Walmart Announces Its Shutting Down Unprofitable Chicago Stores After Investing ‘Hundreds of Millions’ Retail giant Walmart announced Tuesday that it is closing down of its stores in the Chicago area because none of the stores have been profitable and “lose tens of millions of dollars” annually, according to a news release. After about two decades of continual losses, Walmart said that it also invested “hundreds of millions” of dollars into the four locations, according to the release. However, that still hasn’t helped the firm turn a profit in the area,...

Chicago has been selected as the host of the 2024 Democratic National Convention, a huge economic and prestigious boon to the city, national Democratic Party officials announced today. In announcing Chicago as the host city, the DNC cited the Midwestern “blue wall” of states — Illinois, Michigan and Minnesota — as crucial to Biden’s 2020 victory and to Democratic midterm victories last year. But Chicago is no stranger to hosting the convention. Take a look at photos from the 1996 Democratic National Convention in Chicago and read how the Tribune...

HOPKINTON - A second person has died from a fire that happened on Easter morning in Hopkinton at a home without working smoke detectors inside. Authorities said Tuesday a woman in her 60s has died from her injuries at a Boston hospital. Her name has not been released. An older man and a dog were also killed in the fire that broke out at the single level ranch house on Hayward Street around 1 a.m. Sunday morning. Friends said the man who died was a veteran and a talented musician....

A 30-year-old male transsexual has been charged with fatally stabbing a taxi driver in Portland on Easter Sunday. The Oregonian reported that the victim was a longtime driver with Radio Cab. The company said in a statement on Facebook that the victim — whom police have yet to name — was a "great person who came to work hoping to have a great Easter Sunday shift." Darin Campbell, a spokesman for Radio Cab, indicated the victim's shift was cut short when a passenger butchered him just a few minutes into...

One person was killed and multiple others were injured in a shooting near a funeral home in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, police said. Police did not provide an exact number of victims, but said that at least one person had died and that three others were struck by gunfire and sustained what appear to be non-life-threatening injuries. A suspect has not been identified and an investigation is ongoing to track the suspect or suspects down. The shooting occurred just after 12 p.m. near a funeral home in northeast Washington, D.C.,...

One person was killed this morning when a train collided with an 18-wheeler near Tuscumbia.

Colbert County Coroner Justin Gasque said the incident happened at about 10:20 a.m.

The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency is investigating the incident.

The crash happened at a rail crossing just off U.S. 72 at Golden Road and Old Memphis Pike, just west of Tuscumbia, Gasque said.

A collided with a truck making a turn along the railroad tracks.

The victim’s name has not yet been released.

The choice melds a reliably blue audience with its swingier neighbors: While Chicago is a solidly Democratic city in a left-leaning state, it also shares a Great Lakes border with Wisconsin and Michigan, critical general election states that flipped from supporting Donald Trump in 2016 to delivering the electoral votes that helped ensure President Joe Biden's victory in 2020. In the recent past, Democrats have chosen cities that were in battleground states to help energize Democratic activists and voters there. In 2008, Democrats held their convention in Denver. In 2012,...

Shocking video footage has revealed the moment a Target security guard punched a woman in the face after she demanded her $1,000 grocery bill be paid by the store in 'reparations'. Security staff member Zach Cotter, 28, was caught on camera hitting Karen Ivery, 37, at Target in Blue Ash, Hamilton County, Ohio, in October last year after she grew 'aggressive' with a manager. CCTV footage from the store shows Mr Cotter intervening after an altercation broke out with a manager when Ms Ivery claimed she wanted the store to...

A hiker and his dog got some much-needed help Sunday when they found themselves in danger in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. A Maryland State Police helicopter was called in to rescue the pair that became stranded on a cliff over the Shenandoah River, the police agency told followers in a social media post Monday: ‘s Trooper 3, based in Frederick, MD responded to the densely-wooded, mountainous area of around 10 p.m. The 27-year-old hiker and his dog had been exploring the area along the Loudon Heights Trail., across the river...