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NPR's Scott Simon recounts the heroic actions of a Chicago bus driver and his passengers, who saw buildings on fire at 2 a.m. and raced to warn residents.

Arrests for crossing the U.S. border illegally fell slightly in March, authorities said, bucking a usual spring increase amid increased immigration enforcement in Mexico.

A mining truck manufactured by Komatsu was crowned the winner of the 2024 “Makers Madness” contest, earning the title of “the coolest thing made in Illinois” at the Governor’s Mansion Wednesday.

The players had just received their medals for the mixed doubles competition in table tennis when one of the South Korean athletes produced a cellphone for a modern Olympic tradition: a group photo at the podium.

World record holder Joshua Cheptegei of Uganda looked up to four-time Olympic medalist Kenenisa Bekele as a kid. He just stole the Ethiopian's Olympic record. Grant Fisher won bronze for the U.S.

McDonald announced a drop in sales for the first time since 2020, when restaurants closed because of the pandemic. This time, it's because of inflation. (Story aired on ATC on July 29, 2024.)

In the final Olympic pool swimming race in Paris, U.S. women dominated a relay medley, winning an 8th gold medal for American swimmers and shattering a world record.

Scheffler ties course record at France's Le Golf National to win gold for the United States

Tadej Pogacar of Slovenia clinched victory Sunday at this year's Tour de France. A rapid 21-mile final time trial kept him ahead of his two chief Danish and Belgian rivals

The former Marion police chief is charged with felony obstruction of justice and is accused of persuading a potential witness for a probe into his conduct of withholding information from authorities.