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With Valentine’s Day around the corner, florists will soon be flooded with orders from last-minute romantics. Here are some ways to avoid common Valentine’s Day flower flops and other floral fiascos.

A Gold Coast floral shop is partnering with local nursing homes to donate bouquets to residents spending the holidays alone. Astor Flowers launched the “Bringing Blooms” campaign Dec. 13 to brighten the day of residents at Sunrise Senior Living, according to flower shop founder Justin Stankiewicz. “We are teaming up with Sunrise Senior Living and a few other nursing home…

If you’re sending flowers for someone in a medical facility, check with staff before you order. Some healthcare and nursing facilities are restricting flower deliveries for Mother’s Day in light of the coronavirus.

A lawyer for a former Lithuanian judge and parliament member jailed in Chicago said Monday that a new court ruling could be a fatal blow to his client’s long fight against extradition to Lithuania, saying she could be sent back any day now to the Baltic Sea nation where she says she exposed a network of influential pedophiles.

A lawyer for a former Lithuanian judge and parliament member jailed in Chicago said Monday that a new court ruling could be a fatal blow to his client’s long fight against extradition to Lithuania, saying she could be sent back any day now to the Baltic Sea nation where she says she exposed a network of influential pedophiles.

The Supreme Court decided Monday against a high-stakes, election-year case about the competing rights of gay and lesbian couples and merchants who refuse to provide services for same-sex weddings. The justices handed bakers in the Portland, Oregon, area a small victory by throwing out a state court ruling against them and ordering judges to take a new look at their...

A federal appeals court has set a date to hear oral arguments in the case of a former Lithuanian judge and lawmaker fighting extradition back to her homeland.

Danielle Walker cried on Joe Manchin’s shoulder after she shared her story of sexual assault in the senator’s office. She thought he listened. The 42-year-old Morgantown woman said she was both devastated and furious when Manchin became the only Democrat in the U.S. Senate to support President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh. “I feel raped all over again,”...

“Shame on you! Shame on you!” Protestors flooded the halls of Capitol Hill to confront Sen. Joe Manchin moments after he announced his intention to vote yes on Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination.

A U.S. agency will hear testimony on a former Lithuanian lawmaker who is jailed in Chicago and fighting extradition.

A former lawmaker and judge from Lithuania jailed in Chicago wants a court to declare the way the Trump administration OK’d her extradition unconstitutional.

A former Lithuanian lawmaker appeared close to fainting in a Chicago federal courtroom Thursday as a judge refused to halt her extradition to her homeland, where she faces charges stemming from her claims about the existence of a ring of influential pedophiles.

A former Lithuanian lawmaker appeared close to fainting in a Chicago federal courtroom Thursday as a judge refused to halt her extradition to her homeland, where she faces charges stemming from her claims about the existence of a ring of influential pedophiles. Regina Waldroup reports.

A 64-year-old florist was struck and killed while crossing a street on Chicago’s West Side over the weekend.

A 64-year-old florist was struck and killed while crossing a street on Chicago’s West Side over the weekend. Sandra Torres reports.

An ex-Lithuanian lawmaker and judge whose extradition to Lithuania looms is appealing a U.S. district court’s refusal to halt the extradition process while she awaits a decision on her political-asylum request.

The Supreme Court is ordering Washington courts to take a new look at the case of a florist who refused to provide services for the wedding of two men because of her religious objection to same-sex marriage. The justices’ order Monday means the court is passing for now on the chance to decide whether business owners can refuse on religious...

It’s the beauty aisles themselves getting makeovers now. Department stores are being forced to rethink how they sell higher-end makeup and perfume as competition intensifies from discounters like Target, specialty chains like Sephora and Ulta and online brands. So stores like Saks and Macy’s are promising workouts for your face, augmented reality and beauty treatment concierges as they try to...

After two days of friendly meetings with President Donald Trump, French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday took Trump’s worldview to task in a rare address to a joint session of Congress. France and the United States, bound by shared values like freedom and liberty, must resist “closing the door to the world” and uphold the order they helped create without...

With exaggerated handshakes and a pair of kisses, President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron professed a sunny, best-friends relationship Tuesday, even as the two allies strained to bridge differences over the Iran nuclear agreement, Syria and more. Hosting Macron for the first state visit of his administration, culminating in a lavish dinner Tuesday night, Trump remained firm in...