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Kevin Faux, 24, was convicted in February of assaulting a family member, 23-year-old Ashanti Allen. She was reported missing last week by Texas EquuSearch.
CHICAGO — The city’s police watchdog agency released body-camera and security video Friday shedding new light on the June killing of Officer Krystal Rivera in which she was shot by her police partner in an incident of “friendly fire.” The Police Department has previously described
The $2.5 billion flood bond approved by Harris County voters in 2018 — which has since been encumbered by an 8% inflationary cost increase — immediately presented hurdles for county engineers and flood control staffers since it was created to have a significant funding gap.
Open Streets returns to New York City to commemorate Earth Day. Earth Day is Wednesday, April 22. Here are some free events to celebrate the planet. [ more › ]
CHICAGO — There are over 600 parks in the Park District system, from corner playgrounds to the 18-mile lakefront. Some of these parks will be the location of Earth Day events. Celebrations for the holiday will include special film screenings, a foraging walk, a 5K, park cleanup days and sustainable
WEST LAWN — Tenants impacted by an impending order to vacate Ford City Mall have one week to find a solution that will prevent potential disaster at the dilapidated mall or face immediate closure, a Cook County judge ordered Thursday. Following a heated debate, Cook County Circuit Judge Leonar
O’HARE — About 300 flights per day must be cut from the schedule at Chicago O’Hare International Airport on the busiest days this summer in an effort to reduce flight delays, federal officials announced Thursday. “If you book a ticket, we want you and your family to have the certainty that you
The Roosevelt Island Steam Plant was built in 1939. Some residents said the city wasn't being transparent about the health risks. Others feared a new apartment building. [ more › ]
BEVERLY — Nearly a month after the Archdiocese of Chicago announced Rev. James Donovan would be leaving St. Barnabas Roman Catholic Church after nine years at the helm, parishioners are still shocked by the decision. Donovan announced the archdiocese’s decision during Mass the weekend of March
AVONDALE — After two drivers crashed their cars into his building in four days, Azul Del Sol is on edge. Sol is one of several neighbors who want to see safety measures added to the dangerous intersection of George Street and Western Avenue, where Sol lives and where safety issues have been a point
LINCOLN SQUARE—Chicago’s longest-running documentary film festival, Doc10, returns for its 11th year with an expanded lineup of features, shorts and events, spanning 10 days of screenings and special guests. The festival runs April 24-May 3 at its perennial home, the Davis Theater, 4614 N. Lin
CITYWIDE — Well, they were right about April showers this year. Thursday’s 0.19 inches of rainfall at O’Hare Airport marked the 14th day of measurable rain in Chicago out of the first 16 days of the month. With 5.47 inches of rainfall so far this month, Chicago is 366 percent above the t
On Friday's Show: We’ll check with Houston Public Media reporter Sarah Grunau about efforts and discussion at Harris County Commissioners Court on Thursday to consider similar policies for county law enforcement.
After more than five years of prodding from local residents, elected officials and the MTA, Columbia University will partially pay for accessibility upgrades to the No. 1 line’s towering 125th Street station, THE CITY has learned. The Ivy League school will contribute $33 million for an elevator lin
The demand for child care subsidies soared during the COVID-19 pandemic and remains on the rise. In Harris County, around 30,000 families are on a waitlist to receive state scholarships for child care services through the Texas Workforce Commission, according to a recent University of Houston study.
This comes just days after Attorney General Ken Paxton launched an investigation into the city's policies for how the police department cooperates with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Fifteen home health aides started what they called an indefinite hunger strike on Thursday after the City Council failed to advance a bill banning 24-hour shifts, an issue that has roiled the mostly immigrant women working in the home care industry and the vulnerable patients who rely on their round
Federal agents wait outside a courtroom at New York Federal Plaza Immigration Court in the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building. The governor said she’s expanded her proposal to limit local cooperation with federal immigration authorities. [ more › ]
More than 5,500 miles of ocean separate the salt beds of Pangasinan from the cacao orchards of North Hilo. But Roland Floro Calupe found a way to close the distance. He’s watched seawater flood the clay reservoirs on the northwestern coast of Luzon in the Philippines, where the water evaporates in t
Thousands of revelers who dressed as Santa Claus and other famous characters participate in the annual SantaCon pub crawl in 2025 Federal investigators say organizer Stefan Pildes bilked tens of thousands of people by claiming the proceeds were going to charity. [ more › ]
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