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Jul 11, 2025
More than 170 people are still believed to be missing a week after the forceful floodwater hit over the July Fourth weekend.
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Jul 11, 2025
A Humboldt Park man has been charged with murder in connection to the fatal fire that killed four people — including a 5-year-old boy — in the Austin neighborhood late last month.
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Jul 11, 2025
Boeing reached a settlement Friday with a Canadian man whose wife and three children were killed in a deadly 2019 crash in Ethiopia, averting the first trial connected to the devastating event that led to a worldwide grounding of Max jets.
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Jul 11, 2025
The Justice Department and FBI are struggling to contain the fallout and appease the demands of far-right conservative personalities and influential members of President Donald Trump's base after the administration's decision this week to withhold records from the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking investigation.
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Jul 11, 2025
As national cases soar and federal leadership engages in vaccine skepticism, Illinois has so far seen a single, small measles outbreak this year that health officials say they quickly brought under control.
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Jul 11, 2025
Longtime Oak Park and River Forest High School teacher Aaron Podolner was fired amid an allegation of inappropriate student contact.
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Jul 11, 2025
Michael Rabiger, who taught documentary filmmaking at Columbia College Chicago and was the author of a widely used textbook on the subject, has died.
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Jul 11, 2025
A west suburban pool is instituting additional security measures after hundreds of teenagers and young adults flooded the facility last weekend, prompting the pool's early closure and one arrest.
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Jul 11, 2025
A Zoning Committee vote on the plan that advocates say will add density and affordability had been scheduled for Tuesday, teeing it up for final passage next week.
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Jul 11, 2025
A Zoning Committee vote on the plan that advocates say will add density and affordability had been scheduled for Tuesday, teeing it up for final passage next week.
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Jul 11, 2025
Ovidio Guzman Lopez, son of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, pleaded guilty in federal court in Chicago on Friday to drug trafficking charges.
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Jul 11, 2025
Ovidio Guzman Lopez, son of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, pleaded guilty in federal court in Chicago on Friday to drug trafficking charges.
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Jul 11, 2025
Ryan Krajewski, who pleaded guilty to felony intimidation for bomb threats to Porter County schools, received probaton instead of prison.
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Jul 11, 2025
Indiana Gov. Mike Braun signed a law Friday that reviews air quality standards and vehicle emission testing.
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Jul 11, 2025
Melvin Doyle is charged with selling guns to undercover informants, including after shooters killed four outside an album release party for his daughter, rapper Mello Buckzz.
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Jul 11, 2025
Joyce Ester, a Phoenix native and Thornridge graduate, says she has been busy since starting July 1 at Governors State University.
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Jul 11, 2025
Good afternoon, Chicago. Here's what is happening today.
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Jul 11, 2025
A former special education teacher in Crown Point faces a felony battery charge for allegedly injuring an autistic student on April 10.
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Jul 11, 2025
Chicago Public Schools announced a second round of summer layoffs Friday, firing 1,458 employees in the latest effort to help close the district's $734 million budget deficit.
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Jul 11, 2025
Chicago Public Schools announced a second round of summer layoffs Friday, laying off 1,458 employees to adjust for enrollment and programming changes.
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Jul 11, 2025
A 21-year-old Hebron man drowned Thursday after swimming to retrieve an object that fell off a dock at Marina Shores.
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Jul 11, 2025
A son of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman plead guilty Friday in federal court in Chicago to helping his father and brothers run the notoriously violent Sinaloa cartel.
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Jul 11, 2025
The Oak Park Village Board is poised next month to add an article to its Human Rights Ordinance that will protect gender affirming care.
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Jul 11, 2025
The Indiana State Police investigation into the June 18 Chesterton officer-involved shooting could be finished within two weeks.
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Jul 11, 2025
Officials warned the torrential rain could create flash flooding, but the risk was minimal.
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Jul 11, 2025
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said Thursday that he will impose retaliatory tariffs on the United States if President Donald Trump follows through on a pledge to boost import taxes by 50% over the South American country's criminal trial against his predecessor, Jair Bolsonaro.
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Jul 11, 2025
President Donald Trump has sent letters this week outlining higher tariffs countries will face if they don't make trade deals with the U.S. by Aug. 1.
