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Oct 14, 2025
A 44-year-old man died early Tuesday morning after forcing the doors open on a Red Line train and falling onto the third rail, Chicago police said.
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Oct 14, 2025
News organizations including The New York Times, The Associated Press and the conservative Newsmax television network said Monday they will not sign a Defense Department document about its new press rules, making it likely the Trump administration will evict their reporters from the Pentagon.
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Oct 14, 2025
U.S. markets slumped early Tuesday after Chinese sanctions against the U.S. subsidiaries of a major South Korean shipbuilder shook a fragile sense of calm over trade tensions with Washington.
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Oct 14, 2025
Madagascan President Andry Rajoelina dissolved the lower house of parliament on Tuesday, deepening the political crisis in the Indian Ocean island nation after a military rebellion led him to flee the country and go into hiding.
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Oct 14, 2025
The AP found ICE has used the WRAP device despite internal concerns voiced in a report by U.S. Department of Homeland Security's civil rights division.
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Oct 14, 2025
Good morning, Chicago. Here are the top stories you need to know to start your day.
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Oct 14, 2025
For restaurant and cafe workers, many of whom are immigrants, the looming threat of unannounced visits by ICE has created anxiety and uncertainty about their future.
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Oct 14, 2025
On Oct. 14, 1947, U.S. Air Force Capt. Chuck Yeager became the first person to break the sound barrier as he flew a Bell X-1 rocket plane over Muroc Dry Lake in California. In 2012, Yeager, at the age of 89, marked the 65th anniversary of that flight by smashing through the sound barrier again, this time in the backseat of an F-15.
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Oct 14, 2025
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Oct. 14, according to the Tribune's archives.
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Oct 13, 2025
'If this is happening to me, a U.S. citizen, what are they doing to the other individuals?'
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Oct 13, 2025
SpaceX launched another of its mammoth Starship rockets on a test flight Monday, successfully making it halfway around the world while releasing mock satellites like last time.
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Oct 13, 2025
To rousing applause from parishioners Saturday, the Rev. Jean-Phillippe Lokpo, of Togo, announced to his flock that he isn't going anywhere because his visa to remain in the United States was approved by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services days before it was set to expire. Lokpo, the head pastor of St. John XXIII Catholic church […]
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Oct 13, 2025
To rousing applause from parishioners Saturday, the Rev. Jean-Phillippe Lokpo, of Togo, announced to his flock that he isn't going anywhere because his visa to remain in the United States was approved by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services days before it was set to expire. Lokpo, the head pastor of St. John XXIII Catholic church […]
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Oct 13, 2025
As Illinois legislature reconvenes Tuesday for its six-day fall session, lawmakers will explore restricting ICE agents from taking people into custody at facilities such as hospitals and courthouses.
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Oct 13, 2025
Joel Mokyr was lauded by the Nobel committee Monday for demonstrating how innovations become a "self-generating process."
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Oct 13, 2025
Republican Speaker Mike Johnson predicted Monday the federal government shutdown may become the longest in history, saying he "won't negotiate" with Democrats until they hit pause on their health care demands and reopen.
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Oct 13, 2025
Sandy Alomar Sr. managed both of his sons, All-Star catcher Sandy Alomar Jr. and Hall of Fame second baseman Roberto Alomar, in winter ball and the minors.
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Oct 13, 2025
Authorities on Monday identified the 16 people killed in a devastating blast at a rural Tennessee explosives plant.
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Oct 13, 2025
A group of Northwest Indiana organizations asked the Little Calumet River Basin Development Commission for a public meeting about the well's arsenic levels.
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Oct 13, 2025
Community High School District 218 launched a mentorship program with a foundation founded by rapper Common, a South Side native.
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Oct 13, 2025
Republican leaders in Indiana expect a decision about a special session to vote on redistricting will be announced soon following Vice President JD Vance's Friday trip to Indianapolis to talk to Republican legislators.
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Oct 13, 2025
Affordable Care Act health insurance plan open enrollment nears as uncertainty abounds about government healthcare subsidies.
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Oct 13, 2025
A man fled from Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Gary Monday morning after the ICE agents conducted a traffic stop in the 300 block of Clark Road.
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Oct 13, 2025
Former President Barack Obama talked about whether America had descended into fascism or authoritarianism on the podcast "WTF," hosted by standup comedian and actor Marc Maron.
