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Sep 17, 2025
Israeli troops and tanks pushed deeper into Gaza City as more people fled the devastated area, and strikes cut off phone and internet services, making it harder for Palestinians to summon ambulances during the military's new offensive.
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Sep 17, 2025
They were one of six acts that garnered enough public votes to advance in a live results show and were announced as finalists in a post from "America's Got Talent" to Instagram on Wednesday night.
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Sep 17, 2025
Kristi Noem shared a video of people being detained by ICE agents in Elgin and suggested the men were all in the country illegally. That's not true.
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Sep 17, 2025
Cracker Barrel said Wednesday it expects lower sales and weaker customer traffic in the coming year as the controversy over its planned logo change continues to play out.
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Sep 17, 2025
ABC has suspended Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show indefinitely following comments he made about Charlie Kirk's killing.
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Sep 17, 2025
Starbucks workers in three states took legal action against the coffee giant Wednesday, saying it violated the law when it changed its dress code but refused to reimburse employees who had to buy new clothes.
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Sep 17, 2025
Later this year, the National Toy Hall of Fame could induct snow, but only if it ices out enough of the competition — a group that features hugely popular board games, outdoor favorites and giggling plushies.
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Sep 17, 2025
Judge Natalie Bokota denied a Gary man's bid for bail last week who is accused of killing his child's mother's new boyfriend. Prosecutors charged Ralph Stokes, 24, with murder in Jimmijion Bailey's shooting death on Oct. 5. His body was found decapitated Oct. 11 on the 2300 block of Clay Street with his arms and […]
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Sep 17, 2025
The Trump administration ended the Blue Ribbon Schools program — recognizing high academic achievement — without warning last month after nominations had already been submitted as it downsizes its role in education, saying it's better handled by the states.
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Sep 17, 2025
President Trump relished the glow of a British royal spectacle as he opened a two-day state visit Wednesday.
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Sep 17, 2025
An assistant principal at Lincoln Middle School in Berwyn was one of three people killed, including the suspected gunman, in what appeared to be a "domestic-related" shooting outside the school Tuesday, according to police and school officials. Assistant Principal Nerissa Lee, 46, was identified as one of the victims in Tuesday's shooting outside the west […]
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Sep 17, 2025
After several recent crashes due to speeding along 167th Street, worried homeowners demand solutions from the village.
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Sep 17, 2025
President Trump received a royal reception at Windsor Castle on Wednesday, but beyond the castle walls many protesters did not welcome his unprecedented second state visit.
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Sep 17, 2025
The U.S. public health system is headed to a "very dangerous place" with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his team of anti-vaccine advisers in charge, fired Centers for Disease Control and Prevention chief Susan Monarez warned senators on Wednesday.
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Sep 17, 2025
Republican leaders in the House and Senate said Wednesday that they will reject Democratic demands for an immediate extension of health care subsidies.
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Sep 17, 2025
Despite significant delays — and an unfinished exterior — the Chicago Sky insist the training facility will be completed by April 2026.
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Sep 17, 2025
A 45-year-old Carpentersville man has been arrested on charges of owning and conveying child porn, officials said.
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Sep 17, 2025
An Oak Forest High School teacher's Facebook post appears to say Charlie Kirk's assassination was an "example of you reap what you sow."
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Sep 17, 2025
An Elgin man has been found guilty of sexually assaulting and abusing a teen who was new to the United States and threatening to harm her mother and boot her from his home if his crimes were exposed, officials said.
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Sep 17, 2025
Letters from World War II combatants to family members. were rescued from the trash and now are used to teach Oak Lawn students.
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Sep 17, 2025
The Federal Reserve cut its key interest rate by a quarter-point Wednesday and projected it would do so twice more this year as concern grows at the central bank about the health of the nation's labor market.
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Sep 17, 2025
Leaders like state Sen. Adriane Johnson, D-Buffalo Grove, are urging residents to bear witness and make a record of area ICE activities.
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Sep 17, 2025
Utah Valley University students returning to campus Wednesday clustered silently, staring down at the still-barricaded courtyard where an assassin struck down conservative activist Charlie Kirk in an attack that upended the nation.
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Sep 17, 2025
Lab tests have confirmed that the virus contributed to the person's death, according to the Cook County Department of Public Health and the Illinois Department of Public Health.
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Sep 17, 2025
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Department specifically pitched jobs to Chicago cops when it ran a local advertisement during a Monday night NFL broadcast.
