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Dec 12, 2025
The federal government's crackdown on commercial driver's licenses for immigrants has found problems in eight states so far in the wake of several deadly crashes.
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Dec 12, 2025
President Donald Trump was sued on Friday by preservationists asking a federal court to halt his White House ballroom project until it goes through multiple independent reviews and wins approval from Congress.
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Dec 12, 2025
The Justice Department asked an appeals court Friday to block a contempt investigation of the Trump administration for failing to turn around planes carrying Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador in March.
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Dec 12, 2025
The Transportation Security Administration is renewing Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's push to end a collective bargaining agreement with airport screening officers.
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Dec 12, 2025
The U.S. Justice Department is suing four more states as part of its effort to collect detailed voting data and other election information across the country.
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Dec 12, 2025
Puerto Rico tax incentives that have lured thousands of rich Americans to the U.S. territory for over a decade are under scrutiny.
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Dec 12, 2025
The new law, which will take full effect in January 2027, creates a formula outlining how much insurers must pay therapists for their services.
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Dec 12, 2025
The new law, which will take full effect in January 2027, creates a formula outlining how much insurers must pay therapists for their services.
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Dec 12, 2025
The commercial boom in artificial intelligence has lit a spark under long-simmering visions to build humanoid robots that can move their mechanical bodies like humans and do things that people do.
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Dec 12, 2025
The Senate failed to get anywhere on the health care issue this week. Now it's the House's turn to show what it can do.
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Dec 12, 2025
The U.S. removed Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes from its sanctions list on Friday after initially adding him over his role in leading the trial against former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro.
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Dec 12, 2025
From documenting immigration enforcement, to covering the highs and lows of Chicago's sports teams and photographing the lives of everyday residents, Chicago Tribune photographers and editors strive to provide a fair account of the lives and events we witness. Our photo editors curated some of the best images from 2025 in this collection.
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Dec 12, 2025
After Indiana defeated mid-census redistricting Thursday afternoon, President Donald Trump downplayed the loss, while Gov. Mike Braun and Lieutenant Gov. Micah Beckwith shared their disappointment and alluded to potential repercussions for the state from the Trump administration.
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Dec 12, 2025
A pair of lawsuits seeking to redraw congressional boundary lines that currently favor Republicans in Wisconsin are on track to be resolved after the 2026 midterms.
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Dec 12, 2025
Good afternoon, Chicago. Here's what is happening today.
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Dec 12, 2025
First-degree murder charges were filed against Alaa Edeen M. Qouqazeh, 27, in relation to the Dec. 8 death of his father, Mohammad Qouqazeh, 59, of Chicago Ridge. Mohammad Qouqazeh was killed in his home on the 10500 block of South Austin Avenue in what police called an "isolated, domestic-related event." His cause of death was […]
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Dec 12, 2025
House Democrats released a selection of photos from the estate of Jeffrey Epstein on Friday, including some of Donald Trump, Bill Clinton and the former Prince Andrew.
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Dec 12, 2025
Use of tanning beds nearly triples the risk of developing melanoma, and it also damages the DNA of skin cells across the body, according to a study from Northwestern Medicine.
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Dec 12, 2025
Use of tanning beds nearly triples the risk of developing melanoma, and it also damages the DNA of skin cells across the body, according to a study from Northwestern Medicine.
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Dec 12, 2025
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday aimed at blocking states from crafting their own regulations for artificial intelligence, saying the burgeoning industry is at risk of being stifled by a patchwork of onerous rules while in a battle with Chinese competitors for supremacy.
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Dec 12, 2025
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced during the waning days of then-President Joe Biden's term in December 2024 that the agency planned to add the beloved backyard pollinator to the threatened species list by the end of 2025, calling the insect "iconic" and "cherished across North America."
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Dec 12, 2025
Gary's Steel City Charter Academy received a 15-year renewal of its charter on Dec. 9 from the Indiana Charter School Board, the school's authorizer.
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Dec 12, 2025
Illinois now joins at least 10 other states, among them California, Hawaii, Colorado, Oregon, as well as Washington, D.C., in allowing medical aid in dying.
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Dec 12, 2025
"The Eras Tour was a lifetime within my life," Taylor Swift told the room at a screening of the first two episodes of her new Disney docuseries, "The End of an Era." "It feels insane."
