Like all true visionaries, the English poet William Blake was light-years ahead of his time: a fierce critic of industrial modernity and a thinker deeply suspicious of any mindset that might turn the ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson on Wednesday unveiled a snowplow named "Abolish ICE" in an effort to oppose the Trump administration's deportation campaign, less than a week after a local college ...

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An annual contest usually draws lighthearted quips. This year, Chicagoans chose a political pun. By Julie Bosman Each winter, Chicago’s annual “You Name a Snowplow” contest brings out the creative, ...

MINNESOTA, USA — "O Brother, Where Art Plow?" is what you might ask after a big snowstorm hits the Twin Cities. It is also one of the lucky winners of the Minnesota Department of Transportation's ...

And the winner of the Minnesota Department of Transportation’s 2026 Name a Snowplow contest is ... the envelope please. “Oh, For Sleet’s Sake.” In a close vote, the moniker came out on top in the ...

Chicago’s newest name for a snowplow will be “Abolish ICE,” Mayor Brandon Johnson said Monday. Johnson announced the name as the winner of a citywide contest. He had earlier given it a “full and ...

The city of Chicago has announced its six winners for its annual snowplow naming contest, and one protest against federal immigration enforcement action was among them. Numerous names pertaining to ...

Send in the cold case squad! City snow plow drivers slammed into at least five parked cars after the big snow storm recently — and then left the scene, according to police sources and car owners. The ...

The Minnesota Department of Transportation has winnowed thousands of submissions for its Name a Snowplow contest down to 30 finalists. MnDOT said more than 6,750 names were submitted this year. The ...

A snowplow driver was struck and killed by a truck in western Loudoun County, Virginia, the sheriff’s office said. Juan Carlos Ferman, 38, of Centreville, was working on Route 7 at the border of ...