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The dynasty of Daley politicians in Chicago appears to be ending — the city's two top mayoral candidates are African-American women. The women will compete in a runoff election next month.

The two U.S. sailors, both based in California, were charged with similar moves to provide sensitive intelligence to the Chinese.

Those people who have contracted the H7N9 virus have become very sick. And unlike the older bird flu virus, this one shows some adaptation to mammals, making it a matter of concern. But it doesn't make chickens sick, posing unique difficulties in fighting this kind of flu.

We have the latest from the National Transportation Safety Board on its investigation of the Asiana jet crash in San Francisco.

Information such as addresses and case numbers were publicly viewable for around 32,000 customers with the Illinois Department of Human Services’ division of rehabilitation services and another 670,000 Medicaid and Medicare Savings Program recipients, the agency said.

The “Clean Slate” Act, which could have sealed thousands and potentially millions of nonviolent criminal records in Illinois, had bipartisan support but failed to pass in the final flurry of legislative action this spring, the sponsor says.

New York State has approved reforms that will keep thousands of teenagers out of adult courts and adult correctional facilities.

Republican governors started transporting migrants from the U.S. southern border, but Democrats are now adopting the move. They say it's a humanitarian service, not a political statement.

Mardi Gras is king cake season and one New Orleans woman has found a fun way to find the best ones and rank them.

District 87 schools will have a new social emotional learning curriculum at all of its grade schools starting next fall.