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Jul 18, 2025
The Indiana Attorney General's office sued a management company with properties in Hammond and East Chicago for its reportedly deceptive fine print.
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Jul 18, 2025
Good afternoon, Chicago. Here's what is happening today.
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Jul 18, 2025
A Gary man who was facing life in prison was sentenced Thursday to 60 years in prison in connection with a 2017 slaying.
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Jul 18, 2025
The Lake County Coroner's Office said a Hammond teen was killed in a shooting Thursday night.
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Jul 18, 2025
IG Deborah Witzburg had previously said she was pursuing another four-year term, teeing up a tough choice for Mayor Brandon Johnson.
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Jul 18, 2025
IG Deborah Witzburg had previously said she was pursuing another 4-year term, teeing up a tough choice for Mayor Brandon Johnson.
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Jul 18, 2025
An explosion early Friday at a law enforcement training facility in Los Angeles that left three people dead was being investigated as a possible training accident, officials said.
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Jul 18, 2025
The Education Department will release $1.3 billion in previously withheld grant money for after-school programs, days after 10 Republican senators sent a letter imploring the Trump administration to allow frozen education money to be sent to states.
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Jul 18, 2025
A Chesterton woman who operates a daycare faces a felony battery charge for reportedly scratching the face of a child in her care.
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Jul 18, 2025
President Donald Trump on Friday will sign into law a new set of regulations for a type of cryptocurrency that are seen as a way to legitimize the burgeoning industry.
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Jul 18, 2025
Nine puppies from parts of Texas submerged by catastrophic flooding that killed at least 132 people arrived Wednesday at the no-kill shelter PAWS Chicago, joining dozens of puppies that had already arrived.
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Jul 18, 2025
Republican elected officials are promoting their recently passed tax and spending bill as a win for working Americans, but a new survey shows that Americans broadly see it as a win for the wealthy.
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Jul 18, 2025
House Republicans were grasping late Thursday to formulate a response to the Trump administration's handling of records in the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking case, ultimately putting forward a resolution that carries no legal weight but nodded to the growing demand for greater transparency.
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Jul 18, 2025
House Republicans were grasping late Thursday to formulate a response to the Trump administration's handling of records in the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking case, ultimately putting forward a resolution that carries no legal weight but nodded to the growing demand for greater transparency.
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Jul 18, 2025
Good morning, Chicago. Here are the top stories you need to know to start your day.
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Jul 18, 2025
The House gave final approval to President Donald Trump's request to claw back about $9 billion for public broadcasting and foreign aid.
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Jul 18, 2025
Nora and Rob Tonn launched Brooks Strong, a nonprofit to fund pediatric cancer research and to cover the costs of sports for kids with cancer.
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Jul 18, 2025
The heads of both the Black and Latino caucuses are calling for the Zoning Committee chairmanship to go to one of their members.
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Jul 18, 2025
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on July 18, according to the Tribune's archives.
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Jul 18, 2025
On July 18, 2013, Detroit became the biggest U.S. city to file for bankruptcy, its finances ravaged and its neighborhoods hollowed out by a long, slow decline in population and auto manufacturing.
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Jul 17, 2025
The Senate approved the vast majority of Trump's request in the early morning hours Thursday.
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Jul 17, 2025
Hundreds of protesters demonstrated against President Donald Trump and his administration's policies in the Loop on Thursday as part of nationwide "Good Trouble Lives On" rallies.
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Jul 17, 2025
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has hinted at possible changes to TSA's liquid restrictions.
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Jul 17, 2025
Stephen Colbert tells studio audience CBS is canceling 'The Late Show,' to end in May 2026.
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Jul 17, 2025
Stephen Colbert tells studio audience CBS is canceling 'The Late Show,' to end in May 2026.
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Jul 17, 2025
Local leaders condemned 20-year Town President Larry Dominick for his recent remarks about the immigrant community.
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Jul 17, 2025
The Democratic Party's endorsement carries less heft than in decades past, but still gives lesser-known candidates a leg up for the March 2026 primary.
