A former suburban Chicago police officer who was fired after he shot into a car two years ago, killing a Black man and seriously wounding the man’s girlfriend, has been charged with second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter, authorities announced on Thursday. In a news release, the Lake County State’s Attorney’s …

Sheri Thompson is struggling to stretch her family’s weekly $200 food budget with grocery prices nationwide up 13.5% since last August.  “My grandson, he comes in and he says, ‘Nana, we should be on lunchtime by now.’ And I said, ‘No. We actually skipped lunch. We’re on dinner,'” Thompson said.  …

Lady Gaga tearfully thanked her fans on Saturday night after she was forced to cut the final stop in her “Chromatica Ball” tour in Miami short due to a thunder storm.  On Saturday, the Academy Award-winning singer told 65,000 fans who packed the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami that she …

After Tuesday’s inflation numbers came in higher than economists had expected, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen conceded Wednesday that the high prices plaguing the nation still present a challenge.  “Inflation remains a problem, and obviously is of tremendous concern to Americans,” she told CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes …

Amtrak said it’s canceling three long-distance trips starting on Tuesday amid a looming railway strike that could disrupt the U.S. economy, resulting in lost productivity of $2 billion a day.  The schedule changes come amid a potential railroad work stoppage due to a labor dispute between railroad companies and unionized workforces. …

A body found in a Memphis neighborhood Monday was confirmed to be a Tennessee woman who was abducted late last week, police said Tuesday. Eliza Fletcher, 34, was seen on surveillance video being forced into an SUV while she was jogging near the University of Memphis early Friday morning. The …

California’s chance of power outages will grow in the coming days, as the state prepares to enter the most brutal stretch yet of an ongoing heat wave, officials said Sunday. Energy demand is expected to outpace supply starting Monday evening, and predictions for Tuesday show the state rivaling its all-time …

Authorities in Las Vegas have identified bones found in May along part of Lake Mead’s newly exposed shoreline as the remains of a 42-year-old Las Vegas man, who is believed to have drowned 20 years ago. The Clark County coroner’s office said Wednesday that Thomas Erndt was reported missing Aug. 2, …

Although President Biden’s student loan relief program has plenty of upsides for borrowers, critics are raising concerns the landmark initiative could hurt the economy by fanning the hottest U.S. inflation in 40 years. Wall Street’s message to Main Street: Don’t worry, because the impact of the student-debt relief program on inflation …

A jury on Tuesday convicted two men of conspiring to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020, a swift victory for prosecutors in a foiled plot that was described as a rallying cry for a U.S. civil war by anti-government extremists. Adam Fox and Barry Croft Jr. were also found …