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Jan 19, 2026
On MLK Day, crowds rallied against the Trump administration, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the war in Gaza.
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Jan 19, 2026
Around 550 volunteers joined more than 200 City Year Chicago AmeriCorps members for the day of service, the organization's director said.
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Jan 19, 2026
The newly minted East Chicago chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People wasn't kidding when its organizers said they were going to throw a celebration.
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Jan 19, 2026
Israel has been asked to join U.S. President Donald Trump's new Board of Peace that will supervise the next phase of the Gaza peace plan, an Israeli official said Monday, while France is holding off accepting for now.
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Jan 19, 2026
A Portage man faces several felony charges after he barricaded himself inside a Portage home during a tense, three-hour standoff with police officers Saturday.
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Jan 19, 2026
More than 100 vehicles smashed into each other or slid off the interstate in Michigan on Monday as snow fueled by the Great Lakes blanketed the state.
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Jan 19, 2026
European shares mostly fell and U.S. stock futures skidded Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to slap a 10% extra tariff on imports from eight European countries because they oppose having America take control of Greenland.
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Jan 19, 2026
Mayor Brandon Johnson revived his crusade to tax the rich during the annual Martin Luther King Jr. breakfast hosted by the civil rights group Rainbow PUSH.
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Jan 19, 2026
"Intimidation," "threats" and "blackmail" are just some of the terms being used by European Union leaders to describe U.S. President Donald Trump's warning that he will slap new tariffs on nations opposing American control of Greenland.
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Jan 19, 2026
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell will attend the Supreme Court's oral arguments Wednesday in a case involving the attempted firing of Fed governor Lisa Cook, an unusual show of support by the central bank chair.
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Jan 19, 2026
Red baseball caps spoofing Donald Trump's iconic MAGA hats have become a symbol of Danish and Greenlandic defiance against the U.S. president's threat to seize the frozen territory.
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Jan 19, 2026
Valentino Garavani, the jet-set Italian designer whose high-glamour gowns were fashion show staples for nearly half a century, has died at home in Rome, his foundation announced Monday.
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Jan 19, 2026
Three U.S. Catholic cardinals urged the Trump administration on Monday to use a moral compass in pursuing its foreign policy, saying U.S. military action in Venezuela, threats of acquiring Greenland and cuts in foreign aid risk bringing vast suffering instead of promoting peace.
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Jan 19, 2026
The latest federal dietary guidelines tell Americans to "prioritize protein foods at every meal" and advise increasing daily intake — up to double the amount of previous recommendations.
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Jan 19, 2026
President Donald Trump is now claiming that one reason he is pushing to acquire Greenland is that he didn't win the Nobel Peace Prize, according to a message he sent to Norway's prime minister over the weekend.
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Jan 19, 2026
While much of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s work urged people to speak out strongly and clearly against injustice, Shontrai Irving learned that sometimes, silence carries the message further.
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Jan 19, 2026
Good morning, Chicago. Here are the top stories you need to know to start your day.
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Jan 19, 2026
Destiny Singleton stood inside a Garfield Park church last November. Every seat was filled for the community event, but her voice was measured as she spoke into the microphone. The question put to her was simple: What would you change about your school? "One thing I wish that could be improved is how admin treats […]
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Jan 19, 2026
At a trial this week, prosecutors will allege Jawad Fakroune is a convicted con man who used fake identities, false promises and, at times, threats and violence to further his criminal schemes and lead a lavish lifestyle.
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Jan 19, 2026
On Jan. 19, 2012, Rupert Murdoch's media empire apologized and agreed to cash payouts to 37 people whose telephones had been hacked by its tabloid press.
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Jan 19, 2026
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Jan. 19, according to the Tribune's archives.
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Jan 18, 2026
Here's a look back at each of the Bears' playoff games — including two trips to the Super Bowl — since 1932.
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Jan 18, 2026
The mayor of Minneapolis said Sunday that sending active duty soldiers into Minnesota to help with an immigration crackdown is a ridiculous and unconstitutional idea.
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Jan 18, 2026
"60 Minutes" on Sunday plans to air a story about Trump administration deportations that was abruptly pulled from the newsmagazine's lineup a month ago, sparking an internal battle about political pressure that spilled out into the open.
