Nation and World
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Pritzker signs law that gives benefits to Chicago first responders disabled by COVID
May 10, 2023 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Wednesday signed a law providing full disability benefits to Chicago police officers and firefighters struck by COVID-19 before vacci...
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FDA panel backs over-the-counter birth control pill
May 10, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal health advisers said Wednesday that a decades-old birth control pill should be sold without a prescription, paving the way for a likely U.S. ap...
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Americans likely saw little relief from inflation in April
May 10, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - After steadily declining for nearly a year, consumer price data to be released Wednesday will likely show that U.S. inflation remained stubbornly high ...
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US to limit asylum at Mexico border, open 100 migration hubs
May 10, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden's administration on Thursday will begin denying asylum to migrants who show up at the U.S.-Mexico border without first applying onl...
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Trump appearing at CNN town hall after sex assault verdict
May 10, 2023 1:00 am - Former President Donald Trump will return to CNN's airwaves on Wednesday, joining the network for a two-hour town hall event in early-voting New Hampshire a day after a ...
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Rep. George Santos charged in web of fraud, including stealing from campaign to buy designer clothes
May 10, 2023 1:00 am - CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — U.S. Rep. George Santos, the New York Republican infamous for fabricating key parts of his life story, has been indicted on charges that he em...
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Ban on trans health care for kids heads to Missouri governor
May 10, 2023 1:00 am - JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Transgender minors in Missouri no longer will have access to puberty blockers, hormones or gender-affirming surgery under legislation passed b...
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Trump digs in on election lies, attacks accuser during CNN town hall
May 10, 2023 1:00 am - During a tense CNN town hall Wednesday, former President Donald Trump dug in on his lies about the 2020 election, downplayed the violence on Jan. 6, 2021, and repeatedly...
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1st babies born in Britain using DNA from 3 people
May 10, 2023 1:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Britain's fertility regulator on Wednesday confirmed the births of the U.K.'s first babies created using an experimental technique combining DNA from three...
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4 teens charged in murder of off-duty cop
May 10, 2023 1:00 am - Four teens have been charged with first-degree murder in the killing of Chicago police officer Aréanah Preston, who was fatally shot during what prosecutors say was a st...