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Nov 18, 2025
New U.S. EPA rule would strip protections from 72% of the state's remaining wetlands, which play a crucial role in mitigating flooding and filtering drinking water.
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Nov 18, 2025
Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday strongly backed U.S. bishops who condemned the Trump administration's immigration crackdown.
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Nov 18, 2025
President Trump denounced ABC News' Mary Bruce as a "terrible reporter" Tuesday and threatened the network's license to broadcast.
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Nov 18, 2025
President Donald Trump is insisting that the redistricting fight in Indiana is not over even as the GOP-led state Senate again refused Tuesday to return to the Capitol this year for a special session to draw new congressional maps.
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Nov 18, 2025
Twenty-three Congressional Democrats — including two from Illinois — joined with Republicans in favoring a resolution admonishing U.S. Rep. Jesús "Chuy" García for using old-school tactics to clear the way for his own House successor.
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Nov 18, 2025
Around 250 federal border agents are set to go to New Orleans for a two-month immigration crackdown dubbed "Swamp Sweep" that aims to arrest roughly 5,000 people across southeast Louisiana and into Mississippi.
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Nov 18, 2025
Plea negotiations with a Wisconsin judge accused of helping an immigrant evade federal agents are underway as her trial nears, the newly minted federal prosecutor overseeing the case said Tuesday.
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Nov 18, 2025
Illinois partisan politics formally undermined a staff finding that state Senate President Don Harmon's political fund violated campaign contribution limits last year.
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Nov 18, 2025
Chicago-based Oak Street Health is laying off 219 people early next year as its owner, CVS Health, restructures parts of the business and closes health centers across the country.
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Nov 18, 2025
Will County prosecutors said the owner of Kee Firearms falsely claimed Kee Construction earned $400,000 a month on a loan application.
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Nov 18, 2025
Chicago police said they shot a man while attempting to question a man they said had a firearm in the Washington Park neighborhood on Tuesday morning. Officers responded to the 5600 block of South Michigan Avenue around 11:50 a.m. to stop and question a man, whose age was not immediately disclosed, who was believed to […]
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Nov 18, 2025
President Donald Trump on Tuesday dismissed U.S. intelligence findings that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman likely had some culpability in the 2018 killing of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
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Nov 18, 2025
A woman and a young boy were hospitalized after they were attacked Monday afternoon near an elementary school on the city's Far South Side, authorities said. The 33-year-old woman and the boy, 9, were walking on the 10600 block of South Bensley Avenue in the South Deering neighborhood around 3:10 p.m. when a group approached […]
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Nov 18, 2025
The Indiana State Senate and House adjourned their separate Organization Day sessions Tuesday until Jan. 5, 2026, but House Speaker Todd Huston hinted at possibly calling the House back in early December as previously scheduled.
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Nov 18, 2025
Roblox is stepping up its age verification system for users who want to chat with other players and implementing age-based chats so kids, teens and adults will only be able to communicate with people around their own age.
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Nov 18, 2025
The measure is intended to prohibit federal agents from using county property for staging, processing or operations.
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Nov 18, 2025
Venice has been charmed by a recent visitor: An acrobatic, wild dolphin.
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Nov 18, 2025
The U.S. Education Department is handing off some of its biggest grant programs to other federal agencies as the Trump administration accelerates its plan to shut down the department.
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Nov 18, 2025
Good afternoon, Chicago. Here's what is happening today.
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Nov 18, 2025
A Blue Island man featured in "Loop puncher" videos that went viral on social media has been sentenced to seven years in state prison for crimes related to the attacks, Cook County court records show.
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Nov 18, 2025
Illinois residents on Wednesday will be able to add their state driver's license or state ID to their Apple Wallets. Mobile IDs will expand to Android users by sometime next year.
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Nov 18, 2025
Triton College in River Grove will compete for the national Aspen Institute's 2027 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence.
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Nov 18, 2025
Former Portage Mayor James Snyder asked for a new trial on his IRS conviction, a request federal prosecutors said is untimely and without merit.
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Nov 18, 2025
The number of detainees held at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing center in Broadview has dropped precipitously since a federal judge ordered the government to comply with requirements to improve conditions at the facility, with only four people held there as of Tuesday morning.