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Dec 12, 2025
A senior Kremlin official says that the Russian police and National Guard will remain in eastern Ukraine's Donbas to oversee the prized industrial region, even if a peace settlement ends the nearly four-year war — a possibility that is likely to be rejected by Ukrainian officials as U.S.-led negotiations drag on.
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Dec 12, 2025
This holiday season isn't quite so merry for American shoppers as large shares are dipping into savings, scouring for bargains and feeling like the overall economy is stuck in a rut under President Donald Trump, a new AP-NORC poll finds.
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Dec 12, 2025
Days of torrential rain in Washington state caused historic floods that have stranded families on rooftops, washed over bridges and ripped at least two homes from their foundations, and experts warned that even more flooding expected Friday could be catastrophic.
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Dec 12, 2025
Kilmar Abrego Garcia walked away after a scheduled appointment at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office on Friday to the cheers of a crowd assembled outside. A federal judge had ordered that immigration officials could not detain him.
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Dec 12, 2025
A 6.9 magnitude earthquake shook northeastern Japan and caused small tsunami waves but no apparent damage Friday, days after a stronger quake in the same region.
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Dec 12, 2025
Two officers and another driver were injured Thursday night in a traffic crash on the South Side in the Fuller Park neighborhood, Chicago police said.
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Dec 12, 2025
A driver was killed Thursday night in a crash in the Jackson Park neighborhood near 63rd Street beach after he struck a median, Chicago police said.
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Dec 12, 2025
The Chicago Bears are barely above .500 in their 10 coldest games at Soldier Field since they began playing their home games there in 1971
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Dec 12, 2025
AAPI organizations devastated by reports of thousands of verbal and physical attacks, including the 2021 Atlanta spa shootings that left six Asian women dead, ramped up lobbying for more inclusive education. The hope was teaching about AAPI contributions would foster understanding. In July 2021, Illinois became the first state to mandate Asian American history. In 2022, New Jersey and Connecticut followed.
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Dec 12, 2025
Good morning, Chicago. Here are the top stories you need to know to start your day.
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Dec 12, 2025
Artists pitch their ideas for a monument to honor Rekia Boyd, who was shot and killed by an off-duty Chicago police officer in 2012.
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Dec 12, 2025
Bundle up, Chicago. As the city's quickest start to winter in nearly 50 years persists, this weekend is due to bring another round of bitter cold weather, officials say.
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Dec 12, 2025
Bundle up, Chicago. As the city's quickest start to winter in nearly 50 years persists, this weekend is due to bring another round of bitter cold weather, officials say. Expect temperatures to plunge starting Friday night. After highs in the low 30s, the cold will begin to set in overnight into Saturday, according to David […]
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Dec 12, 2025
Cook County's system to give property tax breaks to businesses is set to expire in two years, and Board President Toni Preckwinkle is looking to revamp the program.
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Dec 12, 2025
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Dec. 12, according to the Tribune's archives.
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Dec 12, 2025
On Dec. 12, 2010, the inflatable roof of the Minneapolis Metrodome collapsed in the early morning hours after a snowstorm dumped 17 inches on the city. (There were no injuries, but the NFL had to shift an already rescheduled game between the Minnesota Vikings and New York Giants to Detroit's Ford Field.)
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Dec 11, 2025
The Will County Sheriffs Department said charges are pending against three suspects arrested after robberies in Homer Glen, Lemont.
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Dec 11, 2025
The Mint abandoned designs from Joe Biden's presidency that highlighted women's suffrage and civil rights, favoring classical imagery.
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Dec 11, 2025
Parents at Haugan Elementary in Albany Park say the school is overcrowded and are upset Chicago Public Schools denied their request to expand.
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Dec 11, 2025
A federal appeals court in Chicago issued a mixed opinion Thursday in a high-profile immigration case, blocking the immediate release of hundreds of people detained during Operation Midway Blitz but allowing the extension of a consent decree governing so-called warrantless arrests.
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Dec 11, 2025
The city of Gary and Indiana University Northwest have worked on a food security study, which should be released in early spring 2026.
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Dec 11, 2025
Illinois Democrats had been awaiting the outcome of the Indiana vote, warning Illinois was ready to respond. For now, it appears Illinois will stand down in that effort.
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Dec 11, 2025
A combination of trade wars with China and rising costs has led to projections of billions in losses nationally for growers this year.