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Oct 13, 2025
Agents apprehended eight people in Waukegan, three in North Chicago and two in Gurnee Monday, in addition to seven arrests over the weekend.
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Oct 13, 2025
The CTA defended its commitment to safety in a letter to federal transportation officials sent after President Donald Trump's transportation department threatened to withhold funding.
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Oct 13, 2025
Good afternoon, Chicago. Here's what is happening today.
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Oct 13, 2025
Sister Jean, Loyola University's beloved nun who died Thursday at 106, had requested that her services be open to the public.
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Oct 13, 2025
A Griffith man has been arrested in connection with an October 6 interstate shooting that injured two people.
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Oct 13, 2025
Taylor Swift's "Eras Tour" has come to a close — but the show must go on.
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Oct 13, 2025
A new round of layoffs at the Education Department is depleting an agency that was hit hard in the Trump administration's previous mass firings, threatening new disruption to the nation's students and schools in areas from special education to civil rights enforcement and after-school programs.
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Oct 13, 2025
President Donald Trump arrived in Egypt on Monday for a global summit on Gaza's future as he tries to advance peace in the Middle East after visiting Israel to celebrate a U.S.-brokered ceasefire with Hamas.
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Oct 13, 2025
Under federal law, registered foreign nationals must carry proof of registration with them at all times. But prior to a second Trump administration, it was rarely enforced.
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Oct 13, 2025
A suspect is being questioned by police after a Dyer domestic dispute ended in the fatal shooting of a 35-year-old Gary man on Sunday.
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Oct 13, 2025
Chicago homicide data, which is updated on this page weekly, is through Oct. 11, 2025.
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Oct 13, 2025
School City of East Chicago students scheduled to work the Chicago Marathon Sunday morning will be given a different chance for service hours after the district canceled the field trip.
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Oct 13, 2025
School City of East Chicago students scheduled to work the Chicago Marathon Sunday morning will be given a different chance for service hours after the district canceled the field trip.
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Oct 13, 2025
Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina was due to make a speech on national television on Monday after an elite military unit turned against the government in an apparent coup in the Indian Ocean nation and called for Rajoelina to step down.
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Oct 13, 2025
China did not back down Monday in a back-and-forth with the U.S. over trade, calling for U.S. President Donald Trump to withdraw his latest threat of a 100% tariff and other export control measures announced over the weekend.
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Oct 13, 2025
The U.S. and Egyptian presidents are chairing a gathering of world leaders dubbed "Summit for Peace" on Monday to support ending the more than two-year Israel-Hamas war in Gaza after a breakthrough ceasefire deal.
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Oct 13, 2025
Good morning, Chicago. Here are the top stories you need to know to start your day.
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Oct 13, 2025
Today is Monday, Oct. 13, the 286th day of 2025. There are 79 days left in the year. Today in history: On Oct. 13, 2010, 33 men were rescued from a collapsed Chilean mine after being lifted one by one in capsules 69 days after they were trapped 2,300 feet (700 meters) underground. Also on […]
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Oct 13, 2025
Hamas released all 20 remaining living hostages held in Gaza on Monday, while Israel began releasing hundreds of Palestinian prisoners as part of a ceasefire.
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Oct 13, 2025
Former House Speaker Michael Madigan must report to federal prison Monday to begin serving his 7 1/2-year sentence on corruption charges, an ignominious end for a man who for decades was considered the most powerful politicians in the state.
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Oct 13, 2025
Perhaps the most significant item on legislators' veto session to-do list is whether to implement changes and secure funding to keep buses and trains around Chicago running on time.
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Oct 13, 2025
Perhaps the most significant item on legislators' veto session to-do list is whether to implement changes and secure funding to keep buses and trains around Chicago running on time.
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Oct 13, 2025
Some Chicago aldermen are adding new duties: getting tear-gassed and handcuffed, organizing legions of volunteers, and standing guard near elementary schools.
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Oct 13, 2025
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Oct. 13, according to the Tribune's archives.
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Oct 12, 2025
President Donald Trump on Sunday warned Russia that he may send Ukraine long-range Tomahawk missiles if Moscow doesn't settle its war there soon — suggesting that he could be ready to increase the pressure on Vladimir Putin's government using a key weapons system.
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Oct 12, 2025
Advocates said Trump's "Operation Midway Blitz" affected how some runners trained and whether their families came out to support their efforts.
