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Chicago voters rejected an increase to the city’s transfer tax on high-value properties in a Tuesday referendum, The Associated Press said, leaving unfulfilled a longtime goal of Mayor Brandon Johnson …

Before Thursday night, if you were not familiar with Oakland University, you were not alone. Not far from the campus, even locals at a Detroit bar, who were watching the …

Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, Republican of Georgia, on Friday took the first step toward ousting House Speaker Mike Johnson, filing a resolution calling for his removal after he pushed through …

The basketball talent that came out of Pittsburgh did not have similar staying power. As the steel mills closed, the city’s population dwindled and by the mid-1980s, the flow of …

Sentencing hearings this week for six law enforcement officers, some of whom were members of the Goon Squad, revealed a disturbing portrait of a Mississippi sheriff’s department that encouraged deputies …

For most of his life, Bernie Bluestein was not allowed to say anything about what he did during World War II in Western Europe. Mr. Bluestein was a sophomore at …

High winds and low humidity helped spark dozens of wildfires across a handful of Mid-Atlantic States on Wednesday, causing officials to scramble to contain the blazes and issue air quality …

Economists in the Biden administration are calling for more aggressive federal action to drive down costs for home buyers and renters, taking aim at one of the biggest economic challenges …

President Biden’s re-election campaign had $71 million on hand at the end of February, more than double the $33.5 million in former President Donald J. Trump’s campaign account, as Democrats …

Vote counting continued in Chicago on Wednesday afternoon, where two high-profile local races from Tuesday’s primary election were still too close to call. According to unofficial results from city officials, …