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Dec 11, 2025
The political stakes of rising premiums are looming as affordability concerns have emerged as a key issue for American voters going into the midterms next year.
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Dec 11, 2025
A 73-year-old Homer Glen woman was robbed at gunpoint shortly before 3 p.m. Wednesday, and her wrists and ankles bound.
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Dec 11, 2025
Former Brooklyn Nets forward Jason Collins, the first openly gay player in the NBA, is battling a particularly aggressive form of glioblastoma.
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Dec 11, 2025
The Indiana Senate voted 31-19 to defeat a mid-census redistricting map Thursday, ending a months-long effort by the Trump administration to shift Indiana's congressional districts.
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Dec 11, 2025
This season's early snowfall shoveling might remind some of a relentless winter from almost 50 years ago when Chicago experienced its most snow ever: almost 90 inches of it.
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Dec 11, 2025
The Utah man charged with killing Charlie Kirk is making his first in-person court appearance Thursday.
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Dec 11, 2025
A Cedar Lake woman is facing a low-level felony after she admitted spending $1,700 worth of unauthorized purchases on a Cub Scouts debit card.
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Dec 11, 2025
Matthew Sokolowski of Palos Park is being held in the Cook County Jail on attempted murder for an attack on his adopted parents.
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Dec 11, 2025
Elgin police said they have no evidence that people threw "rocks and bottles" at ICE agents when they were taking a man into custody.
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Dec 11, 2025
Soccer fans have accused FIFA of a "monumental betrayal" after latest prices for World Cup tickets began to circulate on Thursday.
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Dec 11, 2025
An Iowa man is accused of leaving the scene of an accident Tuesday night and attempting to bite and intimidate a police officer who arrested him.
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Dec 11, 2025
ShareFest Will County, scheduled for Sunday in Lockport, has been canceled amid predicted subzero temperatures that would be dangerous.
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Dec 11, 2025
Second Story Ranch purchased its property near Crete in March and secured zoning approval from Will County in September.
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Dec 11, 2025
Holiday Express at Blackberry Farm at at 100 S. Barnes Road in Aurora will be held Friday evening and next weekend as scheduled, district officials said in a statement Thursday.
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Dec 11, 2025
Winter's arrival in Northwest Indiana triggered a warning from Indiana Conservation officers to stay off shelf ice along Lake Michigan.
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Dec 11, 2025
Attorneys for Krystal Rivera's family said Carlos Baker was profoundly unfit to be a police officer, as demonstrated by the 11 misconduct complaints in which he was a subject in the years before he shot and killed Rivera.
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Dec 11, 2025
The Senate on Thursday rejected legislation to extend Affordable Care Act tax credits, essentially guaranteeing that millions of Americans will see a steep rise in costs at the beginning of the year.
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Dec 11, 2025
A month before his retrial on bribery charges, state Sen. Emil Jones III has agreed to enter into a deferred prosecution deal with prosecutors that will leave him with no conviction as long as he admits to certain illegal conduct and pays a fine.
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Dec 11, 2025
The Chicago Bears surprised DeMateo in recognition of his work supporting immigrant and low-income families on Chicago's Southwest Side.
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Dec 11, 2025
The Chicago Bears surprised Matt DeMateo in recognition of his work supporting immigrant and low-income families on Chicago's Southwest Side.
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Dec 11, 2025
The Homer Glen Village Board voted 5-1 Wednesday to approve 12 license plate reader cameras, despite an public vote against them.
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Dec 11, 2025
Mike Lindell, the fervent supporter of President Donald Trump known to TV viewers as the "MyPillow Guy," officially entered the race for Minnesota governor Thursday in hopes of winning the Republican nomination to challenge Democratic Gov. Tim Walz.
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Dec 11, 2025
A federal judge in Maryland ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia freed from immigration detention on Thursday while his legal challenge against his deportation moves forward.
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Dec 11, 2025
NASCAR has reached a settlement of the bruising antitrust lawsuit filed against it by two of its race teams, including one co-owned by NBA great Michael Jordan.
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Dec 11, 2025
Here's a look back at how Chicago's current snowfall compares with previous seasons.
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Dec 11, 2025
Two officers suffered minor injuries in an overnight crash on Lower Wacker Drive, Chicago police said.
