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Dec 03, 2025
Lake Street Church of Evanston depicted baby Jesus' hands zip-tied, Mary with a gas mask and ICE as centurions in its Nativity scene.
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Dec 03, 2025
Good morning, Chicago. Here are the top stories you need to know to start your day.
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Dec 03, 2025
Program founded by former Gov. Jim Edgar promotes bipartisan leadership in Illinois government.
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Dec 03, 2025
The SEIU Local 73 filed a petition to add about 1,600 school-based Chicago Public Schools workers to its ranks. The Chicago Teachers Union disagrees.
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Dec 03, 2025
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Dec. 3, according to the Tribune's archives.
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Dec 03, 2025
On Dec. 3, 1979, 11 people were killed in a crush of fans at Cincinnati's Riverfront Coliseum, where the British rock group The Who was performing.
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Dec 02, 2025
A contractor removing snow from a Naperville train station was killed when a freight train struck the snow-removal equipment that the man was operating, according to city officials. Naperville police and fire officials responded to the station at 105 E. 4th Ave. on Monday evening, following the collision, according to a statement from City Manager […]
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Dec 02, 2025
The Circuit Court of Cook County granted an order on Nov. 24 from Wells Fargo Bank to have residents at 7500 S. Shore Drive to vacate by Dec. 12.
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Dec 02, 2025
The lawsuit alleged Monsanto knowingly concealed the dangers of the synthetic chemical and continued to produce and distribute it for decades.
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Dec 02, 2025
The new law, part of the Illinois governor's ongoing battle with the Trump administration, expands pharmacy access to COVID-19 and other shots for young children across Illinois, among other changes.
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Dec 02, 2025
Hanover Park police officer Radule Bojovic returned to full duty status this week as he awaits the outcome of his court proceedings, officials said.
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Dec 02, 2025
Talks between Russia and the U.S. on ending the nearly four-year war in Ukraine were constructive, but much work remains, Yuri Ushakov, a senior adviser to President Vladimir Putin, told reporters on Wednesday.
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Dec 02, 2025
An employee at an Ashland, Virginia-area liquor store found a raccoon passed out on the bathroom floor at the end of a drunken escapade.
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Dec 02, 2025
Acknowleding school closures are needed, the Evanston-Skokie D65 Board deadlocked 3-3 in voting on school closure scenarios.
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Dec 02, 2025
Citing Chicago Tribune reporting, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin demands answers from Homeland Security regarding U.S. citizens caught up in immigration raids
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Dec 02, 2025
Qualified Gary high school graduates can receive free college tuition for four years at Indiana University Northwest from a scholarship program funded by Hard Rock Casino of Northern Indiana, officials said Tuesday.
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Dec 02, 2025
In what appears to be a longer-term legal strategy, the plaintiffs in an injunction case limiting the use of force by immigration agents during Operation Midway Blitz on Monday abruptly moved to dismiss the underlying lawsuit in the midst of an appeal by the Trump administration.
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Dec 02, 2025
A rare crystal and diamond Fabergé egg crafted for Russia's ruling family before it was toppled by revolution shattered records Tuesday as it sold at auction for $30.2 million.
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Dec 02, 2025
President Donald Trump's administration said Tuesday that it will move to withhold SNAP food aid from recipients in most Democratic-controlled states starting next week unless those states provide information about those receiving the assistance.
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Dec 02, 2025
By SARA CLINE and JACK BROOK NEW ORLEANS (AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that National Guard troops will soon head to New Orleans and bring another federal surge to the city that is already awaiting a separate immigration crackdown dubbed "Swamp Sweep" that is expected to begin this week. Trump did not say […]
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Dec 02, 2025
After about three hours of public testimony against mid-census redistricting, the House Elections and Apportionment Committee approved a bill allowing for redistricting to move forward for consideration by the House in an 8-5 vote.
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Dec 02, 2025
After about three hours of public testimony against mid-census redistricting, the House Elections and Apportionment Committee approved a bill allowing for redistricting to move forward for consideration by the House in an 8-5 vote.
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Dec 02, 2025
A federal appeals judge on Tuesday had blunt criticism for a lower court judge's order to release hundreds of immigrants on bond whose arrests during Operation Midway Blitz are being challenged under a consent decree that limits so-called warrantless detention.
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Dec 02, 2025
Orland Park residents east of Wolf Road between 171st and 175th Streets opposed annexation of their properties.
