Stephanie Zimmermann

Hundreds of drivers in Illinois and throughout the country describe incidents in which their back windows “shattered” or “exploded” as they were on the road or after they were parked.

Legislation is being proposed in Springfield that would require the total price of goods and services, especially extra fees, to be disclosed before customers try to pay.

Lab tests of hemp products sold in Chicago showed wildly varying levels of THC and unexpected cannabinoids in edibles and flowers. Lawmakers are calling for the items to be regulated.

The ruling Tuesday in favor of Rudisill, who’s now an FBI agent, also could help other long-serving vets tap college educational benefits for themselves and their families that they earned under more than one version of the GI Bill.

MV Realty targeted people who had equity in their homes but needed cash — locking them into decades-long contracts carrying hidden fees, the Illinois attorney general says in a newly filed lawsuit. The company has 34,000 agreements with homeowners, including more than 750 in Illinois.

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The legislation would protect homeowners from long-term listing agreements, like those peddled by MV Realty, making them unenforceable.

In a Sun-Times test, a parked car got dangerously hot in minutes, a reminder that leaving pets or children in a car, even briefly, can quickly turn deadly.

Fraudulent texts appear to be on the rise. They might include a button to click to give money that supposedly would go to a candidate or a link to a phony website that accepts credit cards.

Lowball offers. Unfair denials of claims. Delayed payment. Some nonstandard insurance companies in Illinois have amassed hundreds of complaints, at far higher rates than better known insurers, a Chicago Sun-Times analysis found, leaving customers in the Chicago area and statewide to question…