The Paris Games may be over, but the flame is still rising — just don’t call it Olympic. The helium-powered hot-air balloon ...

House Republicans are facing an uncertain vote Thursday on legislation codifying cuts made by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Democrats are all expected to vote against the White ...

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – Police in South Carolina released video Wednesday of a low-speed pursuit involving an excavator. Officers with the North Charleston Police Department were responding to ...

A Russian-born scientist and Harvard University researcher charged with smuggling frog embryos into the United States faces a detention hearing in Massachusetts on Thursday. Kseniia ...

In today’s Courtesy Desk, the WGN Morning News team is answering viewer questions — plus we send a special shout out to Robin’s parent who are celebrating a wedding aniversary today!

WGN Entertainment Reporter Dean Richards sits down with actor and comedian Nick Frost to talk about how he felt joining the “How to Train Your Dragon” franchise.

A man died early Thursday morning after crashing his dirt bike into a pole on the South Side. Authorities responded to the 7400 block of South Wabash on the report of a crash at around ...

Members of the Chicago Police Department’s SWAT team were called to an apartment complex on the city’s Far South Side. A heavy police presence was spotted at the Altgeld ...

Judges at the European Court of Human Rights ruled Thursday that Italy couldn’t be held liable for the actions of the Libyan Coast Guard, rejecting a case brought by a group of migrants ...

The number of Russian troops killed or wounded in Ukraine has topped 1 million, military officials in Kyiv said Thursday, ...

Authorities are asking for help from the public in the search for a driver wanted in connection with a South Side hit-and-run crash that left a person seriously injured overnight.

India has had several major plane crashes in recent decades. An Air India flight with more than 240 people on board crashed in the city of Ahmedabad on Thursday. Here are some ...