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Dec 11, 2025
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was due to hold urgent talks Thursday with leaders and officials from about 30 countries that support Kyiv's efforts to obtain fair terms for halting nearly four years of war following Russia's full-scale invasion.
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Dec 11, 2025
A 37-year-old woman was left in serious condition and a 31-year-old man was pronounced dead in a double shooting overnight on the Far South Side in the Calumet Heights neighborhood, Chicago police said.
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Dec 11, 2025
The "Architects of AI" were named Time magazine's person of the year for 2025 on Thursday.
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Dec 11, 2025
Defense attorneys and prosecutors were set Thursday to choose the jurors who will decide whether a Wisconsin judge accused of helping a Mexican immigrant dodge federal officers committed a crime.
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Dec 11, 2025
Washington state was under a state of emergency Thursday from a barrage of torrential rain that has sent rivers flowing over their banks, caused a mudslide to crash down on a highway and trapped people in floodwaters. Tens of thousands of residents could face evacuation orders.
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Dec 11, 2025
Good morning, Chicago. Here are the top stories you need to know to start your day.
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Dec 11, 2025
Using Treasury Department numbers on revenue from tariffs and Goldman Sachs estimates of who ends up paying for them, the Democrats' report Thursday found that American consumers' share of the bill came to nearly $159 billion — or $1,198 per household — from February through November.
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Dec 11, 2025
His aunt describes him as an "incredibly hardworking" man with a huge heart. The Department of Homeland Security says he's a suspected member of a Venezuelan gang.
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Dec 11, 2025
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Dec. 11, according to the Tribune's archives.
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Dec 11, 2025
On Dec. 11, 1816, Indiana was admitted to the Union as the 19th U.S. state.
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Dec 10, 2025
An autopsy found that the victim had been stabbed 26 times, officials said.
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Dec 10, 2025
CBS News appointed Tony Dokoupil as anchor of the "CBS Evening News" on Wednesday, charging him with taking on ABC's dominant David Muir on one of the flagship shows for broadcast television.
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Dec 10, 2025
The federalization of 300 Illinois National Guard troops was extended for 32 days, Gov. JB Pritzker's office said, even though the soldiers have mostly remained on an Illinois Army National Guard training site in Marseilles.
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Dec 10, 2025
The House voted to pass a sweeping defense policy bill Wednesday that authorizes $900 billion in military programs, including a pay raise for troops and an overhaul of how the Department of Defense buys weapons.
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Dec 10, 2025
A parent of a Kentucky State University student has been charged with murder in an on campus shooting that killed one student and critically injured another.
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Dec 10, 2025
Republican Senators did not have to cast initial votes related to Indiana's mid-census redistricting Wednesday as the three Democratic amendments were voted on by voice vote.
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Dec 10, 2025
Federal health officials on Wednesday expanded an outbreak of infant botulism tied to recalled ByHeart baby formula to include all illnesses reported since the company began production in March 2022.
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Dec 10, 2025
President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the United States has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela as tensions mount with the government of President Nicolás Maduro.
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Dec 10, 2025
Oak Lawn will receive about $1,300 less in revenues than expenditures in 2026. The budget also includes a 6.8% water rate increase.
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Dec 10, 2025
Gary Police Sgt. Jamaal Joseph, 40, was arrested in Portage for domestic battery and operating a vehicle while intoxicated.
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Dec 10, 2025
IDEM hosted a public meeting Tuesday for an air permit that would allow 70 diesel generators at a Michigan City data center site.
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Dec 10, 2025
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved Tuesday an immigration bill that the Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita criticized as a "watered-down, bizzaro world" version of an immigration bill that died last session.
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Dec 10, 2025
Secret grand jury transcripts from Jeffrey Epstein's 2019 sex trafficking case can be made public, a judge ruled on Wednesday, joining two other judges in granting the Justice Department's requests to unseal material from investigations into the late financier's sexual abuse.
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Dec 10, 2025
The Trump administration must stop deploying the California National Guard in Los Angeles and return control of the troops to the state, a federal judge ordered Wednesday in an emphatic ruling.
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Dec 10, 2025
Will County Judge Brian Barrett said the state violated the time limit for trial on a forfeiture and ordered the return of property.
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Dec 10, 2025
Good afternoon, Chicago. Here's what is happening today.
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