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Dec 02, 2025
Gary's Steel City Academy charter school has received state Indiana Learns funding for ILEARN tutoring services for up to 91 students.
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Dec 02, 2025
At a City Hall news conference, Johnson called out political organizations that have launched campaigns against his monthly $21-per-employee surcharge on businesses.
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Dec 02, 2025
The officer was responding to a driving-related altercation Tuesday morning on the city's East Side, Aurora police say.
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Dec 02, 2025
Good afternoon, Chicago. Here's what is happening today.
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Dec 02, 2025
An ordained minister and dean at Syracuse University will begin his tenure as Valparaiso University's 20th president on Jan. 1.
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Dec 02, 2025
An Oak Park home once owned by mobster Chuckie English is featured in the Oak Park River Forest Infant Welfare Society Holiday House Walk.
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Dec 02, 2025
Downtown Ald. Brian Hopkins plans to push his ordinance again after eight people were shot and a 14-year-old boy was killed in two incidents linked to a large youth meetup.
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Dec 02, 2025
Federal authorities are preparing a targeted immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota that would primarily focus on Somali immigrants living unlawfully in the United States, a move that comes as President Donald Trump has escalated rhetoric about the state's Somali community, according to a person familiar with the planning.
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Dec 02, 2025
Costco is joining other companies that aren't waiting to see whether the Supreme Court strikes down President Donald Trump's most sweeping import taxes. They're going to court to demand refunds on the tariffs they've paid.
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Dec 02, 2025
A man accused of shooting two National Guard troops near the White House pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to first-degree murder and assault charges.
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Dec 02, 2025
Harvey Firemen's Association Local 471 said the department dropped from 37 to 15 staff since the first round of furloughs last month.
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Dec 02, 2025
Jones and his wife faced vandalism, arson and other crimes at their Skokie house, which they bought in 1961 with the help of a white couple.
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Dec 02, 2025
The Shriver Center on Poverty Law in Chicago is shutting its doors after years of financial struggles, the advocacy organization announced Tuesday.
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Dec 02, 2025
Northwestern's deal with President Trump restores nearly $800 million in research funding and halts probes related to federal anti-discrimination laws.
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Dec 02, 2025
Northwestern's deal with President Trump restores nearly $800 million in research funding and halts probes related to federal anti-discrimination laws.
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Dec 02, 2025
Lake Bluff trustees closer to establishing policies on how the village responds to potential immigration actions by federal agents.
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Dec 02, 2025
Elon Musk, the richest person in the world, has already shown that when a city's rules won't bend to his will, he'll create a new city and new rules. That's how Starbase, the self-governing town built around SpaceX's southern Texas launch site, came to be.
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Dec 02, 2025
Israel on Tuesday said it had received "findings" handed over by Palestinian militants in Gaza to the Red Cross. They were believed to be remains of one of the two hostages still in the territory: an Israeli and a Thai national.
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Dec 02, 2025
Pope Leo XIV prayed Tuesday at the site of a deadly 2020 Beirut port explosion that has become a symbol of dysfunction and official impunity and called for justice to prevail, as he offered words of consolation to Lebanon's people — including in the war-battered south — on the final day of his first overseas trip.
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Dec 02, 2025
Former Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernández, sentenced last year to 45 years in prison for his role in helping drug traffickers move hundreds of tons of cocaine to the United States, was released from prison following a pardon from President Donald Trump, his wife announced Tuesday.
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Dec 02, 2025
Good morning, Chicago. Here are the top stories you need to know to start your day.
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Dec 02, 2025
Trump's DHS blamed Democrats for a Chicago homicide, but it didn't take key action in a case exemplifying effects of political divide
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Dec 02, 2025
Unlike the thousands of children awaiting medical evacuation from Gaza, Adam was lucky to find a caring host family while getting a prosthetic leg.
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Dec 02, 2025
On Dec. 2, 1942, an artificially created, self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction was demonstrated for the first time at the University of Chicago. The experiment led by physicist Enrico Fermi marked the dawn of the Atomic Age.
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Dec 02, 2025
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Dec. 2, according to the Tribune's archives.
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Dec 02, 2025
Chicago Public Schools students are graduating high school at near record-high rates, but only half who enroll in college will complete graduate.
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Dec 02, 2025
A trial opened Monday for a Merrillville man accused of killing his estranged girlfriend. Dennis Jelks, 60, is charged with murder in the January 2021 death of Angela Carrier, 37, of Crown Point. He has pleaded not guilty.
