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Bald eagle hatchlings spotted in a Chicago park may be the city’s first for more than a century

Two bald eagle hatchlings have been spotted in a Chicago park in what experts believe is a first for the Windy City in more than a century.

 

Man arrested after spraying unknown substance on Rep. Ilhan Omar at Minneapolis town hall

A man has sprayed an unknown substance on U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar before being tackled to the ground during a town hall she was hosting.

 

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Church Nativity scenes add zip ties, gas masks and ICE to protest immigration raids

Nativity scenes at some churches are sparking fierce debates. At Lake Street Church in Evanston, Illinois, the baby Jesus lies with zip-tied wrists in the kind of emergency blankets given ICE detainees.

 

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Drive-by shooting kills 4 and wounds 14 others after a party at a Chicago restaurant

Police say four people have died and 14 others were hospitalized following a drive-by shooting in Chicago.

 

Easily distracted? How to improve your attention span

Attention spans are shrinking, with research showing the average person’s has declined from 2.5 minutes in 2004 to 47 seconds now.

 

Some hospitals pause gender-affirming care to evaluate Trump’s executive order

Hospitals in Colorado, Virginia and the nation’s capital say they have paused gender-affirming care for young people as they evaluate President Donald Trump’s executive order aimed at cutting federal support for such care.

 

Adult day centers offer multicultural hubs for older people of color

Adult day centers are the most racially diverse long-term care setting in the U.S. They also serve the least amount of people of all long-term care settings, in part because of the cost and limited insurance coverage options.

 

Florida neighbors band together to recover after one-two punch from hurricanes Helene and Milton

The devastation of Hurricanes Helene and Milton is still being tallied as a swath of Florida comes to terms with damage from the unusual dual strike of storms in just two weeks.

 

USF is building a $340M on-campus football stadium despite concerns academics are being left behind

The University of South Florida is looking for some big changes when the Tampa school plans to open a new $340 million on-campus football stadium in 2026.

 

No power and nowhere to stay as rural Florida starts recovering from Hurricane Idalia

Hurricane Idalia’s fast track over a sparsely populated region means Florida’s insurance industry isn’t expected to take nearly the hit it has with previous storms like last year’s Ian.

 

Residents pick through the rubble of lost homes and scattered belongings in Hurricane Idalia’s wake

Florida and Georgia residents living along Hurricane Idalia’s path of destruction are picking through piles of rubble where homes once stood, throwing tarps over roofs and gingerly navigating through mazes of streets left underwater or clogged with fallen trees.

 

Florida governor declares widespread state of emergency ahead of Idalia’s expected landfall

Florida residents are evacuating from homes in low-lying areas along the Gulf Coast as forecasters predict that Tropical Storm Idalia will hit the state as a major hurricane by Wednesday.

 

Transgender adults are worried about finding welcoming spaces to live in their later years

For many transgender seniors, the battle over trans rights in the U.S. has brought new fears to their plans for retirement and old age.

 

Florida teen debuts trans visibility film as bans spread

A Florida teenager has documented how it feels to be young and transgender for a film set to debut at a festival as transgender people around the world celebrate visibility and lawmakers across the country look to restrict their rights and care.