$17.4M in previews

In 2018, the Phil Lord and Christopher Miller-produced Into the Spider-Verse opened to $35.6 million domestically on its way to becoming a box office sensation and topping out at $384.2 million worldwide.

Spinosaurus exhibit

Field Museum officials unveiled the cast with its distinctive fin and crocodile-like jaws on Friday. It will be available for visitors starting Saturday. Scientists have long struggled to interpret Spinosaurus fossils to determine the animal's behavior in life,

Lauds 'crisis averted'

U.S. President Joe Biden declared a "crisis averted" on Friday in his first address from the White House's Oval Office, as he touted the passage of a bill to raise the U.S. debt ceiling and curb spending.

Mail carrier shooting

An Indianapolis man who pleaded guilty to fatally shooting a U.S. Postal Service mail carrier has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison, prosecutors said. Tony Cushingberry, 24, was sentenced Wednesday after pleading guilty in July 2022 to second-degree murder and discharging a firearm during a crime of violence,

Human remains found

Authorities had been looking for seven young people who had been reported missing last week when they found the site.

Calif. solo car crash

A Sacramento solo car crash killed one adult and injured nine small children and another adult late Wednesday. Preliminary information indicated the small sedan hit a tree.

China expats hounded

Michael McMahon, Zheng Congying and Zhu Yong faced a jury on Wednesday, battling charges of aiding in a Chinese government campaign to intimidate dissidents abroad.

Guilty of killing wife

Bliefnick is scheduled to be sentenced Aug. 11. The body of Rebecca Bliefnick, 41, was found by a family member inside her Quincy home after she failed to pick up her children fro