Wall Street pointed toward solid gains and oil prices fell 6% Wednesday over the possibility of a de-escalation in Iran and negotiations with the United States.

A dispute in Congress over funding the Department of Homeland Security has held up their salaries since mid-February. With monthly bills coming due, many of these federal employees, who screen passengers and luggage at airports across the U.S., are making difficult choices about how to make ends meet.

The head of the European Central Bank says that businesses may be quicker to raise prices in response to the oil shock from the Iran war due to bitter memories of the inflation spike after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

It will only be a matter of time until 1516 N. Lake Shore Drive, one of seven mansions that remain on a street once lined with them, becomes a clubhouse.

Two male victims were stabbed on a CTA Red Line train overnight on the South Side in the Fuller Park neighborhood, Chicago police said.

A New Mexico jury ruled Tuesday that Meta knowingly harmed children’s mental health and concealed what it knew about child sexual exploitation on its social media platforms.

OpenAI is shutting down its social media app Sora, which went viral last fall as a place to share short-form videos generated by artificial intelligence but also raised alarms in Hollywood and elsewhere.

Retired White Sox slugger Frank Thomas filed a lawsuit against his former ballclub, Nike and Fanatics for allegedly using his identity for commercial purposes without his agreement.