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Jan 18, 2026
Wilbur Wood, who died Saturday at 84, became a Chicago White Sox legend thanks to his rubber-armed durability and a baffling knuckleball.
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Jan 18, 2026
Sunday's service at the New Covenant Missionary Baptist Church highlighted the history of intersection between social justice and faith and called listeners to action.
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Jan 18, 2026
What sounds like President Donald Trump narrating a new Fannie Mae ad actually is an AI-cloned voice reading text, according to a disclaimer in the video.
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Jan 18, 2026
At least six more countries said Sunday the United States has invited them to join U.S. President Donald Trump's "Board of Peace," a new body of world leaders meant to oversee next steps in Gaza.
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Jan 18, 2026
The Pentagon has ordered about 1,500 active-duty soldiers to be ready in case of a possible deployment to Minnesota, where federal authorities have been conducting a massive immigration enforcement operation, two defense officials said Sunday.
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Jan 18, 2026
South Africa declared a national disaster Sunday over torrential rains and floods that have killed at least 30 people in the country's north, damaged thousands of homes and washed away roads and bridges.`
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Jan 18, 2026
Digital borrowing is proving popular for many patrons as libraries strive to improve the customer experience.
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Jan 18, 2026
Republican lawmakers are scrambling to contain President Donald Trump's threats of taking possession of Greenland, with some showing the most strident opposition to almost anything the Trump administration has done since taking office.
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Jan 18, 2026
The Indiana Department of Education, in partnership with the University of Notre Dame, has received a $10 million federal Innovation and Research grant to improve student literacy.
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Jan 18, 2026
Bundle up, Bears fans. Sunday's playoff game against the Los Angeles Rams will be a cold one, with temperatures dropping into the mid-teens.
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Jan 18, 2026
The eight European countries targeted by U.S. President Donald Trump for a 10% tariff for opposing American control of Greenland blasted the move Sunday.
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Jan 18, 2026
With more than 300 people expected for its inaugural MLK event Monday, the newly reformed East Chicago branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is ready to "move in formation" again.
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Jan 18, 2026
Abandoned oil and gas wells pose environmental and public health risks. For three decades, the state has mismanaged funds earmarked for minimizing the threat.
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Jan 18, 2026
Joliet is one of six communities nationwide — and the only one in Illinois — selected as an official Route 66 Centennial Kickoff city.
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Jan 18, 2026
Chicago's favorite fight song, "Bear Down," began as bet among songwriters. It ended up being a city's rallying cry.
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Jan 18, 2026
A large and growing field of candidates is angling to take out Mayor Brandon Johnson, who is seen as very beatable.
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Jan 18, 2026
On Jan. 18, 2019, Jason Van Dyke, the white Chicago police officer who gunned down Black teenager Laquan McDonald in 2014, was sentenced to nearly seven years in prison.
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Jan 18, 2026
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Jan. 18, according to the Tribune's archives.
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Jan 17, 2026
About a dozen people took shelter at Cook County courthouses in Markham, Skokie and Maywood, during arctic weather in December.
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Jan 17, 2026
About a dozen people took shelter at Cook County courthouses in Markham, Skokie and Maywood, during arctic weather in December.
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Jan 17, 2026
A blast of winter weather brought snowfall and subfreezing wind chills across the Midwest and East Coast on Saturday as well as near-freezing temperatures in parts of the South, including normally balmy Florida.
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Jan 17, 2026
Israel's government is objecting to the White House announcement of leaders who will play a role in overseeing next steps in Gaza as the ceasefire moves into its challenging second phase.
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Jan 17, 2026
A third round of retaliatory strikes by the U.S. in Syria resulted in the death of an Al-Qaeda-affiliated leader, who officials say had a direct tie to the Islamic State member responsible for last month's ambush that killed two U.S. soldiers and one American civilian interpreter in the country.
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Jan 17, 2026
The EPA plans to stop considering health benefits when setting air pollution rules, specifically from curbing pollutants.
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Jan 17, 2026
One of the first large-scale events to occur in Broadview since federal agents pulled back from their 64-day surge of immigration enforcement raids in and around Chicago, took place Saturday less than two weeks after ICE agent Jonathan Ross shot U.S. citizen Renee Good to death in Minneapolis.