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Dec 02, 2025
A Crown Point studio art teacher is accused of groping a 14-year-old girl. Thomas Liubakka, 67, of Crown Point, is charged with two counts of sexual misconduct with a minor.
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Dec 01, 2025
Chicago city officials on Monday agreed to increase Christkindlmarket's space restriction by nearly 1,000, bringing the amended capacity limit up to 2,500 people.
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Dec 01, 2025
Two months after four family members died in a helicopter crash, Darren Bailey is rebuilding his life and his campaign for the GOP nomination for Illinois governor.
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Dec 01, 2025
Edmund Rivers, 68, is accused of sexually assaulting the boys, between the ages of 7 and 14, while he worked at Hartgrove Behavioral Health Hospital between 1996 and 2004.
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Dec 01, 2025
Newly released federal data shows that immigration agents booked in roughly 1,900 immigrants in the first half of Operation Midway Blitz - two-thirds of whom had no known criminal convictions or pending charges.
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Dec 01, 2025
A federal grand jury is investigating the Evanston clash between US Customs and Border Patrol agents and the public on Halloween.
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Dec 01, 2025
The office says it has received over 1,500 calls and emails to a dedicated tip line concerning the case.
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Dec 01, 2025
The Chicago Board of Ethics fined former Inspector General Joe Ferguson $5,000 for sharing a report that blasted the city for an implosion that left Little Village coated in dust.
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Dec 01, 2025
When Indiana Gov. Mike Braun arrives for a big-ticket fundraiser in Hammond, Mayor Tom McDermott Jr. will be jeering Braun on.
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Dec 01, 2025
Reginald Hunt, a 34-year-old man whose address is unknown, was killed by multiple gunshot wounds at about 7:30 p.m. Saturday on East 147th Street in Harvey, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office. An unidentified person was shot in the head Nov. 27 on Ambassador Lane in Ford Heights, the medical examiner reported. No […]
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Dec 01, 2025
A few hours before gaveling in, the Indiana House released its proposed map that splits the current First District, held by U.S. Rep. Frank Mrvan, D-Highland, into two, by putting the majority of Porter County into the Second District, which is currently held by U.S. Rep. Rudy Yakym, R-Granger. The new First District stretches eastward from Lake County toward Wabash County in north central Indiana. The Seventh District, currently held by U.S. Rep. André Carson, D-Indianapolis, was divided into four sections, with the majority of Marion County split into the districts held by U.S. Rep. Jefferson Shreve, R-Indianapolis, and U.S. Rep. Erin Houchin, R-Salem.
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Dec 01, 2025
One of the sons of Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán pleaded guilty to narcotics trafficking charges in Chicago on Monday, nearly a year and a half after his stunning flight across the Mexico border to deliver elusive Sinaloa cartel leader Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada into the hands of U.S. authorities.
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Dec 01, 2025
Good afternoon, Chicago. Here's what is happening today.
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Dec 01, 2025
In a surprise win in September, Charles Beach unseated Chief Judge Tim Evans following a secret-ballot vote among his fellow judges.
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Dec 01, 2025
In a surprise win in September, Charles Beach unseated Chief Judge Tim Evans following a secret-ballot vote among his fellow judges.
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Dec 01, 2025
The death of Ron Bean, the first Black village president of Park Forest, closed a significant chapter in the town's history and elicited tributes from those who knew him. Janet Muchnik, who was a trustee and later village manager, praised Bean for his ability to see light when others feared darkness. "He was always a […]
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Dec 01, 2025
Deals promoted as some of the best of the holiday season are expected to keep people across the United States glued to their computers and smartphones as the post-Thanksgiving shopping marathon wraps up on Cyber Monday.
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Dec 01, 2025
Americans attempting to clear airport security checkpoints without a Real ID or a passport will soon be charged $45, the Transportation Security Administration announced Monday.
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Dec 01, 2025
Author Roger Day Bain, a former Clarendon Hills resident, to present a reading of excerpts from his book, "Clarendon Hills Kid."
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Dec 01, 2025
A look back at the warmest, coldest, wettest and snowiest Thanksgiving holidays in Chicago, going back to 1872.
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Dec 01, 2025
After snowy weekend, Chicago expected to receive up to another four inches of snow on Monday during evening rush hour.
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Dec 01, 2025
One of the sons of Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán is set to plead guilty to narcotics trafficking charges in Chicago on Monday, nearly a year and a half after his stunning flight across the Mexico border to deliver elusive Sinaloa cartel leader Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada into the hands of U.S. authorities.
