transit train shot them at close range while they were asleep
A 30-year-old charged with killing four people aboard a Chicago-area transit train must remain in custody until trial
'The work don't stop': Minister shot in carjacking returns to referee youth basketball
"Patches," the pup thrown out like trash, recovering in Birmingham
Jewish protesters flood Trump Tower lobby to demand the Columbia University activist's release
Iran summons UK, France, Germany over UN closed-door meeting
No reasons for cutting Polish interest rates now, central bank chief says
IRS swaps its chief counsel for a lawyer friendly with DOGE, AP sources say
Average US rate on a 30-year mortgage edges higher, ending a seven-week slide
Tampa Bay Rays withdraw from planned $1.3 billion ballpark in St. Petersburg, citing storms, delays
Mason Rudolph is reuniting with Pittsburgh Steelers on a 2-year deal, AP source says
