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Chicago officials search for suspect after burnt cross found in Grant Park

11 June 2026 at 17:09

Police released photos of person of interest in Tuesday’s cross burning, often linked to white supremacy and racism

Chicago authorities are searching for a suspect after a cross was burned in Grant Park earlier this week.

At about 2.30pm on Tuesday, Chicago’s fire department responded to reports of a cross set ablaze in the park. No injuries were reported and firefighters quickly extinguished the flames.

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© Photograph: Keinika Carlton/AP

© Photograph: Keinika Carlton/AP

© Photograph: Keinika Carlton/AP

Patel: World Cup security ‘probably the biggest lift in FBI history’ 

11 June 2026 at 17:02
FBI Director Kash Patel says his agency is making terrorist attack prevention its top job during the FIFA World Cup games, which kick off Thursday afternoon.  “Extremists have used major global sporting events in the past to do harm and spread their twisted ideologies,” Patel wrote in a Wednesday social media post. “We are totally…

Patel: World Cup security ‘probably the biggest lift in FBI history’ 

11 June 2026 at 17:02
FBI Director Kash Patel says his agency is making terrorist attack prevention its top job during the FIFA World Cup games, which kick off Thursday afternoon.  “Extremists have used major global sporting events in the past to do harm and spread their twisted ideologies,” Patel wrote in a Wednesday social media post. “We are totally…

Trump raises specter of fraud with baseless accusations about California elections

11 June 2026 at 11:00

President Donald Trump was displeased with the outcome of the California primary elections. Convinced his intervention was decisive, he insists that without the pressure he exerted in recent days on behalf of the Republican candidate for governor, Steve Hilton, he would not have advanced to the November runoff, where he will face the candidate backed by the Democratic establishment, Xavier Becerra. “But the only reason they approved Steve Hilton, it was going to be two weeks, they said. And then they approved it that night because the heat was on them because they’re cheating dogs,” the president said Wednesday from the Oval Office.

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Donald Trump in the Oval Office on Wednesday.
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