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Nov 18, 2025
Hinsdale-Clarendon Hills Elementary District 181 has brought a taste of outer space into its schools with the recent addition of StarLab.
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Nov 18, 2025
A widely used Internet infrastructure company said that it has largely resolved an issue that led to outages impacting users of everything from ChatGPT and the online game, "League of Legends," to the New Jersey Transit system early Tuesday.
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Nov 18, 2025
A fifth grader's mother complained to the Portage Township School Board about a book he took home from his teacher's personal library.
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Nov 18, 2025
A 54-year-old woman was wounded after three gunmen opened fire at a crowd waiting for the bus in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood, Chicago police said.
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Nov 18, 2025
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said Monday it's investigating a new sexual battery allegation against hip-hop mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs, who is serving a four-year prison sentence on prostitution-related convictions.
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Nov 18, 2025
The House is expected to vote Tuesday on legislation to force the Justice Department to publicly release its files on the late financier Jeffrey Epstein, the culmination of a monthslong effort that has overcome opposition from President Donald Trump and Republican leadership.
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Nov 18, 2025
A 26-year-old woman was left in critical condition after being set on fire during an argument Monday night on a CTA Blue Line train, Chicago police said. About 9:25 p.m., the victim was involved in an argument with a man about 45 years of age while she was on a train in the 100 block […]
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Nov 18, 2025
An Indiana homeowner accused of killing a house cleaner who mistakenly arrived at his front door was charged with voluntary manslaughter on Monday.
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Nov 18, 2025
Good morning, Chicago. Here are the top stories you need to know to start your day.
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Nov 18, 2025
Federal immigration authorities will expand their enforcement action in North Carolina to Raleigh as soon as Tuesday, the mayor said.
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Nov 18, 2025
On Nov. 18, 1928, "Steamboat Willie," the first cartoon with synchronized sound as well as the first release of the character Mickey Mouse, debuted on screen at the Colony Theater in New York.
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Nov 18, 2025
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Nov. 18, according to the Tribune's archives.
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Nov 17, 2025
The out-of-state troops, which had been living at the U.S. Army Reserve Training Center in southwest suburban Elwood, left facility as of 1 p.m. Monday, according to a memorandum obtained by the Tribune.
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Nov 17, 2025
Builders plan to complete the 25,000-square-foot Austin HOPE Center by late summer 2026.
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Nov 17, 2025
Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson signed a declaration of civil emergency Monday after a series of reported threats against the village amid Operation Midway Blitz.
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Nov 17, 2025
Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson signed a declaration of civil emergency Monday after a series of reported threats against the village amid "Operation Midway Blitz."
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Nov 17, 2025
President Donald Trump said Monday he will sell F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia despite some concern within the administration that such a sale could lead to China gaining access to the U.S. technology behind the advanced weapon system.
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Nov 17, 2025
At least six Venezuelan nationals arrested in a controversial immigration raid on a South Shore apartment building in September are among hundreds who could soon be released on bond amid allegations that "Operation Midway Blitz" agents repeatedly violated a consent decree limiting warrantless arrests.
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Nov 17, 2025
"That '70s Show" actor Danny Masterson filed a petition Monday for his two rape convictions and long prison sentence to be thrown out, saying that his trial lawyer failed to call key witnesses and introduce essential evidence that might have exonerated him.
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Nov 17, 2025
Pope Leo XIV on Monday urged countries at United Nations climate talks to take "concrete actions" to stop climate change that is threatening the planet.
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Nov 17, 2025
Jeremy Worley, 50, is charged May 14 with murder and a habitual offender enhancement in the Feb. 4 or Feb. 5, 2024 death of Deon Perry, 60, of Gary.
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Nov 17, 2025
Libertarian-leaning Liberty Justice Center has filed a complaint regarding Illinois Senate President Don Harmon's collecting millions of dollars for his campaign committee.
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Nov 17, 2025
The city of Aurora is partnering with the nonprofit Illinois Workers in Action to offer immigration services, like free legal help, out of a downtown city-owned building.
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Nov 17, 2025
The U.N. Security Council on Monday approved a U.S. plan for Gaza that authorizes an international stabilization force to provide security in the devastated territory and envisions a possible future path to an independent Palestinian state.