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Jul 11, 2025
As President Donald Trump heads to Texas on Friday for a firsthand look at the devastation caused by catastrophic flooding, he has remained conspicuously quiet about his previous promises to do away with the federal agency in charge of disaster relief.
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Jul 11, 2025
Just months after President Donald Trump returned to office vowing mass deportations, the share of U.S. adults saying immigration is a "good thing" for the country has jumped substantially — including among Republicans, according to new Gallup polling.
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Jul 11, 2025
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's trip to Washington this week netted President Donald Trump another nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize he covets, but the ceasefire the U.S. leader sought for the war in Gaza didn't emerge.
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Jul 11, 2025
Just hours after hitting all-time highs, Wall Street was poised to open with losses on Friday, a possible sign that President Donald Trump's wave of tariff letters is again raising concern among investors.
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Jul 11, 2025
The department is sending layoff notices to 1,107 civil servants and 246 foreign service officers with domestic assignments in the United States, said a senior State Department official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss personnel matters ahead of individual notices being emailed to affected employees.
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Jul 11, 2025
The Trump administration will restrict immigrants in the country illegally from enrolling in Head Start, a federally funded preschool program, the Department of Health and Human Services announced Thursday. The move is part of a broad effort to limit access to federal benefits for immigrants who lack legal status.
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Jul 11, 2025
Good morning, Chicago. Here are the top stories you need to know to start your day.
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Jul 11, 2025
The Lake Forest College Board of Trustees has tapped West Chicago native Michael "Mike" Sosulski to be its next president, the school announced.
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Jul 11, 2025
A six-figure donation the Oak Park River Forest Infant Welfare Society received in June had its origins in a mystery from 30 years ago.
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Jul 11, 2025
Illinois Attorney General special prosecutor investigation rooted in years of internecine battles involving budgetary control in county governance.
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Jul 11, 2025
On July 11, 1804, Vice President Aaron Burr mortally wounded former Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton during a pistol duel in Weehawken, New Jersey. (Hamilton died the next day.)
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Jul 11, 2025
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on July 11, according to the Tribune's archives.
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Jul 10, 2025
Chicago was under a flood watch Thursday night in anticipation of thunderstorms expected to move through the city, according to the National Weather Service.
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Jul 10, 2025
The "Curb Your Enthusiasm" creator and "Seinfeld" co-creator will act as executive producer, writer and star of the limited series consisting of six half-hour episodes, produced by the Obamas' company, Higher Ground.
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Jul 10, 2025
The Justice Department has issued subpoenas demanding confidential patient information from more than 20 doctors and hospitals that provide gender-related treatments to minors, according to officials with knowledge of the move.
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Jul 10, 2025
Downtown Chicago doubled as an arena Thursday for a series of afternoon lacrosse games along the Chicago River. The catch? Game play was on — yes, on — the river.
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Jul 10, 2025
Lee Elia, who died Wednesday at age 87, will always remain a significant part of Chicago Cubs lore, thanks to a rant for the ages that's celebrated every April 29.
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Jul 10, 2025
Europe and Israel have reached a new deal to allow more food and fuel into Gaza.
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Jul 10, 2025
Officials at the Comfort Volunteer Fire Department triggered a flood warning siren last week when the Guadalupe River began to swell.
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Jul 10, 2025
Federal prosecutors on Thursday asked for nearly six years in prison for former ComEd lobbyist Michael McClain, whose unique position as a confidant to then-House Speaker Michael Madigan was at the center of what they say was a "stunning" scheme to to win the speaker's assistance with the utility's legislation in Springfield.
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Jul 10, 2025
"I guess I lost it," Chicago Cubs manager Lee Elia told reporters on April 29, 1983, hours after he made an epic rant ripping the team's fans — a three-minute tirade peppered with more than 50 profane words including 30 "F-bombs." Only a few reporters were present when Elia delivered the diatribe, but it soon […]
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Jul 10, 2025
Country Club Hills District 160 suspended Superintendent Duane Meighan and approved new administrators at Southwood Middle School,
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Jul 10, 2025
Several top Chicago Public Schools staffers have left the district following the departure of former schools chief Pedro Martinez.
