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The Chicago Cubs have acquired reliever Matt Festa from the Texas Rangers for cash. Festa was 6-1 with a 5.70 ERA over 18 games for Texas and one with the New York Mets last season. The 31-year-old right-hander is 8-3 with a 4.60 ERA in 108 appearances over five seasons with Seattle, New York and Texas. The Rangers designated Festa...

Thousands of Los Angeles residents remain under evacuation orders Thursday even as firefighters make progress in battling wildfires that have devastated entire communities.

President Jimmy Carter is making his journey to his final resting place in Georgia Thursday as the country watches and honors his legacy.

Could it cost drivers more to bring their cars into downtown Chicago? The idea is being weighed after New York rolled out a program at the start of the year.

A Wisconsin woman who at age 12 stabbed her sixth grade classmate nearly to death to please online horror character Slender Man is set to be released from a psychiatric hospital, a judge ordered Thursday.

Two employees with Waukegan’s Public Workers department were electrocuted while trimming trees on Thursday, authorities said.

A large fire broke out at a residential building in Chicago’s Belmont Cragin neighborhood Thursday afternoon, necessitating a large response from firefighters.

Winter storm warnings and watches to the south will bring another round of snow to Illinois, with snow showers beginning overnight and into the Friday morning commute, the NBC 5 Storm Team said.

The fire and smoke in Chicago comes as destructive and deadly wildfires burn in Los Angeles, California, with firefighters battling at least four big blazes amid strong winds as high as 80 miles-per-hour.

Former First Lady Michelle Obama did not attend the state funeral Thursday for former President Jimmy Carter.

The Illinois Department of Transportation has announced plans to soon reopen the Kennedy Expressway express lanes after months of closures due to a years-long construction project.

President Biden, who was the first sitting senator to endorse Jimmy Carter’s 1976 presidential campaign, will eulogize his fellow Democrat 11 days before he leaves office.

A vehicle caught fire on I-90 Thursday morning in the suburbs, sending huge plumes of smoke billowing into the air and closing some lanes during the busy commute.