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Sep 17, 2025
The following items were taken from police and court reports and news releases. An arrest does not constitute a finding of guilt. Bridgeview AGGRAVATED BATTERY: A Chicago man who threw a glass plate at two acquaintances, threatened them with a board embedded with two nails and then hit an officer as he was being removed was […]
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Sep 17, 2025
Celeste Rivas, 15, had been missing since leaving her family's Southern California home in April 2024.
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Sep 17, 2025
Gov. J.B. Pritzker says he may issue an executive order to ban or regulate intoxicating hemp.
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Sep 17, 2025
The three men were convicted of murder and aggravated arson after what they said was false assurances from detectives that they would be let go if they confessed.
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Sep 17, 2025
The Northwest Indiana Food Council's recent Farm Hop tour stopped at various sites to celebrate the innovation and resilience of the local food system.
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Sep 17, 2025
Seven current or former inmates at Logan Correctional Center have filed separate lawsuits against officers, prison staff and leadership, alleging a widespread pattern of sexual abuse.
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Sep 17, 2025
A 53-year-old man was pronounced dead after a crash Tuesday night on DuSable Lake Shore Drive after police said he entered the roadway in the wrong direction.
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Sep 17, 2025
For the Boy Scouts of America — recently renamed Scouting America — the past 12 years have been arduous. Opening its programs to gay people and later to girls sparked dismay in some quarters. Its 2020 bankruptcy declaration led to prolonged wrangling over compensation for thousands of men claiming they were sexually abused as scouts.
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Sep 17, 2025
President Donald Trump is escalating threats to crack down on what he describes as the "radical left" following Charlie Kirk's assassination, stirring fears that his administration is trying to harness outrage over the killing to suppress political opposition.
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Sep 17, 2025
Ben & Jerry's co-founder Jerry Greenfield is leaving the ice cream brand after 47 years, saying that the independence it once had to speak up on social issues has been stifled by parent company Unilever.
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Sep 17, 2025
Good morning, Chicago. Here are the top stories you need to know to start your day.
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Sep 17, 2025
Phyllis Kozlowski, of Orland Park, has taught art to thousands in Hinsdale, La Grange and throughout the south suburbs.
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Sep 17, 2025
Chicago Public Schools' lunchroom workers marched outside of the district's headquarters demanding higher wages and fully-staffed kitchens.
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Sep 17, 2025
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Sept. 17, according to the Tribune's archives.
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Sep 17, 2025
On Sept. 17, 2011, a demonstration calling itself Occupy Wall Street began in New York, prompting similar protests around the U.S. and the world.
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Sep 16, 2025
Three people, including the suspected gunman, were killed in what appeared to be a "domestic-related" shooting outside a Berwyn middle school on Tuesday afternoon, according to Berwyn police. Berwyn police officers responded to Lincoln Middle School, 6432 16th St., after hearing gunfire near the west suburban campus around 4:05 p.m., police said in a news […]
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Sep 16, 2025
Elected officials and community leaders urged undocumented residents to stay home as much as possible as federal operations persist.
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Sep 16, 2025
Elected officials and community leaders urged undocumented residents to stay home as much as possible as federal operations persist.
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Sep 16, 2025
Three Northwest Indiana Democratic senators criticized proposed rollbacks by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, which could delay coal ash cleanup and loosen restrictions on toxic pollutants in the area.
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Sep 16, 2025
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested Moises Enciso Trejo and Constantina Ramirez Meraz during a traffic stop Sunday as they drove one of their children to college.
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Sep 16, 2025
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested Moises Enciso Trejo and Constantina Ramirez Meraz during a traffic stop Sunday as they drove one of their children to college.
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Sep 16, 2025
Chicago students rallied during the school day to celebrate Hispanic culture and denounce U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement sweeps.
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Sep 16, 2025
President Trump arrived in the United Kingdom on Tuesday for a state visit during which the British government hopes a multibillion-dollar technology deal will show the trans-Atlantic bond remains strong.
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Sep 16, 2025
Democratic leaders lashed out Tuesday at a short-term spending bill to avoid a partial government shutdown at the end of the month.
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Sep 16, 2025
Gov. JB Pritzker labeled President Donald Trump's latest vow to deploy the National Guard to Chicago a possible sign of "dementia" after a month of on-and-off threats.
