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A man places a window covering on his boat as Hurricane Simon approaches Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Hurricane Simon pounds resorts and vulnerable towns along Mexico’s Pacific coast

By Fernando Llano

October 11, 2026 at 7:45 p.m.

Hurricane Simon pounded Mexico’s Pacific coast as a Category 3 storm on Sunday, its eye...

U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle speak during a dedication ceremony at the chancery of the U.S. Embassy, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026, in Athens, Greece. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, Pool)

AP source: Pres. Donald Trump, Secretary of State Marco Rubio weigh firing US envoy to Greece after mounting reports of improper conduct

By Matthew Lee

October 11, 2026 at 7:01 p.m.

President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are considering firing U.S. Ambassador to...

Britain’s Prime Minister Andy Burnham delivers a speech at the The Innovation Nation Summit at Bruntwood SciTech in Manchester, England, Friday Oct. 9, 2026. (Christopher Furlong/Pool Photo via AP)

UK prime minister say it is ‘clear’ Russia interfered in 2016 Brexit referendum

By Associated Press

October 11, 2026 at 4:00 p.m.

U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham says it is clear that Russia interfered with Britain’s vote...

Fire Captain Lui Sales of the Hawaii Fire Department looks for residents to help as rainwater from nearby Hurricane Nolo flood a section of Mamalahoa highway Saturday, Sept. 26, 2026, near Naalehu, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Hurricane Nolo gains speed as it moves away from Hawaii, but high winds, flash floods are still risk

By Eugene Garcia

September 27, 2026 at 1:58 p.m.

Hurricane Nolo was moving away from the Hawaiian Islands on Sunday, but the threat of...

Green Line train heading to Forest Park evacuated Saturday

By Finnegan Belleau

September 27, 2026 at 11:56 a.m.

The incident was not a derailment, and all train wheels remained on the tracks, according...

Protesters hold banners ahead of a Portadown District Loyal Orange Lodge (LOL) No 1 march in the first parade for almost 30 years, after the parade was given clearance in a late-night hearing, in Portadown, Northern Ireland, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2026. (Peter Morrison/PA via AP)

Tensions run high in Northern Ireland after contentious Orange Order march given go-ahead

By Pan Pylas

September 27, 2026 at 11:03 a.m.

British Prime Minister Andy Burnham called for calm in Northern Ireland on Sunday after a...

FILE – Relatives pose for a photograph holding a palm-sized brass Holocaust plaque in German reading, “Johanna Berger, born in 1893, lived here; deported on Nov. 17, 1941, murdered on Nov. 25, 1941 in Kowno/Kaunas Fort IX,” by artist Gunter Demnig prior to the placing of the so called, “Stolperstein,” or “Stumbling Blocks,” in front of her former home in Berlin, Germany, May 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

German town sparks outrage as far-right and conservatives rally against Holocaust memorial plaques

By Jamey Keaten

September 27, 2026 at 10:56 a.m.

A decision by a city council in in eastern Germany to halt the laying of...

FILE – A statue of the MTV Moon Man appears on the red carpet at the MTV Video Music Awards on Aug. 20, 2018, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)

The MTV VMAs are here with Taylor Swift making history and Madonna leading the nods: How to watch

By Maria Sherman

September 27, 2026 at 9:46 a.m.

The 2026 MTV Video Music Awards are here and Taylor Swift will receive the inaugural...

In this handout photo provided by Vatican Media Pope Leo XIV prays at the Grotto of the Apparitions of Massabielle, in Lourdes, France, Saturday, Sept. 26, 2026. (Vatican Media via AP)

Pope Leo blasts assisted dying as ‘false compassion’ at French shrine known for miraculous cures

By Nicole Winfield

September 27, 2026 at 3:49 p.m.

Pope Leo XIV on Sunday blasted the legalization of medically assisted death as immoral “false...

Emergency services at the scene of an incident close to RAF Fairford,, in Whelford, England, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2026 .(Ben Birchall/PA via AP)

5 men arrested near air base used by US in Iran war on suspicion of preparing a terrorist act

By Pan Pylas

September 27, 2026 at 10:15 a.m.

UK police said Sunday that five men arrested in the middle of the night near...

Denise Taylor of Manchester, N.H., is buffeted by the wind as she films the raging sea during a nor’easter storm in Hampton, N.H., Saturday, Sept. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Powerful nor’easter floods Northeast, leaves over 100,000 without power as high tides threaten coast

By Leah Willingham

September 27, 2026 at 9:34 a.m.

A powerful nor’easter continued to batter the Northeast on Sunday, flooding coastal communities and leaving...

Francis Nuamah, left to right, Jessie Wilson and Chelsea Rochman collect samples of microplastics along the shoreline, Oct. 2, 2025, at the Experimental Lakes Area, a research station in northwestern Ontario, Canada. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Great waste in the Great Lakes: How plastic pollution is clogging our waters

By Michael Hawthorne

September 27, 2026 at 5:45 a.m.

More than 40 million depend on the Great Lakes for drinking water. Yet plastic pollution...

Michiel and Shon Burnett smile in their office space in Olympia Fields on Sept. 25, 2026. (Evy Lewis/Daily Southtown)

‘The need is going to be great’: Formerly homeless couple raises funds for unhoused neighbors

By Evy Lewis

September 27, 2026 at 5:11 a.m.

In 2018, Michiel Burnett's husband Shon had a heart attack while the couple was without...