Wednesday to retain the city's 30 mph default speed limit. Why it matters: Studies show that pedestrians are half as likely to die when hit by a car driving 25 mph rather than 30 mph. Context: Cities including New York,

New York Knicks (37-18, third in the Eastern Conference) vs. Cleveland Cavaliers (45-10, first in the Eastern Conference)

Boston joins New York and Chicago as a host of the latest Public Art Fund presentation, “Carmen Winant: My Mother and Eye.” This outdoor exhibit featuring 11 compositions of more than 1,200 film stills is on view on 300 JCDecaux bus shelters across the three cities.

US immigration officials launched a new round of enforcement operations in the Los Angeles area Sunday, according to two people familiar with the effort. The new effort in Southern California follows recent operations ordered by the Trump administration to apprehend individuals unlawfully residing in places such as Chicago and New York.

The House Oversight Committee is investigating the policies of sanctuary jurisdictions in Boston, Chicago, Denver and New York City. These cities, which refuse to fully cooperate with federal immigration enforcement,

A Complete Unknown documents Bob Dylan’s history in New York, but the singer spent an influential month in Chicago before heading east.

New York Knicks forward Mikal Bridges detailed what went wrong for Bulls center Nikola Vucevic in the game-saving play on Thursday. The Eastern Conference heavyweight picked up its first win of the season against a lowly Chicago team in a 113-111 overtime thriller.

Two men from New York are facing felony charges after allegedly scamming an elderly Illinois woman into buying $750K in gold bars.

Police say the men were part of a scheme that threatened to arrest the woman's family if she didn't buy the gold and give it to them.

New York hosts the Chicago Bulls after Karl-Anthony Towns scored 44 points in the New York Knicks' 149-148 overtime win against the Atlanta Hawks.

The Illinois economy and its main driver, Chicago, have been stuck in neutral lately, and that’s not likely to change anytime soon. That's the bottom line of a new report commissioned by the state's government forecasting agency.