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Giraffes and zebras in Mikumi National Park in Tanzania. More than half a million species on land have insufficient habitat for long-term survival and will probably go extinct, says a U.N. report on biodiversity.

A biodiversity crisis burgeons. Here’s why we should care.

May 31, 2019 at 4:25 p.m.

The United Nations released a report this week declaring that upward of 1 million plant and animal forms of life are on track to become extinct within the next several...

Tax refunds are down more than $5 billion from this time last year, according to an analysis by Investor's Business Daily.

Falling tax refunds highlight the Republican tax scam

May 31, 2019 at 4:19 p.m.

Earlier this week, Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, chair of the Senate's Finance Committee, and Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, the ranking Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee, penned a...

Megyn Kelly, shown speaking during a conference Oct. 2, will collect on the rest of a $69 million three-year contract if she leaves NBC.

Why Megyn Kelly’s possible eight-figure payday matters

May 31, 2019 at 4:24 p.m.

Megyn Kelly's troubled time as a TV host at NBC came to an end Friday following her controversial comments earlier in the week about blackface costumes that all but reeked...

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt testifies on Capitol Hill on May 16, 2018. Like other officials who have worked in the Trump administration, Pruitt has been embroiled in scandal regarding his expenses.

Scott Pruitt is acting like what he is: The poorest member of Trump’s Cabinet

May 31, 2019 at 4:22 p.m.

Take a moment to pity Scott Pruitt. I know this sentiment comes as a shock. After all, in a presidential administration haunted by scandals, Scott Pruitt still stands out for...

Starbucks founder Howard Schultz speaks at a conference at the Economic Club of New York on May 24, 2017.

Howard Schultz, and the rest of you CEOs, do not run for president

May 31, 2019 at 4:20 p.m.

It seems soon-to-be-former Starbucks Executive Chairman Howard Schultz would like to run for president. Announcing Monday that he would step down from his position with Starbucks at the end of...

REYNOLDS IS INJURED IN SHOOTING

August 9, 2021 at 10:30 p.m.

Congressional candidate Mel Reynolds, 40, was injured in a drive-by shooting on the South Side Thursday night. Police and Reynolds aides said the candidate was cut on his right forehead...

PATRICK ORDERED TO STAY IN JAIL

August 10, 2021 at 7:08 a.m.

Hours after he pleaded not guilty to charges of extortion, accused mobster Leonard Patrick was ordered Monday to remain jailed pending his trial. U.S. District Court Judge Ilana Rovner remanded...

FBI LINKS ERICKSON, GUN TO PALATINE COP SHOOTING

August 10, 2021 at 8:06 a.m.

The gun used to shoot a Palatine police officer during a traffic stop last month was found in the Hanover Park townhouse belonging to suspected bank robber Jeff Erickson, federal...

4 TEENS SHOT NEAR CALUMET HIGH SCHOOL

August 10, 2021 at 5:51 a.m.

A 16-year-old youth armed with two automatic weapons fired on other young people near Calumet High School as the school was emptying Monday and wounded four teenagers, two of them...

SPECK`S DEATH FAILS TO END THE PAIN OF VICTIMS` RELATIVES

August 10, 2021 at 7:59 a.m.

The families united in grief by Richard Speck used to get together every so often in South Side and south suburban restaurants. ''It was kind of like group psychotherapy,'' recalled...

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