1+ day, 20+ hour ago   (794+ words) CHICAGO -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul's office and consumer watchdog groups reached a settlement this week with Nicor Gas to cut $140 million, or 63%, from the gas utility's rate increase request. The agreement, if approved by regulators, would now add around…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago   (773+ words) CHICAGO -- A federal judge on Thursday declined to block Illinois' new "medical aid in dying" law from going into effect this weekend, clearing the way for terminally ill adults to legally seek life-ending medication from physicians. The law also prohibits…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (439+ words) NEW YORK -- Captain James Schneider still remembers the moment he learned the World Trade Center had been struck on Sept. 11, 2001. Schneider, captain of the fishing boat James Joseph II, had taken customers out on the water that morning and dropped…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (186+ words) NEW YORK -- A drone show illuminated the skies over New York Harbor Wednesday night as part of a tribute marking the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks. The artwork, titled "2,977 Lights Over New York Harbor," featured 2,977 lights, one for each…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (38+ words) 9/11 news_ The Healing Fields, memorial made up of thousands of American flags, seeks to humanize attacks on Twin Towers, Pentagon ABC7 Chicago Oak Brook display of thousands of American flags seeks to humanize 9/11 attacks...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (276+ words) "Chilean Mine Rescue: Race Against Time" premieres Sept. 25 on National Geographic and streams next day on Disney+ and Hulu. National Geographic is uncovering the story of the disaster that trapped 33 miners below Chile's Atacama Desert in a three-part series, "Chilean…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (487+ words) NEW JERSEY -- Two New Jersey travelers are speaking out after helping restrain an unruly passenger aboard American Airlines Flight 618 headed to Newark, saying the man became belligerent, made racial and derogatory remarks and later turned physical with other passengers. Juan…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (528+ words) Records shed new light on what officials knew about post-9/11 air quality. NEW YORK CITY -- Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Tuesday that New York City has released more than 170,000 pages of air quality records from the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks,…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (29+ words) Chicago aldermen call for tougher response to street takeovers after Labor Day weekend incidents ABC7 Chicago Chicago aldermen call for tougher response to street takeovers after holiday weekend incidents...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (363+ words) NEW YORK -- Mayor Zohran Mamdani says he will attend New York City's annual 9/11 remembrance ceremony Friday despite mounting criticism from some family members of victims and several prominent Republicans who have called on him to stay away. The controversy centers…...