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Oct 09, 2025
Chicago's Civilian Office of Police Accountability was investigating a police shooting in the Roseland neighborhood Thursday afternoon that left a man wounded. Paramedics took the man to the University of Chicago Medical Center in good condition about 2 p.m. Thursday, according to Chicago Fire Department spokesperson Larry Merritt. Two police officers were taken to Little […]
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Oct 09, 2025
Federal prosecutors dismissed charges against an Oak Park man with intellectual disabilities during a protest outside the Broadview ICE facility.
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Oct 09, 2025
Former Evanston/Skokie School District 65 superintendent Devon Horton has been indicted on criminal charges stemming from this time as head of the district, according to a statement from district leaders Thursday.
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Oct 09, 2025
Early film star Colleen Moore became a Chicagoan when she married local stockbroker Homer Hargrave.
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Oct 09, 2025
A federal judge has ruled that federal agents violated the rights of news reporters and protesters responding to immigration arrests in Chicago, and restricted future actions against them.
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Oct 09, 2025
Pope Leo XIV urged labor union leaders from Chicago on Thursday to advocate for immigrants and welcome minorities into their ranks, weighing in as the Trump administration crackdown on immigrants intensifies in the pontiff's hometown.
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Oct 09, 2025
Immigration authorities stepped up their action in Northwest Indiana Thursday with a more visible presence in Lake County.
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Oct 09, 2025
The Will County Board receive 200 to 300 emails and will postpone voting on a resolution regarding immigration enforcement.
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Oct 09, 2025
Indiana Secretary of State Diego Morales and his team were in Northwest Indiana Wednesday night to talk about election issues with more than 100 attendees, capping off a series of election study public meetings. "Whether you are for or against moving when we do municipal elections, or whether you're for or against using vote centers […]
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Oct 09, 2025
Good afternoon, Chicago. Here's what is happening today.
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Oct 09, 2025
Kristi Noem said President Donald Trump has authorized the building purchases for ICE and said the agency was hardening its existing facilities because of threats of violence.
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Oct 09, 2025
The mother of a man killed by a St. John police officer in January is suing the department. In a federal lawsuit filed Oct. 3, Sherri Perkins alleged excessive and "unnecessary deadly" force, saying a responding officer failed to deescalate the situation when her son was having a mental health "episode."
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Oct 09, 2025
Toni Preckwinkle's 2026 budget proposal does not include new taxes, fines or fees. It eliminates a $211 million shortfall thanks in large part to better-than-expected revenues.
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Oct 09, 2025
An East Chicago man has been charged after strangling his ex-girlfriend to death, records allege.
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Oct 09, 2025
National Guard troops were outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in west suburban Broadview early Thursday.
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Oct 09, 2025
At least three people were reported dead and several others were injured in an extra-alarm fire on the North Side in the West Ridge neighborhood, officials said.
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Oct 09, 2025
At least three people were reported dead and several others were injured in an extra-alarm fire on the North Side in the West Ridge neighborhood, officials said.
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Oct 09, 2025
World leaders on Thursday expressed hope for peace and urged Israel and Hamas to fulfill their commitments in the hours after U.S. President Donald Trump announced that the parties had agreed to the "first phase" of a deal signaling a major breakthrough in the two-year war in Gaza.
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Oct 09, 2025
Israel and Hamas have agreed to a pause in their devastating two-year war and the release of the remaining hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners — a breakthrough greeted with joy and relief Thursday but also caution.
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Oct 09, 2025
Tropical Storm Jerry churned Thursday in the Atlantic on its approach to the Leeward Islands as Tropical Storm Priscilla moved along Mexico's Pacific coast, threatening heavy rain and flooding in their paths, forecasters said.
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Oct 09, 2025
A breakthrough deal pausing the war in Gaza has been reached. But will it lead, as U.S. President Donald Trump proclaimed, to "a Strong, Durable, and Everlasting Peace"?
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Oct 09, 2025
Good morning, Chicago. Here are the top stories you need to know to start your day.
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Oct 09, 2025
DePaul soccer player Chase Stegall, who died in June, is remembered for his positivity. His family and former team are trying to lift each other up to honor him.
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Oct 09, 2025
Bernard Ford was a longtime transit executive who led the Chicago Transit Authority as its executive director from 1982 until 1985, and again from 1989 until 1990.