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Jul 10, 2025
Several top Chicago Public Schools staffers have left the district following the departure of former schools chief Pedro Martinez.
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Jul 10, 2025
After leading music programs for 22 years at Rich Township high school, Phillip Crews plans to spend more time behind the drum kit.
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Jul 10, 2025
When Angelia Cross hit Kylin Bursey's red Chevrolet Tahoe in Gary on Apr. 30, 2024, it set an egg timer that ended with his death.
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Jul 10, 2025
Good afternoon, Chicago. Here's what is happening today.
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Jul 10, 2025
The first American canonized by the Roman Catholic Church — just like the first American chosen as pope — once walked among the people of Chicago.
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Jul 10, 2025
Dolton paid $375,000, including commission fees, to buy the modest brick home where Robert Francis Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, grew up
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Jul 10, 2025
Now, weeks after regaining his freedom, Khalil is seeking restitution. On Thursday, his lawyers filed a claim for $20 million in damages against the Trump administration, alleging Khalil was falsely imprisoned, maliciously prosecuted and smeared as an antisemite as the government sought to deport him over his prominent role in campus protests.
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Jul 10, 2025
The City Council and Mayor Brandon Johnson have already approved a record $206 million in such deals this year, an amount that towers over year-end totals from the past.
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Jul 10, 2025
Jack A. Marcardo, 19, of Hammond, is charged in the July 7 shooting death of Danielle Ellis, 30, of Gary.
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Jul 10, 2025
A son of notorious Mexican drug kingpin "El Chapo" is expected to plead guilty to U.S. drug trafficking charges at a hearing this week. He would be the first of El Chapo's sons facing similar charges in the U.S. to enter a plea deal.
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Jul 10, 2025
Millions of U.S. workers who earn tips and overtime pay may be eligible for a federal tax break when they file their 2025 income taxes next year.
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Jul 10, 2025
A 17-year-old Gary teen faces attempted murder charges after he allegedly broke into a woman's car on May 7, leaving his iPhone inside.
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Jul 10, 2025
Despite the regaining of abortion access, Wisconsin "remained one of the top states for (Illinois) patient volume," the Planned Parenthood Illinois statement said.
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Jul 10, 2025
A federal judge in New Hampshire issued a ruling Thursday prohibiting President Donald Trump's executive order ending birthright citizenship from taking effect anywhere in the U.S.
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Jul 10, 2025
A federal judge said he will certify a class action lawsuit including children who will be affected by President Trump's executive order ending birthright citizenship.
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Jul 10, 2025
A Gary man held at the Lake County Jail for 13 years - possibly the longest a person's ever been held there - has finally been sentenced for his crimes.
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Jul 10, 2025
The deal is expected to close in the second half of the year.
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Jul 10, 2025
A 6-year-old boy was among eight people injured in a traffic crash involving a Pace bus in the West Pullman neighborhood, Chicago police said.
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Jul 10, 2025
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Thursday that the U.S. and Russia have exchanged new ideas for Ukraine peace talks after he met with his Russian counterpart in Malaysia Thursday.
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Jul 10, 2025
Several hundred people gathered for a worship ceremony at a high school stadium in Texas on Wednesday evening to remember the at least 120 people who died in the catastrophic flash floods over the July Fourth holiday, as well the many still missing.
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Jul 10, 2025
U.S. financial markets were uneven before the opening bell on Thursday, even as Delta Air Lines kicked off earnings season with solid results and an improved outlook for the rest of 2025.
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Jul 10, 2025
Years of American-led investment into AIDS programs has reduced the number of people killed by the disease to the lowest levels seen in more than three decades, and provided life-saving medicines for some of the world's most vulnerable.
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Jul 10, 2025
Good morning, Chicago. Here are the top stories you need to know to start your day.
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Jul 10, 2025
ICE agents seized a man in his 50s who has lived in Skokie for 25 years with kids, Skokie electeds said, and has no criminal record.
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Jul 10, 2025
The closest thing we have to a memorial for people who died from the heat is not even in Chicago. It's the headstone of the mass grave in Homewood.
