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Chicago teachers to go on strike in district with over 300,000 students
The strike is Chicago’s first major walkout by teachers since 2012 and city officials announced early today that all classes had been canceled for Thursday. Read more
The strike is Chicago’s first major walkout by teachers since 2012 and city officials announced early today that all classes had been canceled for Thursday. Read more
The church said in a statement that the regulatory rule prohibiting Utah psychologists from engaging in LGBTQ conversion therapy with minors would fail to safeguard religious beliefs and doesn’t account for “important realities of gender identity in the development of children.” Read more
The combination of two frightening natural phenomena might bring to mind “Sharknado ,” but stormquakes are real and not dangerous. Read more
The deal was hammered out today but it won’t immediately end the strike by more than 49,000 workers. Read more
Seven members of an extended British family who made an unauthorized crossing into the United States from Canada are being held in federal custody at a Pennsylvania detention center nearly two weeks after their arrest, their lawyer said today. Read more
Photographs taken by a photographer on assignment for The Associated Press show Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman at DeSantis’ election party in Orlando last November. Read more
The U.S. between 1945 and 1992 conducted more than 1,000 nuclear weapons tests, nearly 200 in the atmosphere, mostly in Western states or Pacific islands. Read more
The bell doesn’t ring until 8 a.m. at Lincoln High School, but by then freshman Briana Lopez has been awake for hours. Read more
A Chicago man who gunned down five of his neighbors over the weekend had had angry run-ins with his fellow tenants and left threatening notes on the inside of his door suggesting he was planning an act of violence, authorities said today. Read more
A handful of states are celebrating their first Indigenous Peoples Day today as part of a trend to move away from a day honoring Christopher Columbus. Read more
A woman who poured gasoline on the couch where her sleeping boyfriend laid and then shut the door after seeing him jump up and yell “hot, hot” will spend 60 years in prison for first-degree murder. Read more
A white Fort Worth police officer who shot and killed a black woman through a back window of her home while responding to a call about an open front door was charged with murder tonight after resigning from the force. Read more
A two-car collision sent a Porsche SUV plummeting off an overpass onto train tracks below, where it burst into flames, killing two teenagers and sending a third to a hospital with serious injuries. Read more
Fiona Hill, a former top National Security Council expert on Russia, is testifying to Congress behind closed doors today, the latest former Trump administration official to be subpoenaed as part of the House impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. Read more
Cooler temperatures and higher humidity levels are helping firefighters advance against a California wildfire that scorched San Fernando Valley hills and forced thousands to evacuate from their homes. Read more
A white police officer who killed a black woman inside her own home in Texas didn’t have time to perceive a threat before shooting her, an attorney for the woman’s family said. Read more
Rescue crews today searched for a worker missing in the partial collapse of a New Orleans hotel that was under construction, their work proceeding cautiously amid fears about the stability of the structure, authorities said. Read more
WMUR-TV reports that Hillsborough County Attorney Michael Conlon said a suspect is in custody. Read more
Police say a 2-year-old boy was wounded by gunfire when someone shot into a vehicle in an act of road rage. Read more
News outlets report construction workers ran to safety as the Hard Rock Hotel, which was under construction, came crashing down. Read more
With little fanfare, the SEC is taking steps to revamp one of the government’s most successful whistleblower programs, alarming advocates who warn the changes will set back efforts to police Wall Street and punish corporate fraud. Read more