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Jul 17, 2025
President Donald Trump said in a letter that he will raise taxes on many imported goods from Canada to 35%.
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Jul 17, 2025
The Illinois Department of Public Health has doled out tens of thousands of dollars in fines to dozens of nursing homes throughout the Chicago area.
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Jul 17, 2025
President Donald Trump has announced he's levying tariffs of 30% against the European Union and Mexico starting Aug. 1.
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Jul 17, 2025
Strong writing showcases not just skill with language, but depth of thought, originality, and self-awareness. When I was a student at UC Berkeley, I wrote for the Daily Cal, covering everything from campus protests to rock concerts. I learned quickly that writing wasn't just about words — it was about making sense of the world and sharing that perspective with others. That habit, developed during college, became a lifelong asset.
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Jul 17, 2025
On Thursday, 1995 heat wave victim and World War II veteran Emilio Aguirre received full military funeral honors in Homewood.
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Jul 17, 2025
Will County Board members voted to remove the 143rd Street road widening project in Homer Glen from the transportation plan.
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Jul 17, 2025
Ernest Talarico Jr.'s summer seminar at Purdue University Northwest helps medical students become better doctors through research, roleplay and case studies.
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Jul 17, 2025
Prosecutors opened the third day of trial for the man accused of killing Chicago Police officer Andrés Vásquez Lasso with the slain cop's own body-worn camera footage that captured the moments just before his death.
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Jul 17, 2025
An Israeli shell slammed into the compound of the only Catholic church in the Gaza Strip, killing three people and wounding 10 others, including the parish priest, according to church officials.
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Jul 17, 2025
Lansing approved a feasibility study to determine if properties at the Landings on Torrence Avenue are eligible for a TIF District.
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Jul 17, 2025
An Idaho judge has lifted a sweeping gag order in Bryan Kohberger's quadruple murder case.
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Jul 17, 2025
Local arts programs have to cut back on their programming or resulted to fundraising drives to counteract the steep federal cuts made to art programs by the Trump administration.
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Jul 17, 2025
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Thursday read a doctor's letter about President Donald Trump that she said was intended to dispel health concerns about the swelling in his ankles and a makeup-covered hand.
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Jul 17, 2025
A racial equity assessment by the UIC Great Cities Institute indicates Oak Park has work to do to make its citizens feel included.
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Jul 17, 2025
The Gary Food Council started a petition on June 29, asking for support as the city attempts to evict the council from the community garden.
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Jul 17, 2025
Good afternoon, Chicago. Here's what is happening today.
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Jul 17, 2025
Chicagoans of another era had their own ways of celebrating warm weather that we just don't do today. Here's a look back at them.
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Jul 17, 2025
Asked what advice he would give Zohran Mamdani, Mayor Brandon Johnson alluded to the leftist coalition in Chicago souring on him after his 2023 election.
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Jul 17, 2025
The Lake County Board of Commissioners approved a sheriff's department request to upfit a SWAT Unit van in a 2-1 vote Wednesday.
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Jul 17, 2025
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials will be given access to the personal data of the nation's 79 million Medicaid enrollees, including home addresses and ethnicities, to track down immigrants who may not be living legally in the United States, according to an agreement obtained by The Associated Press.
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Jul 17, 2025
In the latest headache for CHA, law firm Goldberg Segalla used artificial intelligence, specifically ChatGPT, in a post-trial motion and neglected to check their work, court records show.
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Jul 17, 2025
It is the world's most popular sport and yet there is still debate over what it should actually be called. Is it football or soccer?
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Jul 17, 2025
Only about one-quarter of U.S. adults say that President Donald Trump's policies have helped them since he took office, according to a new poll that finds underwhelming marks for him on key issues, including the economy, immigration, government spending and health care.
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Jul 17, 2025
Wall Street appears calm after President Donald Trump walked back his earlier threats to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.
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Jul 17, 2025
Amid a worsening national affordable housing and homelessness crisis, President Donald Trump's administration is determined to reshape HUD's expansive role providing stable housing for low-income people, which has been at the heart of its mission for generations. The proposed changes include a two-year limit on the federal government's signature rental assistance programs.
