House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and his Republican debt negotiators hit “crunch” time Friday at the Capitol, straining to wrap up an agreement with President Joe Biden to curb federal spending and lift the nation's borrowing limit ahead of a fast-coming deadline. READ MORE: https://wgntv.com/news/national/ap-crunch-time-in-debt-ceiling-talks-as-mccarthy-and-biden-reach-for-a-deal-with-deadline-looming/

Police in Gurnee are investigating an incident at Six Flags Great America Monday night. READ MORE: https://wgntv.com/news/north-suburbs/heavy-police-presence-near-six-flags-great-america/

Chicagoans took to Lakefront beaches in droves on Memorial Day, as the Chicago Police Department manned patrols and bag checks, emphasizing public safety on the national holiday. WGN's Courtney Spinelli reports on the story.

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Nine people were injured Monday evening when gunfire erupted along a beach boardwalk in Hollywood, Florida, sending people frantically running for cover along the crowded beach on Memorial Day. READ MORE: https://wgntv.com/news/national/police-9-shot-near-beach-boardwalk-in-hollywood-florida/

A 17-year-old high school baseball player was shot after opening the front door of his Jeffery Manor home Friday night. READ MORE: https://wgntv.com/news/chicagocrime/police-17-year-old-shot-after-opening-front-door-of-south-side-home/

About an hour and a half outside the city, locals will find a unique place that offers the promise of a new day in body and soul and a clean break from the skeletons of yesteryear. 

Veterans who are still struggling to come to terms with the military service of then and what is their life now. WGN's Pat Elwood reports on the story.

NU Women's lacrosse arrived home in Evanston Monday with the 2023 National Championship trophy in tow, the program's 8th overall.

The Vatican on Monday urged the Catholic faithful, and especially bishops, to be “reflective, not reactive” on social media, issuing guidelines to try to tame the toxicity on Catholic Twitter and other social media platforms and encourage users to instead be “loving neighbors.” READ MORE: https://wgntv.com/news/international/ap-vatican-singles-out-bishops-in-urging-reflective-not-reactive-social-media-use/

Where once the population of Barcelona drank mostly from its rivers and wells, Spain’s second city now relies upon a labyrinth-like mesh of green, blue and purple pipes inside an industrial plant to keep it from going thirsty amid a prolonged drought. READ MORE: https://wgntv.com/news/international/ap-drought-struck-barcelona-quenches-thirst-with-costly-desalination/

Every year on Memorial Day, a veteran of the Vietnam War honors those who died serving their country with a display and decorations in the front yard of his South Suburban home. WGN's Bronagh Tumulty reports on the story.

Illinois lawmakers finally approved a new state budget early Saturday, sending it to Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker for his signature with just over a month to spare before it takes effect with the new state fiscal year July 1. READ MORE: https://wgntv.com/news/illinois/illinois-lawmakers-approve-50-4-billion-budget-await-gov-pritzkers-signature/

Russia’s Interior Ministry has issued an arrest warrant for Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) after he praised U.S. military aid to Ukraine as “the best money we’ve ever spent.”  READ MORE: https://wgntv.com/news/russia-ukraine-crisis/russia-issues-arrest-warrant-for-lindsey-graham-after-ukraine-comments/

Explosions rattled Kyiv during daylight Monday as Russian ballistic missiles took aim at the Ukrainian capital, hours after a more common nighttime barrage of the city by drones and cruise missiles. READ MORE: https://wgntv.com/news/russia-ukraine-crisis/ap-russia-strikes-kyiv-in-daylight-after-hitting-ukraines-capital-with-series-of-nighttime-barrages/