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Oct 09, 2025
On Oct. 9, 2009, President Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize for what the Norwegian Nobel Committee called "his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples."
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Oct 09, 2025
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Oct. 9, according to the Tribune's archives.
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Oct 09, 2025
Lawyers for the Trump administration argued in a filing late Wednesday that escalating violence against immigration officials during the ongoing "Operation Midway Blitz" enforcement actions justify the deployment of National Guard troops to protect against "a danger of a rebellion against federal authority" that impedes "the ability of federal officials to enforce federal law."
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Oct 08, 2025
Texas National Guard spent Wednesday drilling with riot shields at their makeshift base about 40 miles southeast of Chicago. Local police kept things calm in Broadview.
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Oct 08, 2025
The charges come following a confrontation between protestors and state troopers at the federal facility last week.
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Oct 08, 2025
Israel and Hamas have agreed to the "first phase" of his peace plan to pause fighting and release at least some hostages and prisoners, U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday in announcing the outlines of the biggest breakthrough in months in the two-year-old war.
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Oct 08, 2025
Israel and Hamas agreed to pause fighting in Gaza so that remaining hostages can be freed, accepting elements of a plan put forward by the Trump administration.
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Oct 08, 2025
Tours at the Capitol have come to a standstill. The House is keeping its doors closed, while the Senate repeated its loop Wednesday of failed votes to reopen the government. President Donald Trump is threatening to mass fire federal workers and refuse back pay for the rest.
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Oct 08, 2025
Tours at the Capitol have come to a standstill. The House is keeping its doors closed, while the Senate repeated its loop Wednesday of failed votes to reopen the government. President Donald Trump is threatening to mass fire federal workers and refuse back pay for the rest.
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Oct 08, 2025
Experts, as well as union leaders representing air traffic controllers and security screeners, warn that the impact could grow significantly worse if the government shutdown continues and employees start to miss paychecks.
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Oct 08, 2025
As Indiana State Rep. Pat Boy announced her retirement Tuesday, the possibility of mid-census redistricting weighed heavily on her mind as it could be the first thing her successor would have to vote on.
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Oct 08, 2025
The educator and director who worked with many theater companies was known for his eye for casting and was "a human spotlight for the good in others."
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Oct 08, 2025
The educator and director who worked with many theater companies was known for his eye for casting and was "a human spotlight for the good in others."
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Oct 08, 2025
Beneath nearly two hours of oral arguments in the case was the fate of Illinois' 2015 law allowing mail-in ballots to be counted for up to 14 days after an election.
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Oct 08, 2025
James Comey pleaded not guilty Wednesday in a criminal case that has highlighted the Justice Department's efforts to target adversaries of President Donald Trump.
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Oct 08, 2025
Indiana will put to death a man who was convicted in the 2001 rape and murder of a teenage girl, the state's third execution since resuming capital punishment last year.
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Oct 08, 2025
Investigators said Wednesday that 9-year-old Adrian Brown died from a gunshot wound from a gun fired by his 11-year-old sibling when they were left alone Saturday along with a 13-year-old sibling in their Gary residence in the 400 block of Madison Street.
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Oct 08, 2025
Good afternoon, Chicago. Here's what is happening today.
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Oct 08, 2025
A soccer match between Argentina and Puerto Rico, originally scheduled for next week in Chicago, has been relocated to Florida amid the immigration crackdown in the city.
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Oct 08, 2025
IUN hosted its fourth annual walk focusing on mental health stigma on Tuesday, starting at the Moraine Student Center and through campus.
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Oct 08, 2025
A 29-year-old man charged with sparking the most destructive blaze in Los Angeles history likely used a lighter to start a fire on New Year's Day that smoldered underground and reignited almost a week later, killing 12 people in a wealthy hillside neighborhood, authorities said Wednesday.
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Oct 08, 2025
Advocates for the Red Line Extension, discussed for 50 years, describe it as an overdue promise to the people of the city's Far South Side.
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Oct 08, 2025
The hospital will now be called Northwestern Medicine Catherine Gratz Griffin Lake Forest Hospital, after Ken Griffin's mother.
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Oct 08, 2025
A victim who appears to be a juvenile was discovered fatally wounded Wednesday morning near the Green Line "L" tracks in the Woodlawn neighborhood, officials said.