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Jul 17, 2025
Connie Francis, the wholesome pop star of the 1950s and 1960s whose hits include "Pretty Little Baby," has died at age 87.
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Jul 17, 2025
Good morning, Chicago. Here are the top stories you need to know to start your day.
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Jul 17, 2025
More than 1,000 "Good Trouble Lives On" rallies are planned across the United States.
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Jul 17, 2025
On July 17, 1955, Disneyland opened in Anaheim, California, after its $17 million, yearlong construction; the park drew a million visitors in its first 10 weeks.
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Jul 17, 2025
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on July 17, according to the Tribune's archives.
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Jul 16, 2025
A U.S. Army veteran arrested during an immigration raid at a California marijuana farm says he was sprayed with tear gas and pepper spray before being dragged from his vehicle on his way to work.
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Jul 16, 2025
The Chicago City Council approved a $12.7 million payout to Jackie Wilson after he was allegedly tortured and framed for a shooting his brother committed.
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Jul 16, 2025
The Chicago City Council approved a $12.7 million payout to Jackie Wilson after he was allegedly tortured and framed for a shooting his brother committed.
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Jul 16, 2025
Harry Teinowitz, who hosted a number of sports talk radio shows and later wrote a comedy about sobriety following a DUI arrest, has died.
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Jul 16, 2025
Another 107 people filed complaints Tuesday against the state for allegedly allowing rampant sexual abuse in Illinois juvenile detention facilities.
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Jul 16, 2025
As candidates file financial reports in Illinois' crowded congressional races, Jesse Jackson Jr. laid groundwork for a comeback attempt.
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Jul 16, 2025
The Justice Department has fired Maurene Comey, the daughter of former FBI director James Comey and a prosecutor in the federal cases against Sean "Diddy" Combs and Jeffrey Epstein.
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Jul 16, 2025
President Donald Trump's request to cancel about $9 billion in foreign aid and public broadcasting spending is nearing passage in the Senate.
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Jul 16, 2025
The weather system moving across the Florida Panhandle on Wednesday was showing a greater chance of becoming a tropical depression as it moves toward the northern Gulf Coast, according to the National Hurricane Center.
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Jul 16, 2025
Supporters had frantically pushed to tweak the ordinance Wednesday afternoon and believed they had struck a deal to win over critics, but it was not enough.
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Jul 16, 2025
U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi has $21 million in campaign cash for the U.S. Senate race, compared with more than $2 million for U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly and less than $700,000 for Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton.
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Jul 16, 2025
President Trump said he was "highly unlikely" to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, less than 24 hours after suggesting in a private meeting that he was leaning in favor of dismissing the head of the nation's central bank.
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Jul 16, 2025
Larcel Lockhart, 28, of Hammond, was sentenced to six years in jail, one in Community Corrections and three years probation for his part in the shooting.
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Jul 16, 2025
Travelers giddy about being able to keep their shoes on while walking through TSA checkpoints at the airport again may have something else to look forward to: changes to how much liquid they can carry.
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Jul 16, 2025
A lightly populated stretch of Alaska's southern coast was under a tsunami warning Wednesday after a strong earthquake was felt throughout the region.
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Jul 16, 2025
Nearly 60,000 customers have submitted applications since ComEd opened the window last week for the grant, which was created to defray rising electric supply charges during air conditioning season.
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Jul 16, 2025
Nearly 60,000 customers have submitted applications since ComEd opened the window last week for the grant, which was created to defray rising electric supply charges during air conditioning season.
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Jul 16, 2025
An 11-year-old boy was in good condition after he was shot Tuesday afternoon in Englewood while walking home with his siblings from a nearby park.
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Jul 16, 2025
A Gary daycare worker is charged after allegedly ignoring kids and occasionally hitting them — while spending most of the day on recorded video jail calls with an inmate.
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Jul 16, 2025
Six Lake County and five Porter County school districts topped the state's ILEARN combined math and English/language arts 31.2% pass rate in results announced Wednesday.
