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Jan 05, 2026
A man who broke windows at Vice President JD Vance's Ohio home and caused other property damage was detained early Monday, the U.S. Secret Service said.
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Jan 05, 2026
One of the first police officers to respond to the 2022 school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, goes on trial Monday on charges that he failed to protect children during the attack, when authorities waited more than an hour to confront the gunman.
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Jan 05, 2026
A day after the audacious U.S. military operation in Venezuela, President Donald Trump on Sunday renewed his calls for an American takeover of the Danish territory of Greenland for the sake of U.S. security interests and threatened military action on Colombia for facilitating the global sale of cocaine, while his top diplomat declared the communist government in Cuba is "in a lot of trouble."
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Jan 05, 2026
In his celebratory news conference on the U.S. capture of Venezuelan strongman leader Nicolás Maduro, President Donald Trump set out an extraordinarily forthright view of the use of U.S. power in Latin America that exposed political divisions from Mexico to Argentina as Trump-friendly leaders rise across the region.
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Jan 05, 2026
Good morning, Chicago. Here are the top stories you need to know to start your day.
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Jan 05, 2026
Deposed Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is set to make his first appearance Monday in an American courtroom on the narco-terrorism charges the Trump administration used to justify capturing him and bringing him to New York.
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Jan 05, 2026
Deposed Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is set to make his first appearance Monday in an American courtroom on narco-terrorism charges.
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Jan 05, 2026
Participants in the nonprofit Refugee Life Foundation's Humanity 5K last April raised over $76,000 for a van donated to an orphanage in the West Bank.
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Jan 05, 2026
The Tribune requested the past four years of tax returns from the Democratic candidates for Cook County Board president and assessor.
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Jan 05, 2026
The Chicago Tribune requested the past four years of tax returns from the Democratic candidates for Cook County Board president and assessor
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Jan 05, 2026
A young man approached a card table set up under the Green Line tracks on the city's West Side and asked the woman behind it if she had any clean needles or naloxone, a medication that can reverse the effects of an opioid overdose. While rummaging through a box of supplies in search of those […]
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Jan 05, 2026
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Jan. 5, according to the Tribune's archives.
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Jan 05, 2026
On Jan. 5, 2024, a door plug on Alaska Airlines jetliner blew out shortly after takeoff from Portland, Oregon, forcing the 171 passengers and six crew to don oxygen masks before the pilots made an emergency landing. No one was seriously hurt, but the sudden depressurization left a gaping hole in the Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft.
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Jan 04, 2026
President Donald Trump on Sunday told reporters that U.S. national security officials have determined that Ukraine did not target a residence belonging to Russian President Vladimir Putin in a drone attack last week, disputing Kremlin claims that Trump had initially greeted with deep concern.
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Jan 04, 2026
Israel's decision to revoke the licenses of more than three dozen humanitarian organizations this week has aid groups scrambling to grapple with what this means for their operations in Gaza.
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Jan 04, 2026
North Korea said Monday that leader Kim Jong Un observed test-flights of hypersonic missiles and underscored the need to bolster the country's nuclear war deterrent, as the country dials up weapons displays ahead of its major political conference.
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Jan 04, 2026
Hundreds marched in silence Sunday to honor the victims of the New Year's Eve fire at a bar in the Swiss Alpine resort of Crans-Montana, which left 40 dead and many severely injured.
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Jan 04, 2026
She was the first Black woman to graduate from Grinnell College in Iowa and a longtime Chicago schoolteacher.
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Jan 04, 2026
A newly unsealed U.S. Justice Department indictment accuses captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro of running a "corrupt, illegitimate government" fueled by an extensive drug-trafficking operation that flooded the U.S. with thousands of tons of cocaine.
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Jan 04, 2026
President Donald Trump's military intervention in Venezuela will pose a fresh test of his ability to hold together a restive Republican coalition during a challenging election year that could be defined by domestic concerns like health care and affordability.
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Jan 04, 2026
Indiana legislators have been filing bills for the 2026 legislative session and some of the bills have a lighthearted goal.
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Jan 04, 2026
Deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro arrived in the United States to face criminal charges after being captured in an audacious nighttime military operation.
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Jan 04, 2026
Deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro arrived in the United States to face criminal charges after being captured in an audacious nighttime military operation.