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Dec 01, 2025
One of the sons of Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán is set to plead guilty to narcotics trafficking charges in Chicago on Monday, nearly a year and a half after his stunning flight across the Mexico border to deliver elusive Sinaloa cartel leader Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada into the hands of U.S. authorities.
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Dec 01, 2025
Chicago homicide data, which is updated on this page weekly, is through Nov. 28, 2025.
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Dec 01, 2025
Over the past few decades, hundreds of thousands of Christians have left parts of the Middle East for good, driven by wars and the rise of Muslim extremists.
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Dec 01, 2025
As the first anniversary of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson's killing looms this week, the man charged in his death will be in court fighting to prevent prosecutors from using evidence they say links him to the crime.
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Dec 01, 2025
The Trump administration's maneuvers to keep the president's former lawyer Alina Habba in place as New Jersey's top federal prosecutor were illegal and she is disqualified, a federal appeals court said Monday.
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Dec 01, 2025
Here's a look back at how Chicago's current snowfall compares with previous seasons.
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Dec 01, 2025
Good morning, Chicago. Here are the top stories you need to know to start your day.
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Dec 01, 2025
Diplomats face an uphill battle to reconcile Russian and Ukrainian "red lines" as a renewed U.S.-led push to end the war gathers steam.
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Dec 01, 2025
Within days, the metastasizing debate over who was responsible for the rising tax burden collided with deepening ideological rifts in Chicago and Cook County.
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Dec 01, 2025
Within days, the metastasizing debate over who was responsible for the rising tax burden collided with deepening ideological rifts in Chicago and Cook County.
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Dec 01, 2025
Volumes Bookcafe, which has been open for a decade, immediately saw a "significant" drop in sales after Barnes & Noble moved into the century-old Noel State Bank building in October 2024.
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Dec 01, 2025
Union Pacific's plan could mean less congestion and pollution, but neighborhoods near tracks could experience more commuting delays and noise.
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Dec 01, 2025
On Dec. 1, 1991, Ukrainians voted overwhelmingly for independence from the Soviet Union.
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Dec 01, 2025
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Dec. 1, according to the Tribune's archives.
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Nov 30, 2025
President Donald Trump on Sunday said he's invited the family of a National Guard member fatally shot last week to the White House, saying he spoke to her parents and they were "devastated."
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Nov 30, 2025
The world's biggest weapons-producing companies saw a 5.9% increase in revenue from sales of arms and military services last year as demand was fed by the wars in Ukraine and Gaza as well as countries' rising military spending, according to a report released Monday.
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Nov 30, 2025
The White House has so far declined to detail why President Donald Trump had an MRI during his physical last month, or on what part of his body.
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Nov 30, 2025
President Donald Trump has commuted the prison sentence of former investment manager David Gentile, who was convicted of defrauding investors — the latest in a series of clemency actions Trump has taken in white-collar criminal cases.
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Nov 30, 2025
On Dec. 9, IDEM will hold a public meeting regarding a new source construction draft air permit for Project Maize, Michigan City's proposed data center.
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Nov 30, 2025
Lawmakers from both parties said Sunday they support congressional reviews of U.S. military strikes against vessels suspected of smuggling drugs in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean.
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Nov 30, 2025
Pope Leo XIV doubled down Sunday on the Holy See's insistence on a two-state solution to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, saying in his first airborne news conference that it was the "only solution" that could guarantee justice for both sides.
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Nov 30, 2025
The last time O'Hare Airport saw so much snow on a single day in November was 74 years ago, Nov. 6, 1951, when 8 inches fell.
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Nov 30, 2025
The last time O'Hare Airport saw so much snow on a single day in November was 74 years ago, Nov. 6, 1951 when 8 inches fell.
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Nov 30, 2025
A long-lost painting by Baroque master Peter Paul Rubens, which was hidden for more than four centuries, sold at 2.3 million euros ($2.7 million) at an auction Sunday in Versailles.
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Nov 30, 2025
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has requested a pardon from the president during his trial on corruption charges that has long divided the country.
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Nov 30, 2025
In March, the Union Township school board unanimously named Leigh Barnes to replace longtime superintendent John Hunter. She also became the district's first woman superintendent.
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Nov 30, 2025
British playwright Tom Stoppard, a playful, probing dramatist who won an Academy Award for the screenplay for 1998's "Shakespeare In Love," has died. He was 88.
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