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Jul 16, 2025
Construction of field houses at Eisenhower and Shepard high schools should be completed by December and August 2026, respectively.
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Jul 16, 2025
Raymond Harris, 45, of Calumet Park, a former Cook County sheriff's employee, pleads guilty in loan fraud, makes partial repayment.
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Jul 16, 2025
Good afternoon, Chicago. Here's what is happening today.
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Jul 16, 2025
Tool shows history of heat-related deaths, demographics, land use and air conditioning access across communities.
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Jul 16, 2025
In the chaotic moments following the fatal shooting of Chicago police Officer Andrés Vásquez Lasso, the alleged shooter yelled to responding officers, according to body camera footage: "Kill me. Kill me."
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Jul 16, 2025
Lynn Hamilton, a Chicago Heights native who had recurring roles in several late-20th century sitcoms, has died at 95.
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Jul 16, 2025
President Donald Trump is lashing out at his own supporters, accusing them of being duped by Democrats, as he tries to clamp down on criticism over his administration's handling of much-hyped records in the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking investigation, which Trump now calls a "Hoax."
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Jul 16, 2025
The administration's embrace of psychedelics has sparked both excitement as well as concern from those in the field, who worry the drugs might be discredited if they appear to be rushed onto the market or are too closely linked with Kennedy, who is known for controversial views on vaccines, antidepressants and fluoride.
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Jul 16, 2025
Months into its fight to restore federal funding revoked by the Trump administration over antisemitism claims, Columbia University has adopted a new set of policies that include refusing to meet with a coalition of student protesters who pitched tents in support of Gaza.
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Jul 16, 2025
Aldermen voted 27 to 22 last month to pass the curfew measure. But Mayor Brandon Johnson quickly vetoed it, calling it "counterproductive" to addressing crime.
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Jul 16, 2025
27 aldermen voted to adopt the curfew, short of the 34 needed to override Mayor Brandon Johnson.
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Jul 16, 2025
Tumbo Brooks scrubbed the sweat from his face with a grey washcloth Tuesday night as he hurried down East 71st Street to the police tape. Arne Duncan stood at the intersection, staring south down South Ridgeland Avenue at 30 shell casings. The men caught one another in a quick hug and turned back to the […]
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Jul 16, 2025
During a sometimes-emotional speech, Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza said she's 'definitely not done serving,' though she didn't discuss possible bid for Chicago mayor.
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Jul 16, 2025
The assertion by Elon Musk last month that Donald Trump was named in the FBI files concerning disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein signaled a loud, public crack in the president's support system.
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Jul 16, 2025
Crime reports from south and southwest suburban agencies from police and court reports and news releases.
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Jul 16, 2025
Besides temperatures feeling in the high 90s, Chicago and surrounding areas are under an air quality alert until midnight, weather officials said.
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Jul 16, 2025
Scientists warn that staging the World Cup and other soccer tournaments in the Northern Hemisphere summer is getting increasingly dangerous for both players and spectators.
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Jul 16, 2025
The United States sent five men it describes as "barbaric" criminals to the small African nation of Eswatini in an expansion of the Trump administration's largely secretive third-country deportation program, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said Tuesday.
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Jul 16, 2025
The head of Nvidia downplayed his role in getting the U.S. government to lift a ban on selling an advanced computer chip in China and said it will take time to ramp up production once orders for the AI-processor come in.
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Jul 16, 2025
British governments past and present face allegations of avoiding scrutiny and undermining democracy after the revelation that thousands of Afghans have been resettled in the U.K under a program that was hidden from the media, the public and lawmakers in Parliament.
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Jul 16, 2025
Early trading on Wall Street was quietly mixed on Wednesday as markets shift their attention toward a deluge of corporate earnings reports while monitoring ever-changing developments on U.S. trade policy.
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Jul 16, 2025
Good morning, Chicago. Here are the top stories you need to know to start your day.
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Jul 16, 2025
The usually harmless Human Pegivirus has been found in brain samples from Parkinson's patients. Researchers say this is the first time it's been found in brain tissue.
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