A parliamentary election was held on Monday, marking a significant step towards self-rule. This election follows a 2014 peace deal in which a large Muslim rebel group agreed to broader autonomy in exchange for giving up its goal of a separate state. The group's fighters, numbering around 40,000, are to demobilize and join civilian life.
The Commission on Elections has taken control of Cotabato City due to a shooting incident that resulted in three deaths and 15 injuries. Other incidents, including an explosion, have also occurred in the city.
Further details about the election and incidents are available from the source, providing more information on the current situation and its developments.
Drivers on the far Northwest Side will see some changes to their commute because of a new ramp closure. The Interstate 10 east entrance ramp south of the Loop 1604 interchange permanently closed at 5 a.m. Monday as construction continues on the Loop 1604 North Expansion Project. ...
Bob Mackie, the fashion designer whose visually provocative Hollywood style defined glamour for the 1970s — including putting Carol Burnett in some of her kookiest getups and Cher in her raciest ones — died Monday. He was 87. “He lived his 87 years to the fullest, fulfilling his ...
The Kennedy Center Board of Trustees is planning to propose adding President Donald Trump’s name to the facility’s exterior in recognition of his saving the building from its “precarious fiscal position,” according to a new court filing in a suit aimed at blocking the addition of...
