Monday

The Department of Housing and Urban Development announced that it would provide $5 million to install carbon monoxide detectors in public housing, after an NBC News investigation revealed the lack of protections for millions of low-income tenants who live in federally subsidized rental units. The funding for public housing authorities represents “the first time HUD is targeting grants specifically for...

In Utah, drones are hovering near avalanches to watch roaring snow. In North Carolina, they’re searching for the nests of endangered birds. In Kansas, they could soon be identifying sick cows through heat signatures. Public transportation agencies are using drones in nearly every state, according to a survey obtained by The Associated Press ahead of its release Monday. The report...

An Indiana mayor pranked his town for April Fools’ Day by proposing a streaking, er, striking new plan to boost tourism.

A suburban high school is set to test students’ hair as part of a new “mandatory” drug policy for the upcoming school year.

Meghan McCain is back on “The View” for the first time since the August death of her father, Sen. John McCain. She made a tearful return Monday, thanking viewers and her colleagues for their support. She said the idealism for America that her father talked about didn’t die with him when the former presidential candidate succumbed to brain cancer Aug....

Police say there have been 102 fewer homicides and nearly 500 fewer shooting victims in Chicago this year, compared to the first nine months of 2017.

Kanye West says he’s returning to Chicago – and never leaving.

The top headlines you need to know as you start your day on Sept. 18, 2018.

Young Jean Lee became the first Asian-American woman playwright to have a play open on Broadway when “Straight White Men” made its official debut Monday.

The International House of Pancakes, commonly referred to as IHOP, created a social media frenzy last week, when it announced intentions to change its name to “IHOb.” But customers had to wait until Monday to find out what the “b” represented....
The restaurant changed its Twitter handle to “@IHOb” and opened an IHOb restaurant in Hollywood, California. It also debuted a...

A New York City council member launched an investigation Monday into the Kushner Cos.’ routine filing of paperwork falsely claiming zero rent-regulated tenants in its buildings, saying that the deception should have been uncovered long ago because the documents are online for all to see. Councilman Ritchie Torres said the city’s buildings department should have spotted the falsified numbers because...

Tom Brady hung up on a popular morning radio talk show Monday morning after expressing his displeasure with disparaging comments made about his 5-year-old daughter.

Did you buy a Snuggie one night after watching a TV ad a few years ago, thinking you’d get a second one at no additional cost? If so you, you may be in luck! You might get a check in the mail — absolutely free! The Federal Trade Commission this week sent out more than 200,000 refund checks to people...

Linkin Park said their hearts are broken following the death of lead singer Chester Bennington, who died by hanging last week. The rock band said Monday that the “shock waves of grief and denial are still sweeping through our family as we come to grips with what has happened.” Bennington, who was 41, hanged himself from a bedroom door in...

Pearl Jam called the law “a despicable piece of legislation that encourages discrimination against an entire group of American citizens.”

In a strongly worded letter, U.S. Senator Pat Toomey is calling for a Vermont college to rescind its offer to a convicted cop killer, Mumia Abu-Jamal, to address their fall 2014 graduates during its Oct. 5 commencement ceremony.