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A House proposal to ban Uber and Lyft pickups at Logan International Airport and the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center for five years raised objections from the Convention Center Authority and other business and advocacy groups, which said it sends a bad message about...

Most recently, the fight between the two sides has centered around school funding , as Chicago Public Schools, by far the state’s largest school district, threatened to not open its doors in the Fall if state officials could not agree on an education budget.

Cheaper gas and a stronger economy were key factors, according to the council, and drivers have been racking up more miles behind the wheel than ever before. US officials cite an increase in vehicle miles traveled, lower gas prices and an improving economy as part of the reason...

As I discussed yesterday, if Lynch knows what that there nearly certainly will be a recommendation not to prosecute, it makes sense for her to say she will accept the recommendation.

Cavendish, 31, is third all-time on the list of Tour stage winners, and is now only one behind Bernard Hinault for second place.

Before Friday, only two players in National Basketball Association history had made $30 million per year – Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant.

Puerto Rico has only $200 million in cash in the operating account from which it was supposed to pay the general obligation bond debt, according to the Government Development Bank, which oversees the island’s debt transactions and is operating under a state of emergency...

A U.S. Supreme Court decision on Monday vacated the conviction of Virginia’s former governor and it could have repercussions in the corruption cases against two former high ranking state lawmakers here in NY. McDonnell – aided by a coalition of legal scholars, former...

The Iowa Supreme Court has upheld a ban on felons voting in Iowa. Griffin had been sentenced to probation in 2008 for a felony drug crime and she’d voted after her probation was over. “This is the community standard expressed by our Legislature and is consistent with...

The foundation charged with building Barack Obama’s presidential library in Chicago has chosen the firm behind the University of Chicago’s Logan Center for the Arts to design the project.

U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter says the U.S. military is ending its ban on openly serving transgender service members.

During the upcoming Independence Day holiday weekend, AAA projects almost 43 million Americans will travel, according to the “AAA Independence Day Travel Forecast”, an increase of 1.3% from the 42.3 million people who traveled past year.

The US Senate passed the bill known by its acronym PROMESA, which translates to promise, on a bipartisan 68-30 vote, three weeks after the House overwhelmingly backed the measure. If the control board, appointed by Obama with Congressional input, can implement reforms, bring the...

But Donald Trump, the presumptive GOP nominee, isn’t almost as happy with the president’s offering.

The 27 remaining European Union members are divided over how to deal with migration, a major issue in Britain’s vote last week.