The White House acknowledges that a second strike was ordered on a boat already hit by the military in the Caribbean Sea.

A school bus with children onboard crashed into a utility pole and ended up in a ditch in unincorporated McHenry County, officials said.

An Altadena man got a big surprise last week when he found a 500-pound bear living underneath his home.

Chicago's Bach + Beethoven Experience brings holiday cheer with "Twas the Week Before Christmas in Chicago," a playful, interactive concert.

Zoe Saldaña, Sam Worthington, Sigourney Weaver and James Cameron were among the stars at the "Avatar: Fire and Ash" premiere in Hollywood.

More snow is falling in the Chicago area on Monday night as residents dig out from the weekend's major winter storm.

Dr. Bessie Rhodes School of Global Studies is likely the only school in the district that will shutter next spring.

A former counselor sexually abused children in "repeated attacks" over eight years at the West Side hospital where he worked, prosecutors allege.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Adm. Mitch Bradley made the order for the second strike.

A federal appeals court has disqualified President Trump's former personal attorney Alina Habba from serving as the U.S. attorney for New Jersey.