CHICAGO — The rate of 911 calls made in Chicago has dropped precipitously in the two months since the start of Operation Midway Blitz, a Tribune review of city data found.

And nowhere is the decrease more pronounced than in Little Village, home to Chicago’s largest Mexican American population, where calls to 911 have fallen by more than 21%...Read more

BOISE, Idaho — Bonners Ferry, a small town on Idaho’s northern border, has long had strong bonds with Canada. When the city installed flag poles at its town entrance in the 1980s, it designated one of the three to permanently hold a Canadian flag, Mayor Rick Alonzo told the Idaho Statesman.

And when the Idaho Legislature this year passed a ...Read more

In the absence of much federal action, states have enacted dozens of laws this year to lower prescription drug costs for their residents — and many more are considering following suit.

States cannot lower drug prices directly, but they can go after different parts of the drug supply chain to try to lower patients’ out-of-pocket costs and ...Read more

SEATTLE — Seattle has a unique resource for understanding the public's concerns and perceptions about crime, safety and policing.

Over the past decade, Seattle University’s annual Seattle Public Safety Survey has offered an unusually detailed view of how residents perceive safety and policing in their neighborhoods.

Ten years' worth of ...Read more

In late October, Maine Family Planning announced three rural clinics in northern Maine would close by month’s end. These primary care and reproductive health clinics served about 800 patients, many uninsured or on Medicaid.

“People don’t realize how much these clinics hold together the local health system until they’re gone,” said ...Read more

On an overcast morning in September, Hector Alessandro Negrete left his beloved Los Angeles — the city he was brought to at 3 months old — and headed down Interstate 5 to Mexico, the only country where he held a passport.

It was a place that, to him, had "always felt like both a wound and a possibility."

Negrete, 43, sat in the passenger ...Read more

In the parking lot at the San Jose Flea Market on Monday morning where Hunger at Home feeds the needy, the line of cars waiting for boxes of food increased 40% to nearly 250 — a need they haven’t seen since the COVID-19 pandemic.

The line stretched so long that it doubled back, and volunteers needed an extra hour to load every car. They ...Read more

The United States Air Force has issued new grooming mandates for enlistees wanting to wear facial hair.

Among the matters it addressed are the length of an airmen’s mustaches and sideburns, according to Task & Purpose.

“The new guidance mandates that sideburns must be above the ear opening and that mustaches are prohibited from going ...Read more

SEOUL, South Korea — U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth visited the Demilitarized Zone dividing the Korean Peninsula on Monday afternoon, the last stop on his Asia trip aimed at deepening regional security ties to counter China and underscoring Washington’s commitment to Seoul.

Hegseth visited the so-called Joint Security Area in Panmunjom...Read more

WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court found that a Florida judge was too slow in resolving months-old requests to lift her order blocking disclosure of a U.S. Justice Department report on President Donald Trump’s handling of classified information — and gave her 60 days to act.

In a brief, unsigned ruling on Monday, a three-judge panel ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said he’d close U.S. airspace if officials determined air travel was dangerous, as the government shutdown stretches into its second month.

“If we thought that it was unsafe, we’ll shut the whole airspace down,” Duffy said on Monday in an interview with CNBC. He said that the U.S. isn�...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Jake Haro, the father of missing baby Emmanuel, whose disappearance activated an army of internet sleuths, was sentenced to 25 years to life for the murder of his 7-month-old son.

Haro, 32, who initially pleaded not guilty, reversed course and pleaded guilty on Oct. 16 to one count each of murder, assault on a child under 8 ...Read more

Tons of donations packed and shipped from Miami have been arriving in Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa devastated much of the island, leaving at least 32 dead and over a million people desperate for food and water.

But it’s not enough.

“It’s a Hurricane Maria, an Irma and a Dorian all compounded,” said Michael Capponi, the CEO of Miami-...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department defended its controversial criminal case against James B. Comey on Monday, arguing the former FBI director has not met the heavy burden needed to dismiss the case on vindictive prosecution grounds.

Federal prosecutors included further details about their case against Comey in a court filing, responding to ...Read more

Twenty-two states are suing the U.S. Department of Education over a rule that would restrict eligibility for a student loan forgiveness program designed for public service workers like teachers and librarians.

The suit, filed in federal court Monday, is in response to a rule issued by the department late last month that would exclude certain ...Read more

With public attention focused on recovery from Hurricane Melissa, Cuban authorities recently announced that former minister of economy and deputy prime minister Alejandro Gil is set for trial and faces espionage charges, though they provided few details, bringing little clarity into a case that has puzzled Cubans for over a year.

In a statement...Read more

The Trump administration has sent 200 National Guard troops to Oregon, where they remain stationed despite a federal judge’s order barring the president from using them to quell protests in Portland, California Gov. Gavin Newsom said in court papers filed late last week.

Newsom said the White House has doubled the number of California Guard ...Read more

FLORA, Ill. — From across the state, several hundred mourners gathered Monday inside a cavernous gymnasium in rural southeastern Illinois to remember the son of Republican candidate for governor Darren Bailey, two of his grandchildren, and his daughter-in-law, all of whom were killed in a helicopter crash last month.

In what could have been a...Read more