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Oct 12, 2025
The federal government has emphasized the Guard's mission would mainly be to protect federal immigration enforcement agents and property.
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Oct 12, 2025
A nor'easter churned its way up the East Coast on Sunday, washing out roads and prompting air travel delays as heavily populated areas of the Northeast braced for excessive rain, lashing winds and coastal flooding.
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Oct 12, 2025
China signaled on Sunday that it would not back down in the face of a 100% tariff threat from President Donald Trump and urged the United States to resolve differences through negotiations instead of threats.
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Oct 12, 2025
Israel said Sunday that it expected all of the living hostages held in the Gaza Strip to be released Monday in its breakthrough ceasefire deal with Hamas, as Palestinians awaited the release of hundreds of prisoners held in Israel and a surge of aid into the famine-stricken territory.
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Oct 12, 2025
Vice President JD Vance on Sunday said there will be deeper cuts to the federal workforce the longer the government shutdown goes on, adding to the uncertainty facing hundreds of thousands who are already furloughed without pay amid the stubborn stalemate in Congress.
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Oct 12, 2025
Anticipation built across Israel, the Gaza Strip and the West Bank on Sunday as the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas held before a critical day for all sides and the region.
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Oct 12, 2025
Photos from the Chicago Marathon on Oct. 12, 2025.
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Oct 12, 2025
President Trump is setting off for Israel and Egypt on Sunday to celebrate the U.S.-brokered ceasefire and hostage deal between Israel and Hamas and urge Middle East allies to seize the opportunity to build a durable peace in the volatile region.
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Oct 12, 2025
Russia attacked Ukraine's power grid overnight into Sunday, part of an ongoing campaign to cripple Ukrainian energy infrastructure before winter, and expressed "extreme concern" over the U.S. potentially providing Tomahawk cruise missiles to Ukraine.
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Oct 12, 2025
A mass shooting at a crowded bar on an idyllic South Carolina island has left four people dead and at least 20 injured, officials say.
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Oct 12, 2025
The Chicago Marathon begins in waves starting at 7:20 a.m. Sunday in Grant Park and follows a route around 29 of Chicago's neighborhoods. Here's how to watch the race.
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Oct 12, 2025
The Tinley Park Elementary District 146 teacher contract up for a vote Tuesday includes 6% raises for the next five years.
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Oct 12, 2025
The state of Idaho took custody of the children a few weeks after Silverio Villegas Gonzalez was killed by ICE agents in Franklin Park on Sept. 12.
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Oct 12, 2025
There are questions whether a stream of recent federal court defeats for President Donald Trump's administration will only prompt a more serious reaction from him.
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Oct 12, 2025
Across Chicago Public Schools and surrounding districts including Cicero and Berwyn, Operation Midway Blitz has left families on edge.
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Oct 12, 2025
Across Chicago Public Schools and surrounding districts including Cicero and Berwyn, Operation Midway Blitz has left families on edge.
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Oct 12, 2025
On Oct. 12, 1968, Mexican track and field athlete Enriqueta Basilio became the first woman to light the Olympic flame at the opening ceremonies of the Mexico City Summer Games.
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Oct 11, 2025
Organizers say the event was held to provide solidarity and support to detainees at the facility, with participants walking more than a mile to Broadview.
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Oct 11, 2025
A video that went viral of ICE agents detaining a man at a bakery marked a significant moment for many who gathered Saturday to protest at East Chicago City Hall.
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Oct 11, 2025
An off-duty Lake County correctional officer was killed early Saturday morning in a crash in Schererville.
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Oct 11, 2025
The indictment of James, who had previously prosecuted the Trump Organization for business fraud, immediately sparked debate over whether the justice system had been politicized for President Donald Trump's personal grievances.
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Oct 11, 2025
A series of tit-for-tat moves this week by the two superpowers has thrust trade hostilities back in the global spotlight, roiling markets and raising alarms of what might come next.
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Oct 11, 2025
Authorities are investigating a powerful blast that tore through an explosives plant in rural Tennessee as first responders say they've recovered no survivors.
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Oct 11, 2025
The city is a majority Black epicenter for civil rights, where residents remember the Guard responding during more than one period of unrest.
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Oct 11, 2025
A ceasefire was holding in Gaza between Israel and Hamas on Saturday after two years of war. But will the agreement lead, as U.S. President Donald Trump proclaimed, to "a Strong, Durable, and Everlasting Peace"?
