Roughly 8,400 businesses closed in the second quarter of 2025, according to the most recent city data, creating the largest net decline in business activity since before the pandemic. By Matthew Haag ...

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Significantly higher levels of lead were found in 70 of the 101 Elgin homes and buildings checked during the city’s regular semiannual drinking water test, city officials said. Levels measured 56.7 ...

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Originally an online bookstore, Amazon is now the world's most successful e-commerce company. Its streaming service, Amazon Prime Video, is available to more than 200 million Amazon Prime members. It ...

Seven Harvard students and alumni are preparing for a year of postgraduate study at one of China’s top universities after being named Schwarzman Scholars on Thursday. The Schwarzman Scholarship, which ...

Leaders of the two largest L.A. County employee unions say many of their members have been shocked and outraged to learn county CEO Fesia Davenport negotiated a $2 million payout to herself, after ...

First grader Sawyer Michutka-Fisher stood in front of Douglas Whited Elementary Charter School on Monday morning with an urgent message for families dropping off students. “Help us support our school!

The AI industry entered 2025 with strong momentum. There were 49 startups that raised funding rounds worth $100 million or more in 2024, per our count at TechCrunch; three companies raised more than ...

Bombers pummelled cities, and fighters prowled the skies. A new form of combined arms warfare, with ground and air forces working in rapid coordinated assaults, was seemingly unstoppable. An ...