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Nov 17, 2025
A 79-year-old grandfather found himself in legal limbo in the Alligator Alcatraz detention camp in the Everglades, picked up on a decades-old deportation order authorities had previously chosen not to enforce.
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Nov 17, 2025
The $25.5 million total Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker gave to his campaign fund represents a smaller down payment than Pritzker made by this point in his two previous races for governor.
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Nov 17, 2025
The Justice Department engaged in a "disturbing pattern of profound investigative missteps" in the process of securing an indictment against former FBI Director James Comey, a federal judge ruled Monday.
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Nov 17, 2025
The acting chief of the Federal Emergency Management Agency left his job Monday after just six months, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
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Nov 17, 2025
The granddaughter of E.B. White, the author of the classic 1952 children's tale "Charlotte's Web," said the wave of immigration arrests goes against what her grandfather and his beloved book stood for.
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Nov 17, 2025
As legislators meet for Organization Day, the start of the 2026 session, on Tuesday, they will grapple with President Donald Trump's direct statement and a swatting call to a State Senator's house after the Indiana Senate declined to vote on mid-census redistricting.
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Nov 17, 2025
Police said no arrests were made and no injuries were reported. The blaze went out on its own after damaging the building, police said.
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Nov 17, 2025
A former Alaska Airlines pilot who tried to cut the engines of a passenger flight in 2023 while riding off-duty in the cockpit will serve no additional prison time, a federal judge ruled Monday.
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Nov 17, 2025
U.S. immigration agents arrested more than 130 people in a weekend sweep through North Carolina's largest city, a federal official said Monday, as the governor warned that the crackdown is simply "stoking fear."
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Nov 17, 2025
Good afternoon, Chicago. Here's what is happening today.
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Nov 17, 2025
Despite the drop in the number of bets, the amount of money wagered on sports in September increased 9% from the previous year to a new record high handle of $1.4 billion.
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Nov 17, 2025
A federal judge has allowed a lawsuit alleging inhumane conditions at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing center in Broadview to proceed as a class-action.
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Nov 17, 2025
Hanis was a versatile editor who spent almost her entire career working for Chicago newspapers, including the Tribune.
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Nov 17, 2025
Hanis was a versatile editor who spent almost her entire career working for Chicago newspapers, including the Tribune.
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Nov 17, 2025
The decked-out holiday train, a CTA tradition for more than three decades, will make appearances on all of the agency's rail lines beginning Nov. 28.
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Nov 17, 2025
Darvell E. Barber, 57, was struck at Crawford Avenue and 178th Place and taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn.
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Nov 17, 2025
Novo Nordisk is chopping prices again for Wegovy, but doctors say the expense will remain challenging for patients without insurance.
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Nov 17, 2025
Monday's defeat is a clear signal the mayor's $21-per-employee monthly tax on larger companies is in danger of not getting the council support it needs.
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Nov 17, 2025
The move is a clear signal the mayor's $21-per-employee monthly tax on larger companies is in danger of not getting the council support it needs.
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Nov 17, 2025
The House is heading towards a vote on a bill to force the Justice Department to release the case files it has collected on Jeffrey Epstein.
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Nov 17, 2025
Police patrolling the1300 block of South Jefferson street found a 44-year-old man with injuries in the middle of the street around 2 a.m. Monday.
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Nov 17, 2025
Chicago homicide data, which is updated on this page weekly, is through Nov. 14, 2025.
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Nov 17, 2025
As the Trump administration's mass deportation raids begin their third month, their impact has stretched across the Chicago region. Here's what to know.
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Nov 17, 2025
From Miami to San Diego, schools around the U.S. are seeing big drops in enrollment of students from immigrant families.
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Nov 17, 2025
President Donald Trump indicated Sunday that he plans to meet with New York City's mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani and said they'll "work something out," in what could be a detente for the Republican president and Democratic political star who have cast each other as political foils.
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Nov 17, 2025
A bill in the Illinois General Assembly would allow a harness racetrack crammed with 1,200 slot machines in Richton Park.
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Nov 17, 2025
Good morning, Chicago. Here are the top stories you need to know to start your day.
