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In parts of the Midwest and Northeast, temperatures will reach near record-highs by Thursday

Motorists in the American Midwest could pay an extra 12 cents per gallon for gasoline under a fuel policy shift demanded by governors in the region, according to a new refining industry-commissioned analysis.

The 222,000-square foot Regal Mile Studios is projected to open next year on a 7-acre parcel at South Chicago Avenue, Stony Island and 77th Street. The studio will have five soundstages, a gym, cafeteria and recreation space.

Ominous signs are growing about the potential for direct military conflict between the United States and China. It’s not every day when a top military commander predicts in a memo that military confrontation could happen by 2025 with Beijing. But that’s exactly what Gen. Michael A. Minihan warned a few…

After months of eye-popping prices, egg lovers are finally seeing some relief. Wholesale prices in the Midwest fell by 58 cents at the end of January, but the days of a $1.50 a dozen may not return.

CHICAGO — The Chicago area is undeniably teeming with the stories and contributions of historic African Americans, from the legacy of the Bronzeville neighborhood, to the DuSable Black History Museum and the Pullman National Monument.

WASHINGTON — Debbie Dingell’s quest for a leadership position within the House Democratic Caucus came with a map.

The caucus is composed largely of members from the Great Lakes region seeking to remind their party leaders they are “not fly-over country.”

WASHINGTON — Phil Hatcher and his wife moved to New Hampshire from the Midwest in 1986, and soon got a taste of what makes the state's first-in-the-nation primary so special to the people who live there.