Big Game Bound: Payton’s championship picks
WGN’s Jarrett Payton picks straight-up winners every week on “Big Game Bound”. BGB host Chris Hagan and the “Son of Sweetness ...
Mistrial declared after jury deadlocks in resisting arrest case
A Kern County jury deadlocked in the case of a man accused of ignoring deputies’ commands and refusing to walk to a patrol ...
Australian Open: Did the Happy Slam become the Angry Slam? Or is tennis just changing?
Things are somewhat out of control at the Australian Open this year, and that’s got only a little to do with the results on ...
With Trump pivot back to pro-oil and gas policies, one renewable energy finds favor
As promised, President Donald Trump began reversing the country’s energy policies his first day in office with a spate of ...
Costco stands by its DEI policies as other companies scale back
Costco is pushing back on a shareholder proposal that urges the wholesale club operator to conduct an evaluation of any ...
Southern cities get creative to clear leftover snow and ice after rare winter storm
Days after a winter storm dropped ice and record-breaking snow, cleanup efforts were underway Thursday in several major Southern cities such as New Orleans, where crews were ...
North Macedonia court frees 4 convicted over 2017 parliament attack
Four former officials from North Macedonia’s conservative VMRO-DPMNE party were released on Thursday after their convictions for organizing a violent attack on parliament ...
Disneyland may remove longtime Haunted Mansion element, Imagineer says
The creative team at Disneyland has considered removing one of the Haunted Mansion’s many “frightful delights,” according to an Imagineer.
Alabama man charged with 11 homicides — including two mass shootings — pleads not guilty
An Alabama man charged with homicide in two separate mass shootings pleaded not guilty in state court on Wednesday. Damien McDaniel, 22, is accused of killing 11 people between July and September ...
Experts worry that Trump’s Jan. 6 pardons will legitimize political violence, embolden extremists
After President Donald Trump pardoned around 1,500 Jan. 6 Capitol rioters on Monday, far-right activists cheered the move and said it strengthened their loyalty to him. Some also ...
Books by Percival Everett and the late Alexei Navalny are among finalists for critics circle prizes
Percival Everett’s “James,” a posthumous memoir by Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and Adam Higginbotham’s acclaimed work about the Challenger disaster are ...
Panic spreads in eastern Congo’s largest city as rebels battling the army close in around Goma
Panic spread in Goma on Thursday, with M23 rebels steadily inching closer to the city in eastern Congo as they battle the Congolese army. Bombs were heard going off in the ...