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CHICAGO — Above the door of the church in the last blocks of Chicago, the Virgin Mary still stands with her arms wide open.

The double doors beneath the statue’s feet are shut, but a disintegrating wooden side door ...Read more

CHICAGO — Melanie Snow and her husband talk about the weather like it’s gossip.

Every day, they read National Weather Service discussions — technical documents from the agency where meteorologists explain the ...Read more

In December, astronomers identified that the asteroid YR4 had a small but not insignificant chance of striking Earth in 2032, a scenario that experts postulated could have more explosive potential than 500 Hiroshima ...Read more

For help, call 1-888-373-7888 or text *233733 for the 24/7 National Human Trafficking Hotline, a national, toll-free hotline.

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States are moving to strengthen protections against human trafficking, but some advocates...Read more

Suzanne Vega was told by police to pull out of headlining Glastonbury after receiving death threats.

The 'Luka' hitmaker was due to be the first female to top the bill at the annual music festival back in 1989 but her ...Read more

Shakira's 'Hips Don't Lie' almost never made it onto her album.

The 48-year-old singer had completed work on her 2005 record 'Oral Fixation, Vol. 2' but she then got into the studio with Wylcef Jean and knew instantly ...Read more

Tom Hardy is "falling to bits".

The 47-year-old actor admitted his physical health isn't what it used to be and he's resigned to the fact he wouldn't make a full recovery from his various ailments.

He told the new issue ...Read more

Josh Hartnett wanted to "prove something" to himself by doing his own stunts in 'Fight or Flight'.

The 46-year-old actor plays down-and-out former Secret Service agent Lucas Reyes in director James Madigan's film and Josh...Read more

Tom Cruise found it "very special" to have Val Kilmer return for 'Top Gun: Maverick'.

The 62-year-old actor reprised his 1986 role of Captain Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell for the 2022 sequel and found it "beautiful" that his ...Read more

Dame Helen Mirren would love to release a poetry album.

The 79-year-old actress has won an Oscar, a Tony and several Emmys during her storied career and revealed that she would be open to reciting song lyrics in poetry ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — In the summer of 1973, the war was still raging in Vietnam, the Watergate scandal was unfolding in Washington, and protests roiled college campuses nationwide. But at leafy Villanova University just ...Read more

Keir Starmer’s double victory in securing trade deals with India and the U.S. this week still isn’t enough to pacify restive lawmakers in the U.K.’s governing Labour Party.

Last week, the British premier faced a ...Read more

Senior U.S. and Chinese negotiators spent hours behind closed doors in Switzerland on Saturday as they held high-stakes talks that offer the clearest opportunity yet for the two countries to de-escalate their trade war, ...Read more

Russian President Vladimir Putin offered to hold direct talks with Ukraine in Istanbul on May 15, saying he didn’t rule out reaching an agreement on a ceasefire in the war.

“We’re in the mood for serious talks with ...Read more

BOSTON — The governor is being called out for the “appalling” case of an illegal immigrant child rapist found at a Cape Cod home day care.

It’s a startling arrest, Gov. Maura Healey’s administration argued ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — On the Saturday morning after Thanksgiving in 2022, a panga piloted by two cousins from Baja California capsized as it approached the shoreline off Imperial Beach. The cousins and five of the undocumented ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A man was walking along a rocky, picturesque shoreline of Trinidad Head, located about 25 miles north of Eureka, when he spotted something unusual and unnerving.

The unidentified man's discovery in ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday directing the Department of Veterans Affairs to create a center for homeless veterans on its West Los Angeles campus.

The order set a goal of housing...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — New legislation meant to protect elected officials and their families from harassment worries government watchdogs who say it would also prevent voters from knowing if their lawmakers live in their ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — As Philadelphians and Catholics rejoiced at the announcement of the new pope, with his ties to Villanova University, among local Filipinos, there was some disappointment.

The election of Pope Leo XIV ...Read more