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The slippers, adorned with sequins and glass beads, were stolen from the Judy Garland Museum in the late actor’s hometown of Grand Rapids, Minnesota, nearly 20 years ago, and their whereabouts remained a mystery until the FBI recovered them in 2018.
Downdetector, an outage tracker, also reported a spike in problems with the McDonald’s app in the last few hours.
Judith Raanan, 59, and her 18-year-old daughter, Natalie, were held for nearly two weeks and became the first hostages released by Hamas following the group’s surprise attack on Israel Oct. 7.
Local creators weigh in on the proposed ban: “I think they just feel like they can’t control the information that we get, and it’s corrupting the youth.”
The bill, passed by a vote of 352-65, now goes to the Senate, where its prospects are unclear.
The charges make John Banuelos the latest of nearly 50 Illinois residents to be accused in the Capitol riot. He also appears to be the first of that group to be ordered into custody as a danger or flight risk.
The graffiti, some of which read ‘Israel Bombs USA Pays’ and ‘Trump 4 Palestine’ was reportedly first seen Sunday and removed late Monday, according to hotel staff.
Amy Gembara’s ex-boyfriend was convicted this week in the 2021 killing of her fiancee. Amy’s father, John Gembara, the late CEO and president of Washington Federal Bank for Savings in Bridgeport, was found dead in 2017, shortly before the bank failed.
The act requires businesses to report owners and beneficial owners to an agency called the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, in an effort to combat money laundering.
Turns out Latin America has its own Irish heritage.
The LATAM Airlines plane landed at Auckland Airport as scheduled and was to continue to Santiago, Chile. Passengers said many people were not wearing seat belts when the aircraft suddenly dropped.
The oldest child of the late Mayor Richard J. Daley and sister of former Mayor Richard M. Daley, Mrs. Martino, 86, died Saturday, according to a death notice.
Though it’s unlikely to pass the current House and Senate, the proposal for the 2025 fiscal year offers a look at what could happen if Biden and enough other Democrats win in November. If it were to become law, deficits could be pruned $3 trillion over a decade. It would raise tax revenues by $4.9 trillion over that period and use roughly $1.9 trillion to fund various programs, with the rest going to deficit reduction.
A Michigan man has been convicted of murder and other charges for killing a Naperville woman and attacking her friend, both of them recent University of Illinois grads, last summer.
A photo of Kate, Princess of Wales, posted Sunday with her children was taken down by the Associated Press and other agencies, fueling speculation and rumors about her whereabouts.
Maiia, Maksym and Ivan, a family from Ukraine, were briefly shown in the documentary “20 Days in Mariupol,” a harrowing depiction of Russia’s invasion. Now, Maiia and Ivan are in the Chicago-area as they recover from a bombing strike, the aftermath of which was shown in the film.
Investigators have contacted some passengers and crew on a Jan. 5 Alaska Airlines flight that lost a door after taking off from Portland. Boeing has acknowledged that it cannot find records for work done on the door panel of the aircraft.
United Airlines says no injuries were reported among the 160 passengers and six crew members.
President Joe Biden fired multiple broadsides at Donald Trump without mentioning his name as he worked to quell voter concerns about his age and job performance while sharpening the contrast with his all-but-certain November rival.
National Guard members will assist in checking bags for weapons. Gov. Kathy Hochul has proposed legislation to ban people from trains for three years if they are convicted of assaulting a subway passenger.