

Abel Concho pleaded guilty to one count of making false statements. He knew that sex with an inmate cannot be considered consensual, prosecutors said.
Abel Concho pleaded guilty to one count of making false statements. He knew that sex with an inmate cannot be considered consensual, prosecutors said.
A new study pinpoints erosion hot spots along the entire California coast — and found that cliffs in Northern California are disappearing the fastest.
Los Angeles is moving ahead with a program to separate food waste from trash, an effort to spare landfills and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
About 142 acres of the 1,356-acre Puente Hills Landfill, once the nation's largest trash heap, will be the county's first regional park in 30 years.
The tax hike proposed in Proposition 30 would be imposed on personal incomes exceeding $2 million a year, raising up to $5 billion annually, according to the Legislative Analyst's Office.
Maurice Swinney, CPS' former Chief Equity Officer and Interim Chief Education Officer, has joined the Chicago Beyond team to continue his equity work for youth.
Vera was taken via ambulance to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 5:54 a.m., police said.
Chicago-based Cameo is launching live 10-minute celebrity video chats across its offbeat talent roster.
R. Kelly’s Chicago federal trial is expected to resume Thursday with cross-examination of a retired detective who investigated the initial allegations that Kelly was sexually abusing his teenage goddaughter.
It wasn't immediately clear if the dead body located in the water near Montrose Harbor was the man who had fallen off a boat around 7 p.m.