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Jan 04, 2026
President Trump's plan to take control of Venezuela's oil industry and ask American companies to revitalize it after capturing President Nicolás Maduro isn't likely to have an immediate impact on oil prices.
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Jan 04, 2026
The Brooklyn jail holding Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is a facility so troubled, some judges have refused to send people there even as it has housed music stars R. Kelly and Sean "Diddy" Combs.
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Jan 04, 2026
The letter details concerns with a U.S. Department of Energy order that would require NIPSCO to keep its R.M. Schahfer plant operating.
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Jan 04, 2026
Paul Terry's struggle is a stark example of a problem Illinois has yet to confront meaningfully: what happens to people after the state's judicial system admits it wrongfully took their freedom.
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Jan 04, 2026
Joabe Barbosa is part of a new breed of "run-every-street" runners setting out to run down every Chicago street with the hopes of challenging perceptions of the city.
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Jan 04, 2026
A Tribune review of court filings, databases and other public records detailing the scope of the incursion and typical costs shows how much the federal government has spent since September.
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Jan 04, 2026
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Jan. 4, according to the Tribune's archives.
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Jan 04, 2026
On Jan. 4, 2010, the Burj Khalifa, the tallest structure in the world at 2,717 feet tall, opened in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
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Jan 03, 2026
Detrion Anderson is charged with first-degree murder in connection with the July shooting deaths of Michael Agee and Raqwan Dixon.
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Jan 03, 2026
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro created a humanitarian crisis. Illinois residents hope his ouster marks a transition toward democracy, but they remained concerned about the future.
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Jan 03, 2026
South Korea's military said North Korea's missile launch off the North's east coast happened Sunday morning but gave no further details.
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Jan 03, 2026
Venezuelans on Saturday were scrambling to understand who is in charge of their country after a U.S. military operation that captured President Nicolás Maduro.
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Jan 03, 2026
The president's pledge to a Venezuela project comes as he finds himself struggling to bring about a permanent peace between Israel and Hamas in Gaza and find an endgame to Russia's nearly four-year war in Ukraine.
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Jan 03, 2026
The We Can Lead Change group held a rally in downtown St. Charles on Saturday aimed at celebrating immigrants and their contributions to the area.
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Jan 03, 2026
The U.S. military operation that captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and flew him out of the country early Saturday has also disrupted Caribbean travel at a busy travel time for the region.
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Jan 03, 2026
The United States carried out a lightning military strike on Venezuela early Saturday, capturing President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, and spiriting them out of the country.
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Jan 03, 2026
In a lightning military strike, the U.S. captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, and spirited them out of the country to face justice in the United States.
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Jan 03, 2026
European national security advisers arrived in Kyiv on Saturday to discuss the latest peace proposals as a U.S.-led diplomatic push to end the nearly 4-year-old war in Ukraine intensifies.
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Jan 03, 2026
Hours after an audacious military operation that plucked leader Nicolás Maduro from power and removed him from the country Saturday, President Donald Trump said the United States would run Venezuela at least temporarily and tap its vast oil reserves to sell to other nations.
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Jan 03, 2026
President Donald Trump said the U.S. plans to run Venezuela until a transition of power can take place, and he claimed the American presence was already in place.
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Jan 03, 2026
In a Saturday morning interview on "Fox and Friends Weekend," Trump laid out the details of the overnight strike, after which he said Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were flown by helicopter to a U.S. warship.
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Jan 03, 2026
President Donald Trump is scheduled to speak Saturday after announcing the president of Venezuela was captured.
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Jan 03, 2026
Embattled Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan, who was convicted of obstruction last month for helping an immigrant evade federal officers, has sent her resignation letter to the governor.
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Jan 03, 2026
The Porter County Jail lost grant funding for its longtime Chemical Dependency and Addictions program, but the clinic providing the program remained committed to making sure it continued and the Porter County Council approved the necessary funding, Sheriff Jeff Balon said in a release.
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Jan 03, 2026
President Donald Trump had long threatened that he could order military strikes on targets on Venezuelan territory after months of attacks on boats accused of carrying drugs from the South American country. President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela said the U.S. military operations were a thinly veiled effort to oust him from power.
