Police found an 18-year-old man unresponsive on the street with a gunshot wound to the head just before midnight.

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Consumer prices increased 2.9% in August compared to the same time last year. That’s above the Federal Reserve’s 2% target. Inflation is rising as the job market is weakening. Inflation rose again ...

U.S. Steel will halt production this fall at its Granite City Works mill near St. Louis, but nearly 800 employees will remain on the payroll — at least through mid-2027 — under conditions negotiated ...

A new report from RFK Jr.'s Make America Healthy Again Commission focuses on research, light policy reforms, deregulation, agency restructuring and increased education to fight childhood diseases. Why ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — A homeless encampment on the city’s North Side was dismantled Tuesday morning, following the July announcement of the controversial decision. The move in Legion Park, located at 3103 ...

The Chicago Park District dismantled a homeless encampment in Legion Park, citing unsafe structures and repeated fires. The Chicago Fire Department responded to five fires at the site this year, and ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. job market has gone from healthy to lethargic during President Donald Trump’s first seven months back in the White House, as hiring has collapsed and inflation has started to ...

We discuss the possible deployment of the National Guard to Chicago, a stalled job market, and what the renaming of the Department of Defense might signal. And for more on the possible deployment of ...

The labor market appears to have stalled this summer, according to the significantly weaker than expected jobs report. Employers added just 22,000 new jobs in August and revisions show the economy ...

NEW YORK — U.S. stocks are slipping Friday as Wall Street questions whether the U.S. job market has slowed by just enough to get the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates to help the economy, or by so ...

The U.S. manufacturing industry shed more workers in August despite policies from President Donald Trump’s administration aimed at bolstering the sector. The United States lost 12,000 manufacturing ...