The question of “what do I wear to work?” has never been this hard to answer. The pandemic made it normal to wear pajamas and sweats while working from home, and casual dress followed workers as they returned to offices over the years. Naturally, corners of the internet have since lit up in debate over … Read more
Multiple vehicles have crashed in the parking lot of a suburban Home Depot, with one striking the building and the other striking propane tanks outside. NBC’s Sky 5 helicopter was over the scene in suburban Niles where the vehicles crashed in the 900 block of Civic Center Drive on Monday afternoon. An SUV crashed into … Read more
An investigation is underway in Lauderhill Sunday morning after a man was fatally shot during a confrontation, police said. According to Lauderhill Police, the shooting happened at 3881 NW 7th Street following the confrontation between the victim and a person who called 911. The caller told police he did not know the victim. As the … Read more
Martha Gutierrez DeRomero told authorities she stopped her Chevy van, en route to a swap meet, among groves of fruit trees just outside Madera in Central California to adjust her merchandise when the men appeared. The 57-year-old had been traveling the morning of May 23 near the intersection of Avenue 21 and Road 26, a … Read more
A split Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear a challenge to a state ban on assault weapons, semiautomatic rifles that are popular among gun owners and that have also been used in multiple mass shootings. The majority did not explain its reasoning in turning down the case, as is typical. But three conservative justices … Read more
Summer teen violence feels like déjà vu for many in Chicago, including St. Sabina parish member Tiffani Ricks-Cooper. Early Saturday morning, she stood on the parish steps protecting the building after shots rang out from a drive-by shooting during after-prom party at a nearby home that overflowed into the church parking lot. “I don’t want … Read more
Wayfarers Chapel, the historic Rancho Palos Verdes sanctuary shuttered because of landslides, may have found more stable ground. Chapel leaders say they have found a location about a mile west of the old site, where rapid land movement has threatened hundreds of homes. Afraid conditions would only worsen, leaders announced in May 2024 their plans … Read more
We share the best things to do every weekend in The Weekend Scene newsletter – it’s completely free to subscribe! Welcome to Pride Month! This June, the celebrations of the LGBTQIA+ community in the D.C. area are expected to be extra large as the capital hosts WorldPride. WorldPride’s biggest events – including the parade and … Read more
Construction officially began Monday on a 60-mile transmission pipeline that will bring Lake Michigan water to a half-dozen suburban communities. The water will be channeled from Chicago to Crest Hill, Joliet, Channahon, Minooka, Romeoville and Shorewood, suburban communities that make up the “Grand Prairie Water Commission” (GPWC). The GPWC formed after the Illinois State Water … Read more
2025’s hurricane season is already unprecedented. Never have we faced the combustible mix of a lack of meteorological data and the less accurate forecasts that follow, with an elevated propensity for the rapidly intensifying hurricanes of the manmade climate change era. Am I worried? You bet I am! And so are hundreds of other scientists, … Read more