Water surged through parts of Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport and a resident’s basement apartment flooded as Chicago saw more than half its average April rainfall in a single day Tuesday. A flood watch remains in place through Wednesday.
Close to 43,000 people died in a traffic crash in 2021, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. That's up from about 39,000 deaths in 2020.
Guns have been the leading cause of death for kids and teenagers in the US since 2020. In 2021, guns accounted for nearly 19% of childhood deaths, roughly 3,600 kids died in gun-related incidents that year. According to KFF, firearms are not within the top four causes of childhood deaths in …
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Joe Biden, the 46th president of the United States, was born on Nov. 20, 1942. Here's a look back at his life and career.
- Lynn Schmidt, P-D columnist and editorial board member
In her latest What keeps you up at night? podcast, columnist Lynn Schmidt shares her concerns over Project 2025 and the current state of America's politics.
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Former President Jimmy Carter and first lady Rosalynn Carter married July 7, 1946 in Plains, Georgia. Here are some photos of the former first couple through the years.
The embers had barely cooled before Black Tulsans began rebuilding Greenwood Avenue.
A look at what’s next for mifepristone, the first abortion-related case the court has taken since a majority of the current justices struck down the constitutional right to abortion in 2022.
The 80th annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally is happening right now. Thousands of people have flocked to the small South Dakota town despite the coronavirus pandemic.
Harlan Cohen, a bestselling author and journalist who has visited over 500 high school and college campuses, talks about how to help teens and young adults cope with rejection.
Here are some of the notable people celebrating birthdays today, including Damien Chazelle, Dolly Parton, Logan Lerman, Shaunette Renee Wilson, Taylor Bennett, Tippi Hedren and more.
In 1953, CBS-TV aired the widely watched episode of “I Love Lucy” in which Lucy Ricardo, played by Lucille Ball, gave birth to Little Ricky. (By coincidence, Ball gave birth the same day to her son, Desi Arnaz Jr.)
In 1974, UCLA’s 88-game winning streak is snapped when Notre Dame overcomes an 11-point deficit in the final 3:32 to win 71-70. See more sports moments from this date.
As Congress prepared to affirm President-elect Joe Biden's victory, thousands of people gathered to show their support for President Donald Trump and his claims of election fraud.
The initial collection of around 40 documents made public largely contained material previously released or exhaustively covered in nearly two decades’ worth of newspaper stories, TV documentaries, interviews and books about the Epstein scandal. Still, the records — which included transcript…
Charlie Sheen attacked by neighbor who forced her way into his home: authorities
SEATTLE — Issuing his annual predictions for the year to come on Tuesday, Bill Gates said 2024 will be a “turning point.” Gates, the billionaire co-founder of Microsoft, said in the 10-page letter that he expects to see more innovations in artificial intelligence, a breakthrough in infant malnutrition, advances in climate change talks and defining elections around the world. Ahead of 2023, ...
In 1991, Desmond Howard wins the Heisman Trophy by the second-biggest margin in history. See more sports moments from this date:
On the cusp of the COP28 climate talks, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres visited frozen-but-rapidly melting Antarctica on Thursday and said intense action must be taken at the conference where countries will address their commitments to lowering emissions of planet-warming gases.
When Israeli warplanes swooped over the Gaza Strip following the deadly October 7 attack by Hamas militants on southern Israel, Palestinians say a different kind of war took hold in the occupied West Bank. Overnight, much of the Palestinian territory was closed off. Towns were raided, curfew…
Divers descending into azure waters far off the Texas coast dip below a horizon dotted with oil and gas platforms into an otherworldly landscape of undersea mountains crusted with yellow, orange and pink coral as far as the eye can see. Some of the world's healthiest coral reefs can be found…
For years, Geoffrey Holt was known as a mobile home park groundskeeper in a small New Hampshire town. Now, he's being remembered as a millionaire who gave his fortune to the community. Holt died in June at age 82. His 4,200 fellow residents in the town of Hinsdale recently learned he left ne…
For Kylie Ossege (OH’-sayj), the 19-year-old college student who’s survived two deadly mass school shootings in Michigan — one as a senior at Oxford High School in 2021 and another 14 months later as a freshman at Michigan State University — Blaze stands as a source of comfort in a world oth…
This year's Capitol Christmas Tree on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol honors Native Americans. Each year the tree comes from a national forest. This year's tree came from from the Monongahela National Forest in West Virginia. The tree has been named “wa’feem’tekwi” by the Shawnee Tribe and…
Imam Ismail Ayyash from the Masjid al-Eiman on Connecticut Street talks about the effect of Middle East tension on the Muslim community in Buffalo.
President Joe Biden — perhaps the nation's biggest Amtrak fan — is promoting new federal investments for trains on the heavily trafficked Northeast Corridor. The Democratic president traveled to Bear, Delaware, where he announced more than $16 billion in new funding that is going toward 25 p…
A series of court challenges seek to upend longstanding real estate industry practices that determine the commissions agents receive on the sale of a home — and who foots the bill. A federal jury in one of those cases on Tuesday ordered the National Association of Realtors along with some of…
Every October thrill seekers flock to haunted houses looking for a good scare. Putting together all the scary faces, thrilling set pieces, and creepy characters takes a team of dedicated artists who work to craft these truly terrifying experiences. Take a behind the scenes look at how haunte…