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Jan 03, 2026
The United States hit Venezuela with a "large-scale strike" early Saturday and said its president had been captured and flown out of the country after months of intense pressure on Nicolás Maduro's government — an extraordinary nighttime operation announced by President Donald Trump on social media hours after the attack.
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Jan 03, 2026
Melding music, play and Mother Goose tales, singer Natalie Merchant worked with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra on "Cabinet of Wonder."
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Jan 03, 2026
Federal and state prosecutors now say a single gang faction on Chicago's South Side committed 14 murders and shot at least 18 other people in just two years as part of a brazen crime spree meant to tighten the group's grip on the West Chatham neighborhood.
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Jan 03, 2026
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Jan. 3, according to the Tribune's archives.
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Jan 03, 2026
On Jan. 3, 2022, a jury in San Jose, California, convicted Elizabeth Holmes of duping investors into believing that her startup company Theranos had developed a revolutionary medical device that could detect diseases and conditions from a few drops of blood.
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Jan 02, 2026
A man is facing multiple felony charges after authorities said he tried to blow up a gas station on New Year's Eve in the far northwest suburbs. On Dec. 31, Woodstock Police officers responded to reports of a person struck multiple times in the retail store of a local Shell Gas Station at around 10:15 […]
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Jan 02, 2026
President Donald Trump invited Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi during a phone call Friday to visit the United States this year, the Japanese foreign ministry said.
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Jan 02, 2026
The move comes after days of airlifts by UAE military aircraft following an order to withdraw from anti-Houthi forces in Yemen following Saudi Arabia pushing back against the advance of Emirati-backed separatists there.
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Jan 02, 2026
The personal information of more than 670,000 Illinois residents may have been publicly accessible online for several years, the Illinois Department of Human Services said Friday.
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Jan 02, 2026
The U.S. Coast Guard said Friday it's still searching for people in the eastern Pacific Ocean who had jumped off alleged drug-smuggling boats when the U.S. military attacked the vessels days earlier, diminishing the likelihood that anyone survived.
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Jan 02, 2026
"Dilbert" creator Scott Adams revealed on Thursday that his health is worsening and that the chances of him recovering from advanced prostate cancer are "essentially zero."
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Jan 02, 2026
Beverly Sussman was an award-winning middle school science teacher in Buffalo Grove for 25 years before beginning a second act on the Buffalo Grove Village Board, where she served as a village trustee for six years and then for another two terms as village president.
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Jan 02, 2026
A Highland woman was charged with battery and various drug charges after using a stun gun in a road rage incident on Dec. 26.
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Jan 02, 2026
President Donald Trump on Friday ordered the unraveling of a $2.9 million computer chips deal that he concluded threatened U.S. security interests if the current owner, HieFo Corp., remained in control of the technology.
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Jan 02, 2026
Minnesota officials have until next week to provide the Trump administration with information about providers and parents who receive federal child care funds or risk losing potentially millions of dollars in federal funding, state officials said Friday.
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Jan 02, 2026
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday appointed the head of Ukraine's military intelligence as his new chief of staff, a move that comes as the U.S. leads a diplomatic push to end Russia's nearly 4-year-old invasion.
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Jan 02, 2026
A girl was seriously injured Friday morning in a residential fire in the Englewood neighborhood, fire officials said.
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Jan 02, 2026
On Friday morning, Elizabeth Branske and Melissa Nunez became the first couple to marry in Cook County in 2026, a milestone they and their family celebrated with kisses and cheers.
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Jan 02, 2026
A 30-year-old Chicago man faces charges of attempted murder and aggravated battery after Cook County sheriff's police detectives said he stabbed another man during a fight in Robbins. Robbins police said Brian Davis took out a pocketknife and stabbed a 35-year-old man multiple times during the fight at 6:40 p.m. Dec. 26 near the 13000 […]
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Jan 02, 2026
According to a note shared to social media by the entertainment company BigHit Music, the mega popular group will return on March 20.
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Jan 02, 2026
Kenneth Jones claims Calumet City Mayor Thaddeus Jones retaliated against him and wrongfully terminated his employment in August.
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Jan 02, 2026
The FBI said Friday it disrupted a New Year's Eve attack plot targeting a grocery store and fast-food restaurant in North Carolina, arresting an 18-year-old man who authorities say pledged loyalty to the Islamic State group.
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Jan 02, 2026
Daniel Brand, who comes from a family of firefighters, established a scholarship at Moraine Valley Community College for students of the craft.
