3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (1102+ words) The announcement came during the U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s visit to Colombia, Ecuador and Peru where he is focused the U.S. strategy to combat drug trafficking in Latin America. The label was once reserved for groups like the Islamic…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (729+ words) Morgan, who was still working on new books and poems, died Saturday in New York after suffering a series of health problems in recent weeks, said her son, Blake Morgan. Her death came just days after that of her close…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (696+ words) “Success does not cause inflation. Stupidity causes inflation,” Trump vented in the Oval Office, as he declared it “crazy” that the stock markets fell Friday on inflation concerns. As the promised growth has yet to materialize, the president has lost…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (445+ words) (NEXSTAR) – Health officials in North Carolina have confirmed that a teen infected with Naegleria fowleri, also known as a brain-eating amoeba, has died. The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) had first shared news of the infection…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (483+ words) FDA officials gave expedited approval to the first-of-a-kind pill, called daraxonrasib, which blocks a mutated protein that fuels tumor growth in more than 90% of pancreatic cancer cases. It’s an approach that previously eluded drugmakers for decades. The daily pills will…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (69+ words) FBI reports national crime numbers are down WGN Radio 720 Karen Conti, Chicago trial attorney, joins Bob Sirott to talk about the most recent U.S. crime numbers and if there is enough evidence for the jury to acquit Lindsay Clancy of murder....

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (513+ words) This image taken from video shows a charred neighborhood following wildfires Saturday, Aug. 22, 2026, in Reno, Nevada. (Tim Walton via AP) The out-of-control fire has already burned some homes, but there’s concern that shifting winds could push the flames into newly…...

3+ week, 13+ hour ago   (183+ words) WGN Radio 720 Steve King and Johnnie Putman re-join live after the White Sox broadcast in the WGN Skyline Studios for a slightly abridged version of Saturday night's show They're joined by the usual suspects (Ron, Bob, and Jonathan) for a…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (360+ words) SALEM, Ill. – For 55 years, a southern Illinois gravesite held a mystery: the identity of an unidentified victim of a deadly 1971 train derailment. Now, the mystery has been solved. In 1971, an Amtrak train traveling from Chicago to New Orleans derailed near Salem,…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (774+ words) Bessent said Thursday on CNBC that the bond repurchase program could be larger than $4 billion. “We have a big toolkit so we’ll see,” Bessent said. “We believe that the yields don’t reflect the underlying fundamentals.” Rising bond yields push up…...