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Oct 08, 2025
A Chicago federal judge has extended a nationwide consent decree requiring ICE to better document and report probable cause for immigration arrests and found the agency repeatedly violated the 2022 agreement by making "warrantless arrests."
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Oct 08, 2025
Tonika Lewis Johnson's artwork includes the acclaimed Folded Map Project. She's one of 22 new MacArthur Fellows, announced on Wednesday.
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Oct 08, 2025
Crime reports from south and southwest suburban agencies from police and court reports and news releases.
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Oct 08, 2025
Local and state officials blasted the presence of federal agents in the area, describing the arrests as "kidnappings" utilizing racial profiling.
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Oct 08, 2025
Joan B. Kennedy, the former wife of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy who endured a long and troubled marriage marked by family tragedies, her husband's infidelities and her own struggles with alcoholism and mental health, died on Wednesday. She was 89.
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Oct 08, 2025
A Bridgeport man came home from work Tuesday to find his roommate dead and tied up in their shared apartment after an apparent burglary, according to a police report obtained by the Tribune.
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Oct 08, 2025
A federal grand jury has refused to indict a Chicago couple arrested during a violent protest outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview last month, a rare move that signals prosecutors may have overreached in bringing the case.
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Oct 08, 2025
"Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also!" President Donald Trump wrote on his social media platform, Truth Social.
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Oct 08, 2025
Israel and Hamas entered a third day of peace talks at an Egyptian resort Wednesday, with more senior officials from the United States, Israel and mediating countries expected to join — a sign that negotiators aim to tackle the toughest issues of an American plan to end the war in Gaza.
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Oct 08, 2025
A partisan battle is playing out in a Washington courtroom that could decide the fate of President Donald Trump's federal law enforcement intervention in the nation's capital.
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Oct 08, 2025
The Texas bishop on the front lines of the U.S. immigration crackdown met Wednesday with Pope Leo XIV and brought him a packet of letters from immigrant families "terrorized" by fear that they and their loved ones will be rounded up and deported as the Trump administration's tactics grow increasingly combative.
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Oct 08, 2025
Hurricane Priscilla weakened in the Pacific as it moved Wednesday along the west coast of Mexico while Tropical Storm Jerry in the Atlantic was expected to strengthen on a track for the Leeward Islands, forecasters said.
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Oct 08, 2025
Good morning, Chicago. Here are the top stories you need to know to start your day.
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Oct 08, 2025
Staffing shortages led to more flight delays at airports across the U.S. on Tuesday as the federal government shutdown stretched into a seventh day.
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Oct 08, 2025
Sworn testimony from former Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley regarding torture tactics used by detectives working for disgraced Chicago police Cmdr. Jon Burge will remain out of the public view, at least for now.
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Oct 08, 2025
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Oct. 8, according to the Tribune's archives.
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Oct 08, 2025
On Oct. 8, 1871, the Great Chicago Fire began; more than 300 people died and more than 17,000 structures were destroyed during the three-day blaze.
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Oct 07, 2025
The resolution passed the Will County Board's Legislative Committee meeting with four Democratic votes and will go to the full board.
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Oct 07, 2025
A 16-year-old boy was critically wounded Tuesday afternoon in a shooting on the city's Far South Side, according to Chicago police.
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Oct 07, 2025
Democratic governor's comments came as he continues to oppose President Donald Trump's deployment of National Guard troops to Chicago area for deportation efforts.
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Oct 07, 2025
Democrats are seeking negotiations on expiring health care subsidies while Republicans say they won't discuss it, or any other policy, until the government reopens.
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Oct 07, 2025
Cultural Affairs Commissioner Clinée Hedspeth's resignation was announced during a Tuesday Cultural Advisory Council meeting, members of the council said.
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Oct 07, 2025
Federal health officials late Monday warned people not to eat certain Hello Fresh subscription meal kits containing spinach that may be contaminated with listeria.
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Oct 07, 2025
Authorities charged a 35-year-old Gary man with eight felonies, including unlawful possession of a handgun by a serious felon and reckless homicide, in connection with the shooting death of 9-year-old Adrian Brown on Saturday at his Gary home.
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Oct 07, 2025
A majority of Supreme Court justices on Tuesday seemed likely to side with a Christian counselor challenging bans on LGBTQ "conversion therapy" for kids as a violation of her First Amendment rights.