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Sep 16, 2025
Amid a recent increased presence of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents across Chicagoland, protesters launched a rush hour demonstration near exits of the Edens Expressway at Lincolnwood, critical of heightened immigration enforcement efforts. As traffic on Interstate 94 flowed below Friday, a handful of protesters stood on an overpass at Pratt Street in Lincolnwood […]
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Sep 16, 2025
Amid a recent increased presence of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents across Chicagoland, protesters launched a rush hour demonstration near exits of the Edens Expressway at Lincolnwood, critical of heightened immigration enforcement efforts. As traffic on Interstate 94 flowed below Friday, a handful of protesters stood on an overpass at Pratt Street in Lincolnwood […]
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Sep 16, 2025
An East Chicago Police officer has been exonerated in a July shooting, while the man who was shot — whose uncle, an E.C. councilman, defended him — has been charged with several felonies in the incident.
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Sep 16, 2025
Not a single named storm has formed in the Atlantic Ocean in nearly three weeks, even though it's the peak of hurricane season.
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Sep 16, 2025
It's believed that the 4-year-old child caught measles while traveling internationally, according to the Cook County Department of Public Health.
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Sep 16, 2025
President Trump formally extended the deadline to keep the social media app TikTok available in the United States until Dec. 16.
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Sep 16, 2025
A Chesterton man is facing an indictment after a social media threat caused officials to lockdown the U.S. Naval Academy in Maryland last week, according to media reports.
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Sep 16, 2025
Parents and children celebrated Sunday with Silver Cross Hospital neonatal intensive care staff at a reunion for graduates of the unit.
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Sep 16, 2025
Gov. Mike Braun floated the idea of the Indiana legislature meeting in November to address redistricting, but said the decision is up to legislative leadership.
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Sep 16, 2025
The City Council's Licensing Committee advanced a proposal that would clear the way for gambling terminals to pop up across the city's neighborhoods.
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Sep 16, 2025
While China has agreed that a divested TikTok could use its algorithm, it's uncertain how that would work.
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Sep 16, 2025
A Metra train struck a 10-year-old boy's bike, barely missing the boy, at Cedar Road crossing as the train was approaching the New Lenox station Monday evening, officials said. The train, Rock Island Line 432, was inbound from Joliet to LaSalle Street Station downtown, according to Michael Gillis, Metra director of communications. The boy was […]
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Sep 16, 2025
Good afternoon, Chicago. Here's what is happening today.
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Sep 16, 2025
When reporters pressed him about how the order will change how police respond to federal agents cracking down on protests, Mayor Brandon Johnson offered no specifics.
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Sep 16, 2025
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is following through on his threat to force Delta and Aeromexico to dissolve their longtime partnership because of his concerns that Mexico isn't being fair to U.S. airlines.
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Sep 16, 2025
An Elgin man who was born in Texas said he was handcuffed and placed in a U.S. Customs and Border Patrol vehicle, as part of the latest Chicago-area ICE blitz.
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Sep 16, 2025
A team of independent experts commissioned by the United Nations' Human Rights Council has concluded that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, issuing a report Tuesday that calls on the international community to end the genocide and take steps to punish those responsible for it.
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Sep 16, 2025
Candidates Robin Kelly and Julianne Stratton, running to succeed retiring Sen. Dick Durbin, spoke at the Oak Park Public Library.
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Sep 16, 2025
The report on ways to plug the 2026 budget hole is a mix of revenue increases and cuts, but it omits bolder ideas backed by progressive groups like a payroll expense tax on corporations.
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Sep 16, 2025
Porter McNeil, 65, was a member of the Rock Island County Board who also had a lengthy resume of working on political campaigns in Illinois, Iowa and the Quad Cities.
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Sep 16, 2025
Aaron Jaffe represented the northern suburbs in the state House for 14 years before serving as a Cook County judge for nearly two decades and a decade more as chair of the Illinois Gaming Board.
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Sep 16, 2025
Silverio Villegas Gonzalez, 38, was shot and killed after he allegedly tried to flee a traffic stop and struck an ICE officer with his vehicle.
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Sep 16, 2025
Charlie Kirk was raised in Arlington Heights and was a 2012 graduate of Wheeling High School.
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Sep 16, 2025
Costco considers a recalled wine so dangerous that it has sent a letter to every store member who bought a bottle telling them to immediately throw it away.
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Sep 16, 2025
FBI Director Kash Patel clashed with skeptical Democrats at a contentious Senate oversight hearing Tuesday, defending his record amid criticism that he has politicized the nation's premier federal law enforcement agency and pursued retribution against perceived adversaries of President Donald Trump.
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Sep 16, 2025
FBI Director Kash Patel touted his leadership of the nation's premier federal law enforcement agency at a congressional hearing likely to be dominated by questions about the investigation into Charlie Kirk's killing and the recent firings of senior FBI officials who have accused Patel of illegal political retribution.
