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Challenging the federal indictment stemming from his attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, former President Donald Trump argued that former presidents can be prosecuted for "official acts" only if they are first impeached by the House and convicted by the Senate based on the same conduct. While rejecting that claim last week, the U.S. Supreme Court left open the possibility that former presidents cannot be prosecuted even then.

Susan Duncan never met a child she couldn’t teach.

In 1961, she went to teach a Bible-study class to a group of 9-year-old children but discovered that none of them could read, her son Arne Duncan said.

That year she opened Sue Duncan Children’s Center, an after-school program to teach under-served kids on the South Side.

She and her husband, the late Starkey Duncan Jr., a professor of psychology at the University of Chicago, raised three eventual educators themselves.

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How dare writer David Cherry give some Black voters a pass to "stay home" this coming presidential election because some are angry and frustrated over their working-class condition (Fewer Black voters will turn out for Biden in November. Here’s why) .

Common sense. We all know what it means, but common as it is, definitions and ideas of it have changed over centuries.

DEAR ABBY: I was watching a police video on the internet, and I spotted the woman who lives in the apartment next door. I know it's her because of the prominent tattoo on her chest. She was being arrested for drunk and disorderly conduct.

The Chicago Transit Authority last year said it would spend $2 million to install new L station gates that would make it harder for fare jumpers to board trains without paying.

It could be true that eight Chicago police officers didn't know the Oath Keepers were a far-right anti-government militia when they joined the group.

A woman is suing the B.C. government and the head of the provincial victim assistance program, claiming they failed to protect sensitive files detailing alleged physical and sexual abuse she suffered at the hands of her husband.

I just made my annual summer pilgrimage to the Abita Mystery House in Abita Springs, Louisiana, the ultimate palace of wacky DIY creations and impossible creatures. The last time I was here (July 2023) I got to meet owner, artist, and happy mutant John Preble, who had just put the finishing touches on the "Worst Day of Your Life" machine that his friend Jordan had constructed. — Read the rest

Big video game makers like Epic Games and EA have gone through substantial layoffs in the past year. Amid the turmoil, many indie studios are getting shut down completely, threatening a dearth of new ideas.

Female pop stars have been throwing new personas at the wall: Eight years after her iconic CMAs performance, Beyoncé made a hard, star-spangled turn to country. Ariana Grande traded in her usual R&B bangers for an Imogen Heap-inspired album. Dua Lipa left the dance floor for some chill, vacation bops. And Camila Cabello is determined […]

Maisie Smith, best known for playing Tiffany Butcher and reaching the finals of Strictly Come Dancing, is making her panto debut this year.

Again and again in the music of Lucinda Williams, the sins of the father are visited upon the son’s girlfriend. Over more than four decades, working across country, rock, folk, the blues, and (briefly, in the early 2000s) hip-hop, Williams has assembled a vast catalog of songs about abandonment, addiction, suicide—what in an early lyric […]

President Biden’s first formal solo news conference of the year is being closely watched to see how he handles curveballs. Many in his own party want him to step back from his reelection bid.

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Many analysts are worried about a potential bubble in growth stocks. But these three under-the-radar software stocks are bargains today.

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These are three of the best cheap drug developer stocks for investors to keep an eye as their growth could be imminent.

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For nearly 100 years income stocks have outperformed the market and these three undervalued dividend stocks are your best buys this month.

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These three tiny stocks have massive upside potential, as their valuations remain cheap and the economy turns a new page in the coming year.

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Stewart has been with the Penguins for 29 years.

How can a country that claims to be the greatest in the world have Biden and Trump as the only two feasible candidates?

1. Beth Thames: Grocery list includes drinks, chips, Little Debbie cakes and ... ammo?  AL.com
2. Grocery store in Canyon Lake installs machine that sells ammunition  KENS5.com
3. Are bullets on your grocery list? Ammo vending machines debut in grocery stores  USA TODAY
4. Vending machines for ammunition have hit grocery stores across the south  Quartz

Used well, a dose of solitude can do you a world of good.

In a few weeks, however, his party’s own rules just might.

A new novel captures the lives of a new class of people: those who are stateless by choice.

It's still going strong with beer, booze and burgers today.