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Authorities say 11 people were sent to hospitals following gunfire and an accident involving a Chicago Transit Authority bus.Chicago police say shots were fired at around 9:30 a.m. Tuesday on the city's South Side and those shots caused a car to hit the bus.

A new study by the Army Corp of Engineers shows electrical barriers in Illinois' rivers may need to be stronger to stop the migration of the invasive Asian carp. The report found possible scenarios where Asian carp could get past the electrical barriers.Charles Wooley is with the U.S.

A report out Tuesday shows one out of every 12 bridges in Illinois is deteriorating.

United and Continental airlines are raising fares on many U.S. routes by $10 per round trip. The increase was confirmed Monday by Mike Trevino, a spokesman for the airlines.U.S.

Half a century after cities put up freeways, many of those roads are reaching the end of their useful lives.

Federal and local officials are carefully monitoring airplanes entering Chicago from Japan.No aircraft entering the U.S. in recent days has tested positive for harmful levels of radiation. That's according to a statement from the U.S.

Chicago Mayor Richard Daley says a project to build a high-speed train from O'Hare International Airport to downtown is moving forward. Daley is looking for foreign investors to help construct the high-speed rail link between downtown and O'Hare.