Associated Press

The strike is Chicago’s first major walkout by teachers since 2012. It follows months of negotiations between the Chicago Teachers Union and Chicago Public Schools over pay, class size and other issues.

Maryland Rep. Elijah E. Cummings died early Thursday at Johns Hopkins Hospital due to complications from longstanding health challenges, his congressional office said. He was 68.

President Joko Widodo, who will be sworn in Sunday, ordered government forces to hunt down those responsible for last week’s stabbing attack on Indonesia’s top security minister.

Gordon Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union, appears to be at the center of a foreign policy dialogue with Ukraine that forms the basis of the impeachment inquiry.

Vice President Mike Pence and Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo arrive in Turkey on a mission to douse a crisis that’s been dismissed by President Trump.

Britain and the European Union say they have struck an outline Brexit deal — though it must still be formally approved by the bloc and ratified by the European and U.K. parliaments.

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam was again forced from the legislative chamber because of protests Thursday by opposition members following a bloody attack on a leader of the nearly 5-month-old protest movement.

The strike is Chicago’s first major walkout by teachers since 2012. City officials announced that all classes had been canceled for Thursday.

Stocks on Wall Street traded listlessly Wednesday, with indexes giving back some of their gains from the day before.

Songwriters Justin and Jeremiah Raisen, who worked on Lizzo’s “Healthy,” say they deserve credit on “Truth Hurts” since the second song borrows from the first.