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Jul 10, 2025
Wendy Tolbert deeply loved her three children and dedicated her life to them, with dreams for their future, said her ex-husband, Dion Wallace, the father of the children. "I loved her. I still do. And I know she loved them. … I know she loved him," Wallace, 50, told the Tribune.
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Jul 10, 2025
Racing tires are shredded into quarter-sized chips that can be used as aggregate in roadbeds, landfill liners and landscaping products.
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Jul 10, 2025
On July 10, 1925, jury selection began in Dayton, Tennessee, in the trial of John T. Scopes, charged with violating the law by teaching Darwin's Theory of Evolution. (Scopes was convicted and fined, but the verdict was overturned on a technicality.)
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Jul 10, 2025
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on July 10, according to the Tribune's archives.
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Jul 09, 2025
Frank Layden, the sharp-witted former coach who led the Utah Jazz to the playoffs for the first time, has died. He was 93.
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Jul 09, 2025
House Republicans are urging seven U.S. universities to cut ties with a Chinese scholarship program that lawmakers call a "nefarious mechanism" to steal technology for the Chinese government.
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Jul 09, 2025
Chicago leaders condemned federal agents after their unannounced visit to a Puerto Rican museum in Humboldt Park sparked fear.
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Jul 09, 2025
Many Illinois homeowners will soon see their home insurance rates skyrocket due to the increase in extreme weather events.
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Jul 09, 2025
A state agency fell short in implementing elements of Gov. JB Pritzker's landmark climate bill, an Illinois auditor general's investigation found.
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Jul 09, 2025
The father of the Chicago drill rapper whose album release party was targeted in a mass shooting in River North on July 2 has been hit with federal weapons charges alleging he sold 13 guns to undercover informants over the course of two months.
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Jul 09, 2025
The Trump administration has resumed sending some weapons to Ukraine, a week after the Pentagon had directed that some deliveries be paused.
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Jul 09, 2025
The Trump administration announced Wednesday that it is issuing sanctions against an independent investigator tasked with probing human rights abuses in the Palestinian territories, the latest effort by the United States to punish critics of Israel's 21-month war in Gaza.
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Jul 09, 2025
An interstate shooting wounded two people and closed all northbound lanes on the Dan Ryan Expressway near 43rd Street Wednesday afternoon, authorities said.
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Jul 09, 2025
Ald. Walter Burnett confirmed his exit Wednesday as speculation mounts over Mayor Brandon Johnson tapping him to lead the Chicago Housing Authority.
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Jul 09, 2025
The administration has delayed signing an agreement to resolve negotiations over a federal complaint filed with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development related to aldermanic power on Chicago zoning.
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Jul 09, 2025
Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company said Wednesday that it's taking down "inappropriate posts" made by its Grok chatbot, which appeared to include antisemitic comments that praised Adolf Hitler.
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Jul 09, 2025
President Donald Trump singled out Brazil for import taxes of 50% on Wednesday for its treatment of its former president, Jair Bolsonaro, showing that personal grudges rather than simple economics were driving the U.S. leader's use of import taxes.
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Jul 09, 2025
Changes to size, teeth and ears in various rodents in Chicago found to be part of their adaptation to human development.
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Jul 09, 2025
Judge Samuel Cappas denied Elijah "E.J." Porter's bid for bail Wednesday.
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Jul 09, 2025
Good afternoon, Chicago. Here's what is happening today.
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Jul 09, 2025
First Responders of Oak Lawn: Celebrating 100 Years of Firefighters and Police History opened recently at the Oak Lawn library.
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Jul 09, 2025
One person is dead and another injured after a late Monday afternoon shooting outside a Hobart apartment complex, police said.
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Jul 09, 2025
The torrential downpour Chicago experienced on Tuesday night dumped nearly 5.5 inches of rain within 90 minutes, weather officials said on Wednesday morning.
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Jul 09, 2025
The Indiana Attorney General seeks to suspend the controlled substance registration for a physician over allegations of unsafe prescribing practices.
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Jul 09, 2025
Harvey Ald. Colby Chapman told supporters she speaks for the power and truth of residents prosecutors drop aggravated battery charges.
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