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Jan 17, 2026
Hundreds gathered to protest Saturday in Broadview for one of the first large-scale gatherings in the western suburb since federal agents pulled back from "Operation Midway Blitz," less than two weeks after ICE agent Jonathan Ross shot U.S. citizen Renee Good to death in Minneapolis.
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Jan 17, 2026
President Donald Trump's "Board of Peace," which was initially seen as a mechanism focused on ending the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, is taking shape with ambitions to have a far broader mandate of other global crises.
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Jan 17, 2026
NASA's giant new moon rocket headed to the launch pad Saturday in preparation for astronauts' first lunar fly-around in more than half a century.
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Jan 17, 2026
Save the Dunes transferred conservation properties in Michigan City, Long Beach, Gary and Lake Station to the Shirley Heinze Land Trust.
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Jan 17, 2026
The city of Lake Station and town of New Chicago are considering the formation of the East Lake Fire Protection Territory.
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Jan 17, 2026
The La Grange Village Board's move to allow the demolition of Jackson Square Antique Mall prompts calls for zoning process changes.
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Jan 17, 2026
The La Grange Village Board's move to allow the demolition of Jackson Square Antique Mall prompts calls for zoning process changes.
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Jan 17, 2026
President Trump said in a social media post that Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Finland would face the tariff.
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Jan 17, 2026
A Ukrainian delegation has arrived in the United States to discuss a U.S.-led diplomatic push to end the nearly 4-year-old war.
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Jan 17, 2026
Operation Metro Surge is the Trump administration's latest and biggest crackdown yet, with more than 2,000 officers taking part.
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Jan 17, 2026
Chicago aims to expand the footprint of WNBA All-Star Weekend in this year's iteration of the event, which will take place July 23-25.
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Jan 17, 2026
The exhibit Anatomy of Healthcare: DuPage County Medical History opens this month at the Elmhurst History Museum.
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Jan 17, 2026
Interest in Chicago Pride Hockey, a recreational hockey nonprofit for LGBTQ players and allies, has skyrocketed with the popularity of the hit series "Heated Rivalry," streaming on HBO Max.
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Jan 17, 2026
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Jan. 17, according to the Tribune's archives.
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Jan 17, 2026
On Jan. 17, 1920, prohibition of alcohol began in the United States as the Volstead Act went into effect in support of the 18th Amendment.
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Jan 16, 2026
Federal officers in the Minneapolis-area participating in its largest recent U.S. immigration enforcement operation can't detain or tear gas peaceful protesters, a U.S. judge in Minnesota ruled Friday.
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Jan 16, 2026
Manhattan's top federal prosecutor said Friday that a judge lacks the authority to appoint a neutral expert to oversee the public release of documents in the sex trafficking probe of financier Jeffrey Epstein and British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell.
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Jan 16, 2026
The mother of one of Elon Musk's children is suing his AI company, saying its Grok chatbot allowed users to generate sexually exploitive deepfake images of her that have caused her humiliation and emotional distress.
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Jan 16, 2026
The Justice Department is investigating whether Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey have impeded federal immigration enforcement through public statements they have made, according to two people familiar with the matter.
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Jan 16, 2026
A new review of studies has found that taking Tylenol during pregnancy doesn't increase the risk of autism, ADHD or intellectual disabilities - adding to the growing body of research refuting claims made by the Trump administration.
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Jan 16, 2026
The White House released the names of some of the leaders who will play a role in overseeing next steps in Gaza after the Palestinian committee set to govern the territory under U.S. supervision met for the first time Friday in Cairo.
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Jan 16, 2026
On Friday evening, Stratton's campaign sent a fundraising email in the governor's name, in which Gov. Pritzker asks supporters to "help Juliana regain momentum."
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Jan 16, 2026
Justice Connection, a network of department alums, estimates that more than 230 lawyers, agents and other employees from across the department were fired last year, apparently because of their work on cases they were assigned or past criticism of Trump, or seemingly no reason.
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Jan 16, 2026
Gov. JB Pritzker signed a new initiative into law enabling Illinois residents who've served sentences for nonviolent offenses to have their state criminal records automatically sealed.
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Jan 16, 2026
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado said on Friday she's confident of her country's eventual transition to democracy after the U.S. military ousted former President Nicolás Maduro.
