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A boy rides an e-bike in Santa Monica, Calif., Monday, Aug. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
National
15 hours ago
Kids keep getting hurt and killed on e-bikes. Should parents be held responsible?

New Jersey and Illinois are among the states that have enacted statewide regulations recently, and Massachusetts is weighing measures.

Horizontal view of beluga whale diving and jumping while half is underwater deep ocean 3d rendering
IL State News
15 hours ago
Four more belugas arrive at Chicago aquarium from shuttered Canadian theme park

The four whales, named Caspian, Peekachu, Rain and Secord, were the second group of belugas sent to Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium from Marineland, in Ontario near Niagara Falls, after an initial four arrived in July.

FILE - American Airlines passenger planes are parked at Miami International Airport, in Miami on July 17, 2015. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz, File)
IL State News
16 hours ago
2 planes with the same flight number avoid possible disaster thanks to quick-thinking controller

Audio of the incident shortly after midnight Friday shows how he found a solution to ensure the planes that were both called American 2482 maintained proper separation as one plane arrived from Chicago shortly after the other had taken off in Phoenix.

Local
2 days ago
1 dead after head-on crash near Lincoln

The man was taken to Lincoln Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead in the emergency room.

Special Olympics
Local
2 days ago
Special Olympians get some of the Illinois State Fair spotlight with new competition

The first-time event in question will be Saturday at 10:00 a.m. in the Coliseum, and it’s called the “Sunflower Showmanship Competition.”

Local
2 days ago
It’s all about ag at the Illinois State Fair

Farmers’ costs rise. The prices they charge do not.

Local
2 days ago
Convicted ‘repeat human smuggler’ pleads guilty to immigration violation

Aureliano Vazquez-Ontiberos, 43, admitted back in May he re-entered the United States illegally.

Chicago Bears
Sports
2 days ago
Chicago Bears looking at 2 sites for stadium in Indiana and could end up using both

McCaskey acknowledged the “anxiety” of a move to northwest Indiana for the team’s fans.

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