Lisa sat at the kitchen table, scrolling through her phone. Summer had arrived, but something felt off. Emily, her 14-year-old daughter, used to love swimming, but lately, she refused to go. Later, ...

Carl isn’t happy in his job—it’s boring, he doesn’t particularly like his coworkers, and especially his supervisor, who is a micromanager—but he has a pension and a couple of kids that he’d like to ...

More car buyers are finding themselves in a tough spot financially. According to a recent report from Edmunds, more than 26% of new-vehicle trade-ins in the second quarter of 2025 had negative equity ...

Update: Following Theophilus Chin’s proposal for a new generation of Honda’s famed roadster, another digital artist, Luca Serafini, whom you may recall from the Neue Klasse BMW Z4 study we recently ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Whether it is a publicity stunt or a legitimate crackdown on immigration, what does the law say about federal agents randomly stopping people to question them? Some legal experts are ...

Two major pillars of the federal government — the Social Security Administration and the Internal Revenue Service — will soon stop issuing paper checks to the country’s 75 million Social Security ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. The alerts page on Yellowstone National Park’s website Monday afternoon warned that Biscuit Basin ...

Before we blink, it’ll be winter, so get outside this weekend to celebrate National Public Lands Day. Take advantage of special events in the Forest Preserves of Cook County, including night hikes, ...

Some things in cosmology may simply be unknowable. Why is there something rather than nothing? What lies outside the universe? What is inside a black hole? That last one has been niggling at ...

National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett said this Sunday morning about the Trump administration's threat to start permanent layoffs of federal workers if the Senate can't come to an agreement ...

For most owners of hybrids and EVs, a big part of the appeal is their seamless power delivery. No gear hunting, no sudden rev spikes—just smooth, uninterrupted acceleration. But for enthusiasts, part ...