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Sep 16, 2025
Long jumper Tara Davis-Woodhall smiled through the tears when they played the U.S. national anthem to celebrate her gold medal at the world track and field championships.
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Sep 16, 2025
Prosecutors are preparing to file a capital murder charge Tuesday against the Utah man who authorities say held a "leftist ideology" and may have been "radicalized" online before he was arrested in the assassination of Charlie Kirk.
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Sep 16, 2025
A judge on Tuesday dismissed terrorism charges against Luigi Mangione in New York state's case over the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, but he kept the state's second-degree murder charges against him.
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Sep 16, 2025
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said Tuesday he will seek a third term in the 2026 elections, hoping to beat the odds to become the longest-serving governor in a state where voters have usually said two terms were plenty.
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Sep 16, 2025
Robert Redford, the Oscar-winning actor, director and godfather for independent cinema as Sundance founder, has died at 89.
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Sep 16, 2025
Good morning, Chicago. Here are the top stories you need to know to start your day.
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Sep 16, 2025
The Tribune is tracking 11 everyday costs for Americans — eggs, milk, bread, bananas, oranges, tomatoes, chicken, ground beef, gasoline, electricity and natural gas — and how they are changing, or not, under the second Trump administration. This tracker is updated monthly using CPI data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Sep 16, 2025
Chase Bandolik, of Wheeling, ran 31 miles on Sunday after the Chicago Bears lost to the Detroit Lions 52-21.
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Sep 16, 2025
Chase Bandolik, of Wheeling, ran 31 miles on Sunday after the Chicago Bears lost to the Detroit Lions 52-21.
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Sep 16, 2025
The Lincoln Park Zoo brought the 91-year-old conservation activist back to the city this weekend, and her commitment remains as strong as ever.
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Sep 16, 2025
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Sept. 16, according to the Tribune's archives.
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Sep 16, 2025
On Sept. 16, 1908, General Motors was founded in Flint, Michigan, by William C. Durant.
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Sep 15, 2025
An appeals court ruled Monday that Lisa Cook can remain a Federal Reserve governor, rebuffing President Donald Trump's efforts to remove her just ahead of a key vote on interest rates.
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Sep 15, 2025
A federal judge in Chicago on Monday ordered the pastor of a local chapter of the La Luz Del Mundo megachurch held in custody to face federal charges alleging he helped cover up a widespread child sex trafficking operation that authorities say victimized young members of the church for decades.
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Sep 15, 2025
His Morris Architects Planners designed many of the area's most noted theaters, and he started out as a carpenter and scenic artist.
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Sep 15, 2025
The Boys & Girls Clubs of America nonprofit is seeing a donation surge after a controversial fundraising bit at the center of the Emmy Awards telecast.
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Sep 15, 2025
President Donald Trump on Monday signed an order sending the National Guard into Memphis to combat crime, constituting his latest test of the limits of presidential power by using military force in American cities.
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Sep 15, 2025
Democratic lawmakers are questioning whether a Boar's Head deli meat plant at the center of last year's deadly listeria outbreak will be fit to reopen.
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Sep 15, 2025
The Lake Station-New Chicago branch of the Lake County Public Library is reopening Wednesday, about two months after a small fire forced its closure July 14.
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Sep 15, 2025
President Trump on Monday threatened to again federalize Washington, D.C.'s police force, in what he suggested could come in response to the city's mayor's stated refusal to cooperate with immigration enforcement.
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Sep 15, 2025
Jennifer-Ruth Green, who ran as a Republican for Indiana's 1st Congressional District seat in 2022, resigned as Indiana's Secretary of Public Safety on Sept. 5 amid fallout from a state ethics complaint, which alleged she asked employees to get her state-issued vehicle from Crown Point, edit her campaign Facebook page, and other tasks that run afoul of Indiana's ethics code, then threatened the employment of the person who filed the complaint.
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Sep 15, 2025
Scientists have identified the origins of the blue color in Jackson Pollock's "Number 1A, 1948," confirming for the first time that the abstract expressionist used a vibrant, synthetic pigment known as manganese blue.
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Sep 15, 2025
Lincoln-Way District 210 is on good financial footing a decade after being put on the state Board of Education's financial watch list.
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Sep 15, 2025
The Trump administration's central human resources office acted illegally when it directed the mass firings of probationary workers as part of President Trump's efforts to downsize the federal workforce, a judge ruled.
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