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Jan 16, 2026
After 151 years in Chicago, St. Stanislaus Kostka Academy said it will close its doors at the end of the 2025-26 school year.
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Jan 16, 2026
A former south suburban police officer was convicted by a federal jury Friday of conspiring to rob motorists of cash and drugs during traffic stops and extorting people in exchange for declining to press charges or tow their vehicles.
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Jan 16, 2026
The Trump administration is delaying its plans to withhold pay from student loan borrowers who default on their payments, backing off a measure that threatened to deliver a financial blow to millions of Americans.
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Jan 16, 2026
Northbrook proclamation stresses police will not aid ICE, and federal agents cannot use municipal property, without warrant.
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Jan 16, 2026
In the GOP race for governor, campaign finance reports show businessman Heidner with $1.16 million in cash on hand, narrowly behind the nearly $1.25 million conservative activist Ted Dabrowski reported.
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Jan 16, 2026
Gary officials have identified three locations in the city for a potential Chicago Bears stadium, according to a proposal announced Friday.
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Jan 16, 2026
U.S. regulators have granted a five-week extension for Tesla to respond to allegations that its vehicles have broken traffic laws while operating in what the electric automaker calls "full self-driving" mode.
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Jan 16, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump suggested Friday that he may punish countries with tariffs if they don't back the U.S. controlling Greenland, a message that came as a bipartisan Congressional delegation sought to lower tensions in the Danish capital.
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Jan 16, 2026
Adam Beckerink, 47, a Chicago attorney, charged with first-degree murder in Caitlin Tracey's death, faced his detention hearing.
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Jan 16, 2026
Wendell "Wendy" Miller, a Lake Bluff resident who helped found the Chicago Marathon and played a crucial role in its early development, has died.
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Jan 16, 2026
A proposed development on long-vacant parcels along Madison Street in River Forest would include 72 apartments and a new parking lot.
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Jan 16, 2026
A Lake County prosecutor questioned a witness' account of a fatal shooting during a New Year's Day custody handoff, saying it did not match what was captured on video.
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Jan 16, 2026
A San Diego businesswoman who was granted clemency by Donald Trump in 2021 and later convicted on new fraud charges received a pardon from the president on Thursday, according to a White House official who spoke on the condition of anonymity.
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Jan 16, 2026
A Republican candidate has filed for U.S. Representative in Indiana's First District with the Nazi salute in his ballot name.
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Jan 16, 2026
The coalition will help convert Gary's elevated railroad in Midtown into a trail that will be part of the Marquette Greenway.
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Jan 16, 2026
Good afternoon, Chicago. Here's what is happening today.
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Jan 16, 2026
Known for his support of street cops, O'Grady initially was praised for targeting corruption but was later linked to corruption scandals.
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Jan 16, 2026
The White House and a bipartisan group of governors are pressuring the operator of the mid-Atlantic power grid to take urgent steps to boost energy supply and curb price hikes, holding a Friday event aimed at addressing a rising concern among voters about the enormous amount of power used for artificial intelligence ahead of elections later this year.
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Jan 16, 2026
Speaking at the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Interfaith Breakfast, Kamala Harris called upon the room of politicos and religious leaders to "continue the fight" against President Donald Trump.
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Jan 16, 2026
At a forum of Illinois Republicans running for governor, Rick Heidner tries to explain contributions to former Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson.
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Jan 16, 2026
Arlington Heights officials called for Illinois lawmakers to get moving on a proposed new Chicago Bears stadium in the northwest suburb.
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Jan 16, 2026
Senate Bill 270 will require the state Department of Local Government Finance to compile data on each township, except those in Marion County.
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Jan 16, 2026
Here's a look back at how the Chicago Bears and Los Angeles Rams got to the NFC championship — and how their second postseason game against each other played out.
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Jan 16, 2026
Nuclear power is closer to coming to Indiana as the state Senate's utility committee passed a bill that would shape how permits are issued to nuclear facilities.
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Jan 16, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump has turned the Arctic island of Greenland into a geopolitical hotspot with his demands to own it and suggestions that the U.S. could take it by force.
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Jan 16, 2026
Interviews by The Associated Press of more than a half-dozen fired employees offer a snapshot of the toll.
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