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Dolton Finalizes Acquisition of Pope Leo XIV’s Boyhood Home

Officials have convened a steering committee to outline restoration followed by public programming for the recently acquired property.

Judge Denies Browns’ Bid to Dismiss City Lawsuit Over Brook Park Relocation

Harris County Guarantees Funding for Top Flood Projects Despite $1.2 Billion Shortfall

Interim CPS CEO Seeks Community Solutions to Bridge $736 Million Shortfall

One-Third of U.S. Counties Have No Local Reporter as Journalist Density Falls to 8.2 per 100,000

Perris Officials Condemn Masked ICE Raids as City Remains on High Alert

Multi-Agency Operation Arrests Eight 18th Street Gang Members in AOC’s Queens District

Brooklyn Judge Clears Way for Removal of Bedford Avenue Protected Bike Lane

Kansas Extends STAR Bond Deadline for Chiefs and Royals to 2026

Shooting at Akron School Parking Lot Injures 15 at Late-Night Teen Gathering

Baltimore Communications Director Resigns After Four-Month Tenure

Kucinich Joins Cleveland’s Push to Enforce Modell Law Against Browns’ Brook Park Move

Philadelphia Sanitation Strike Suspends Trash Collection as Dumpsters Relocate

Darlington Committee Rejects 9-Bed HMO Expansion on Greenbank Road

Roosevelt Hotel Migrant Shelter Shuts After Processing 237,000 Asylum Seekers

Michigan Completes Replacement of Flint’s Lead Water Pipes

Dolton Finalizes Purchase of Pope Leo XIV’s Childhood Home

Woman Arrested in Fatal Dallas Mall Cookie Stand Shooting

NYPD Releases Surveillance Images in Search for Women Who Attacked Brooklyn MTA Agent

Conway School Board Finalizes $461,000 Buyout, Appoints Interim Superintendent