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Nov 17, 2025
District 205 bonuses go to teachers at Thornton, Thornridge and Thornwood high schools present for 95% or more of the school year.
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Nov 17, 2025
More than three weeks after Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker created the commission, there is no apparent way for the public to report misconduct by federal immigration agents.
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Nov 17, 2025
Sinking Loop office values fuel spike in Chicago residential bills, especially on South, West sides, report shows.
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Nov 17, 2025
Turkeys make up approximately 2% of the entire U.S. poultry inventory, but account for 24% of new cases in commercial and backyard flocks.
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Nov 17, 2025
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Nov. 17, according to the Tribune's archives.
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Nov 17, 2025
On Nov. 17, 1973, President Richard Nixon told a gathering of Associated Press managing editors at a televised news conference in Orlando, Florida: "People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook."
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Nov 16, 2025
The Federal Aviation Administration said Sunday it is lifting all restrictions on commercial flights that were imposed at 40 major airports during the country's longest government shutdown.
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Nov 16, 2025
A former neighbor was arrested at an airport in Lima, Peru, and and after lengthy extradition proceedings, returned to Chicago.
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Nov 16, 2025
The communist candidate of Chile's center-left government, Jeannette Jara, and a hard-right veteran politician, José Antonio Kast, will vie for the country's presidency in a runoff vote next month.
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Nov 16, 2025
One hundred years ago, the Lutheran University Association purchased a struggling Valparaiso University and made it what it is today.
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Nov 16, 2025
A top Border Patrol commander touted dozens of arrests in North Carolina's largest city on Sunday.
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Nov 16, 2025
The nation's most advanced aircraft carrier arrived in the Caribbean Sea on Sunday in a display of U.S. military power, raising questions about what the new influx of troops and weaponry could signal for the Trump administration's intentions in South America.
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Nov 16, 2025
James "Bau" Graves was the executive director of Chicago's Old Town School of Folk Music for more than 11 years, steering the venerable institution in the North Side Lincoln Square neighborhood through a major expansion.
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Nov 16, 2025
A 35-year-old man was arrested for robbing a staffer of Illinois Senate President Don Harmon at knifepoint on Friday at the Democratic lawmaker's district office in Oak Park, authorities allege.
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Nov 16, 2025
Lawmakers seeking to force the release of files related to the sex trafficking investigation into Jeffrey Epstein are predicting a big win in the House this week.
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Nov 16, 2025
Almost two weeks after Republicans lost badly in elections in Georgia, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Virginia, many GOP leaders insist there is no problem with the party's policies.
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Nov 16, 2025
Pedestrians in the German city of Nuremberg made way for hundreds of bleating sheep on Sunday as a flock of the animals was herded through downtown on its way to its winter quarters.
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Nov 16, 2025
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday vowed to oppose any attempt to establish a Palestinian state, a day before the U.N. Security Council will vote on a U.S.-drafted resolution on Gaza that leaves the door open to Palestinian independence.
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Nov 16, 2025
"Everybody is going to be hit by this," said Ann Gillespie, director of the state insurance department
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Nov 16, 2025
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Nov. 16, according to the Tribune's archives.
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Nov 16, 2025
Today is Sunday, Nov. 16, the 320th day of 2025. There are 45 days left in the year. Today in history: On Nov. 16, 2001, the first film in the Harry Potter series, "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" (U.S. title: "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone") debuted in theaters around the world. Also on this […]
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Nov 15, 2025
True commitment to "putting students first" means fully investing in our public schools so that every Hoosier child can thrive.
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Nov 15, 2025
U.S. immigration agents are targeting Charlotte, North Carolina, despite objections from local leaders, prompting activists, elected officials and community groups to monitor any sweeps and support vulnerable residents.
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Nov 15, 2025
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas turns 90 on Saturday, still holding authoritarian power in tiny pockets of the West Bank, but marginalized and weakened by Israel, deeply unpopular among Palestinians, and struggling for a say in a postwar Gaza Strip.
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Nov 15, 2025
A former Federal Reserve governor who retired in August listed several stock trades in her financial disclosure documents for 2024 that violated the central bank's ethics rules.
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