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Oct 07, 2025
Officials from Oak Park spoke out passionately against the detainment of Oak Park Township Trustee Juan Munoz on Oct. 3 in Broadview.
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Oct 07, 2025
The U.S. EPA has reversed plans to delay regulations for steel industry coal plants, following a lawsuit from the Environmental Integrity Project and EarthJustice.
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Oct 07, 2025
The Indiana University Northwest STEM Center helps connect students with internship opportunities, including the Field Museum.
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Oct 07, 2025
A woman in Alsip was shot by an Alsip officer and died Monday night after police said she pointed a firearm at Burr Oak Cemetery.
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Oct 07, 2025
La Grange Park's Fire Department is beginning a recruitment drive in an effort to hire six new paid-on-call firefighters.
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Oct 07, 2025
The police department is going with a new vendor, Axon, after its current contract for body cameras is up in March.
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Oct 07, 2025
Activists said they have seen federal immigration agents repeatedly use the shopping center at 46th Street and Damen Avenue for staging, sometimes as early as 6 a.m.
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Oct 07, 2025
Former Portage Mayor James Snyder's sentencing on his obstruction of the IRS charge was moved from later this month to January 14, 2026.
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Oct 07, 2025
Federal prosecutors said Tuesday a reputed Chicago gang member charged with soliciting the murder of U.S. Border Patrol field boss Gregory Bovino is in the country illegally and they are seeking to have him detained without bond pending trial.
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Oct 07, 2025
The Oak Park Village Board voted to approve adding a provision protecting the right to gender affirming care to its Human Rights Ordinance.
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Oct 07, 2025
School security at Gary's West Side Leadership Academy has already been tested just two months into the school year.
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Oct 07, 2025
The Chicago Public School's hosted their first-ever career exploration event for students who are deaf or hard of hearing at Prosser Career Academy.
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Oct 07, 2025
President Donald Trump's administration warned on Tuesday of no guaranteed back pay for federal workers during a government shutdown, reversing what has been long-standing policy for some 750,000 furloughed employees, according to a memo being circulated by the White House.
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Oct 07, 2025
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he was open to extending the free trade agreement with Mexico and Canada through a renegotiation or seeking "different deals" as he met with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at the White House.
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Oct 07, 2025
Francisco Benitez, who spent over three decades in prison for killing two 14-year-old boys in 1989, would receive $18.5 million if aldermen approve the deal.
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Oct 07, 2025
Mayor Brandon Johnson's plea that ICE agents who violate city law be charged marked an escalation of his stance on how President Donald Trump's forces should be treated.
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Oct 07, 2025
A federal judge said Tuesday she'll rule within a day or two on whether a controversial security fence constructed around the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Broadview is violating the west suburbs right to access its own land.
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Oct 07, 2025
The lawsuit alleged Dolton Trustee Andrew Holmes drugged the employee on a Las Vegas trip and shared some images.
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Oct 07, 2025
Texas National Guard members have arrived in Illinois. City and state officials say Donald Trump is using them as "political props" in Chicago.
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Oct 07, 2025
Attorney General Pam Bondi defended herself against Democratic criticism that she had weaponized the Justice Department at a congressional hearing.
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Oct 07, 2025
Markets hung quietly around record levels early Tuesday as announcements related to artificial intelligence continued to propel companies' shares higher.
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Oct 07, 2025
Hurricane Priscilla has strengthened to a Category 2 storm and could become a major hurricane Tuesday as it swirls off the Pacific coast of Mexico.
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Oct 07, 2025
Pope Leo XIV will visit Turkey and Lebanon next month on the first foreign trip of his papacy, the Vatican announced on Tuesday.
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Oct 07, 2025
Peace talks between Israel and Hamas resumed at an Egyptian resort city on Tuesday, the two-year anniversary of the militant group's surprise attack on Israel that triggered the bloody conflict that has seen tens of thousands of Palestinians killed in Gaza.
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Oct 07, 2025
Dariana Fajardo, 23, was charged with impeding a federal investigation by a group of eight uniformed men whose patches read "Border Patrol."
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Oct 07, 2025
Good morning, Chicago. Here are the top stories you need to know to start your day.
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Oct 07, 2025
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Oct. 7, according to the Tribune's archives.
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