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Jan 02, 2026
Good afternoon, Chicago. Here's what is happening today.
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Jan 02, 2026
A Chesterton Police officer already on paid leave faces additional scrutiny from felony charges alleging he assaulted a pregnant woman.
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Jan 02, 2026
A pair of men were found with guns altered to be fully automatic after a high-speed police pursuit and crash in the early morning hours on Christmas Day in Gary.
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Jan 02, 2026
Two units were deemed temporarily uninhabitable due to the fire, officials said.
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Jan 02, 2026
A strong earthquake rattled southern and central Mexico on Friday, interrupting President Claudia Sheinbaum's first press briefing of the new year as seismic alarms sounded.
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Jan 02, 2026
A woman was killed in what Colorado wildlife officers are investigating as a potential mountain lion attack on a trail near Estes Park, according to state officials.
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Jan 02, 2026
A 7-year-old boy was wounded inside of a residence in the Humboldt Park neighborhood, Chicago police said.
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Jan 02, 2026
A renewed focus on health has inspired many people to examine their relationship with coffee and, more specifically, caffeine.
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Jan 02, 2026
President Donald Trump and top Iranian officials exchanged dueling threats as widening economic protests swept across parts of the Islamic Republic.
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Jan 02, 2026
The Trump administration is facing a new legal complaint from a group of government employees affected by a policy that eliminates coverage for gender-affirming care.
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Jan 02, 2026
Good morning, Chicago. Here are the top stories you need to know to start your day.
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Jan 02, 2026
Swiss investigators are probing what caused a fire in a bar at an Alpine ski resort that left around 40 people dead and another 115 injured.
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Jan 02, 2026
Hundreds of workers were brought on to the payroll since Mayor Brandon Johnson's administration instituted the hiring freeze in August, according to city records.
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Jan 02, 2026
The new year will bring long-overdue upgrades at Illinois' most popular state park, and one of its top tourist destinations outside Chicago.
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Jan 02, 2026
With changes underway, here are some cases and issues to watch for in 2026.
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Jan 02, 2026
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Jan. 2, according to the Tribune's archives.
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Jan 02, 2026
On Jan. 2, 1981, British serial killer Peter Sutcliffe, aka the "Yorkshire Ripper," was captured after a series of killings bred fear across northwest England between 1975 and 1980. Subsequently convicted and sentenced to life in prison for the killings of 13 women, he died in 2020 at the age of 74.
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Jan 01, 2026
Trump said he regretted undergoing the advanced imaging on his heart and abdomen during an October visit to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center because it raised public questions about his health.
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Jan 01, 2026
At Mount Sinai Hospital, Brandon Alexander Whittington entered the world as what is believed to be the first Chicago baby of 2026.
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Jan 01, 2026
Zohran Mamdani is reveling in what he calls a "new era" for New York City.
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Jan 01, 2026
If Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific go through with a merger, there could be more trains coming down the tracks through Chesterton.
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Jan 01, 2026
Marianne Mather and Kori Rumore look back at their favorite finds in the Tribune's archives in 2025.
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Jan 01, 2026
As Hoosiers ring in 2026, three major initiatives have been announced for the new year, two related to the SNAP program and one addressing disparities in rural health. Hoosiers who use Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits won't be able to use the benefits to purchase sugary drinks and candy starting Thursday, according to a press […]
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Jan 01, 2026
The arrival of the New Year's Day deadline with no fix from Congress cemented higher health costs for millions of Americans, including many self-employed workers, small business owners, farmers and ranchers.
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Jan 01, 2026
A fire ripped through a bar's New Year celebration in a Swiss Alpine resort less than two hours after midnight Thursday, with dozens of people feared dead.
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Jan 01, 2026
A fire ripped through a bar's New Year celebration in a Swiss Alpine resort less than two hours after midnight Thursday, with dozens of people feared dead.
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Jan 01, 2026
Good morning, Chicago. Here are the top stories you need to know to start your day.
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Jan 01, 2026
Michael Gingras, 15, a sophomore at Victor J. Andrew High School, used the Heimlich maneuver when his brother's friend was choking.
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Jan 01, 2026
The Historic Pullman Foundation Model Train Experience is a way to expose people young and old to the hobby as well as Pullman's history.
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