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Oct 11, 2025
Former first lady Michelle Obama is putting new force behind efforts to ensure girls overcome educational barriers in some of the world's most economically disadvantaged areas.
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Oct 11, 2025
Most markets will still have several stand-alone drug plans, but some options are becoming particularly sparse for shoppers with low-income subsidies.
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Oct 11, 2025
Lawyers for Luigi Mangione asked a New York federal judge Saturday to dismiss some criminal charges, including the only count for which he could face the death penalty, from a federal indictment brought against him in the December assassination of UnitedHealthcare's chief executive.
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Oct 11, 2025
Diane Keaton, the Oscar-winning star of "Annie Hall," "The Godfather" films and "Father of the Bride," has died. She was 79.
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Oct 11, 2025
President Donald Trump said Saturday that he told the Defense Department to use "all available funds" to ensure troops are paid despite the government shutdown.
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Oct 11, 2025
Republican lawmakers are targeting one of the U.S.'s longest-standing pieces of environmental legislation, credited with helping save rare whales from extinction.
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Oct 11, 2025
The Trump administration has asked a federal appellate court in Chicago for an emergency stay of a district judge's order barring the president from deploying National Guard troops in the city and state.
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Oct 11, 2025
A federal appeals court in Chicago on Saturday denied the Trump administration's request for an emergency stay of a district judge's order barring the president from deploying National Guard troops in the city and state.
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Oct 11, 2025
He had recently published a new book, "The Sun at the End of the Road," filled with his distinctive art, poetry and prose. Some consider it a memoir.
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Oct 11, 2025
Four people were killed in a shooting in a town in the Mississippi Delta region after a high school football homecoming game there, a lawmaker said Saturday.
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Oct 11, 2025
Tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians returned to their Gaza neighborhoods Saturday, as bulldozers clawed through the wreckage of war and a ceasefire held.
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Oct 11, 2025
Aurora Mayor John Laesch condemned federal immigration enforcement activity following a protest outside City Hall on Thursday.
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Oct 11, 2025
In honor of the anniversary of Emma Baum's disappearance, her family passed out flyers and continued to question Gary residents on Friday afternoon.
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Oct 11, 2025
Former President Joe Biden's treatment for an aggressive form of prostate cancer has entered a new phase.
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Oct 11, 2025
Federal immigration officials targeted a parking lot near O'Hare International Airport where rideshare drivers wait between trips on Friday. 18 people were arrested.
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Oct 11, 2025
The explosion Friday morning at Accurate Energetic Systems, which supplies and researches explosives for the military, scattered debris over at least a half-mile area.
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Oct 11, 2025
Oak Lawn Community High School's Spartans Without Borders club plans trip to help build hospital and trauma center in rural Bolivia.
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Oct 11, 2025
Broadview, the 2.2 square-mile, majority-Black village, where Katrina Thompson is in her third term as mayor, has become the locus of what she sees as both a spiritual fight and a political battle.
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Oct 11, 2025
From a back row of Jordan Temple Church, Katrina Thompson wiped her eyes, got to her feet and raised her hands in prayer as a black-and-white clad choir sang about the excellence of God. When the Rev. Stephen Richardson took the lectern, she whispered to herself in response to his declaration that "God is not […]
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Oct 11, 2025
With the Texas National Guard arriving in the city just days ahead of marathon weekend, some local Latino running clubs plan to take extra precautions ahead of the 26.2-mile marathon course.
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Oct 11, 2025
On Oct. 11, 2017, the Boy Scouts of America announced that it would admit girls into the Cub Scouts starting the following year and establish a new program for older girls based on the Boy Scout curriculum.
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Oct 11, 2025
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Oct. 11, according to the Tribune's archives.
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Oct 10, 2025
President Donald Trump is in "exceptional health," according to his physician, who evaluated him Friday.
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Oct 10, 2025
A former Chicago police officer was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Friday following a plea deal related to three separate cases where he was accused of sexually abusing a minor he met on the job and recorded sex acts. Before Judge Kenneth Wadas at the Leighon Criminal Court Building, David P. DeLeon accepted […]
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Oct 10, 2025
The Trump administration is pushing again to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man who was mistakenly sent to El Salvador, even though three African countries they've approached have rejected the idea, a judge heard during testimony Friday.
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