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Jason Heflin is reliving his father's death, three days after President Joe Biden commuted the death sentences of the men responsible.

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A California-based company, Braga Fresh, has issued a voluntary recall of broccoli florets due to concerns of potential ...

High urban and suburban home prices and the availability of remote work had Americans on the move again in 2024, looking for ...

Thirty-one members of the University of Chicago faculty have received distinguished service professorships or named ...

Judge blocks Illinois law banning many semiautomatic weapons ... reached a settlement in a long-running lawsuit with a Chicago mortgage lender over alleged racial discrimination.