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By MICHAEL SISAK and MATT ROURKE PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A medical transport jet crashed in Philadelphia on Friday about 30 seconds after taking off, setting homes ablaze, strewing debris and rattling residents after the second air disaster in as many …

If you don’t think Deion Sanders should be able to guide his son Shedeur’s draft process, then you don’t know Jack. Or Archie. In 1983, Jack Elway advised John to refuse to play for the Baltimore Colts, owners of the …

Despite the state’s inability to phase out coal and natural gas as major energy suppliers, Springfield lawmakers are looking for new ways to decrease the impact of fossil fuels on Illinois, this time through pensions. State Sen. Adriane Johnson, D-Buffalo …

It’s part of who we are. The White House executive order theoretically ending birthright citizenship grandly proclaims its purpose as “Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship.” As we’ve come to expect from this administration, the proposed change to …

‘‘The worst sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them but to be indifferent to them; that’s the essence of inhumanity.’’ — George Bernard Shaw He used to be one of ours. Even when he wasn’t one of …

Ask Ken “Hawk” Harrelson how he’ll want to be remembered, and he does not hesitate. “As the biggest homer in the history of broadcasting,” Harrelson told the Sun-Times. Harrelson, who was inducted into the Hall of Fame as a Ford …

More than a decade after his wife was stabbed to death only hours after their wedding, authorities in Mexico have arrested a Chicago man in connection with the 2012 slaying in south suburban Burbank. Arnoldo Jimenez, 42, was last seen …

The Golden State Warriors are pursuing the Chicago Bulls pair of former two-time All-Stars Zach LaVine and Nikola Vučević, Clutchpoints’ Brett Siegel reported on Friday, Jan. 31. “The Bulls and Warriors have held significant trade conversations through the weeks, sources said, …

The Golden State Warriors‘ phone lines are busy with one week left before the Feb. 6 trade deadline as they search for roster upgrades with Stephen Curry‘s 16th season hanging in the balance. According to Clutchpoint’s Brett Siegel, Golden State …

Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor. Who is DEI hire Trumpblames for crash? Donald Trump’s latest effort to place the blame on the Biden administration’s DEI program was again without factual …

Bay Area Home Report 762 Homeward Place – Google Street View A spacious house located in the 700 block of Homeward Place in San Jose has new owners. The 2,563-square-foot property, built in 2001, was sold on Jan. 2, 2025. …

SAN JOSE – The San Jose Sharks didn’t want to skate and work in a dreadful performance against the Seattle Kraken, so coach Ryan Warsofsky made sure the players skated and worked Friday afternoon. Related Articles San Jose Sharks | …

Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor. Johnson should notcondition fire relief Re: “Fire response could make or break several political careers” (Page A6, Jan. 29). The horrendous Los Angeles fires have …

World Wrestling Entertainment’s road to WrestleMania kicks off in Indianapolis. The WWE’s annual Royal Rumble event takes place at Lucas Oil Stadium on Saturday, laying the groundwork for the company’s biggest show of the year on April 19 and 20: …

American Airlines Flight 5342 hit an Army helicopter near Washington D.C.’s Reagan National Wednesday night, sending the two aircraft into the Potomac River and killing all 67 aboard in the deadliest U.S. air crash in more than two decades. The …

To settle a conservative group’s discrimination lawsuit, McDonald’s said it will no longer require Hispanic heritage for students who apply to its decades-old Hispanic college scholarship program. American Alliance for Equal Rights filed a lawsuit in January in the U.S. …

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters This story has been updated to include reactions to NAEP scores. It also clarifies what increases and decreases are considered statistically significant. Illinois fourth grade students’ …

A Pullman man has been charged with murder in the shooting deaths of two Chicago Public Schools students a year ago in the Loop. Tommie Coleman, 22, was arrested Wednesday and is accused of being one of the people who …

Two undocumented migrants — one wearing a GPS monitoring device — killed a 63-year-old Northwest Side man during a robbery after he met them on a dating app, police sources said Friday. One of the suspects was wearing an Immigration …