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Feb 15, 2026
Searchers have discovered the wreck of a luxury steamer that sank in a Lake Michigan gale in the late 19th century, completing a quest that began almost 60 years ago.
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Feb 15, 2026
Lawmakers and the White House offered no signs of compromise Sunday in their battle over oversight of federal immigration officers that has led to a pause in funding for the Department of Homeland Security.
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Feb 15, 2026
White House border czar Tom Homan said Sunday that more than 1,000 immigration agents have left Minnesota's Twin Cities area and hundreds more will depart in the days ahead as part of the Trump administration's drawdown of its immigration enforcement surge.
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Feb 15, 2026
The FBI says a glove containing DNA was found about two miles from Nancy Guthrie's home and appears to match those worn by a masked person outside her front door in Tucson the night she vanished.
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Feb 15, 2026
BP responded to an oil sheen and odor from an abandoned pipeline last month a half mile away from a similar situation on the same system.
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Feb 15, 2026
A Waukegan, Illinois man was killed and another person was airlifted to a Chicago hospital after a three-vehicle crash on Interstate 65 in Merrillville on Saturday night.
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Feb 15, 2026
At least 250 union members from United Steelworkers Local 7-1, of which BP is a part, and other union members and supporters gathered at Amoco Park on 129th Street and, signs in hand, marched to the corner in front of the refinery's so-called Glass Houses and lined up along Indianapolis Boulevard in a river of black, blue and gold. BP workers on duty laid on their horns in solidarity as they drove by in company trucks; a few even held up signs behind the gates.
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Feb 15, 2026
A CTA bus was hit on the Near West Side Saturday night, causing the bus to careen into an apartment building, police said.
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Feb 15, 2026
A CTA bus was hit on the Near West Side Saturday night, causing the bus to careen into an apartment building, police said.
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Feb 15, 2026
Two passengers were found dead inside a white sedan that crashed into a highway support beam and caught fire, Chicago police said.
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Feb 15, 2026
Tax season is underway and you have until April 15 to file your return with the IRS. If you want to avoid the stress of the looming deadline, start getting organized as soon as possible.
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Feb 15, 2026
Larry the cat celebrates 15 years on Sunday as the British government's official rodent-catcher and unofficial first feline, a reassuring presence who has served under six prime ministers.
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Feb 15, 2026
College bound students could see certain degree programs eliminated at state universities and colleges, if they fall under a low earnings threshold.
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Feb 15, 2026
Democrats Aja Kearney and Cleopatra Cowley will face off for the Democratic nomination in 34th Illinois House District March 17.
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Feb 15, 2026
Dolton Trustee Kiana Belcher is challenging appointee Kisha McCaskill, of Harvey, appointed to the Cook County Board last year.
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Feb 15, 2026
Five years after being released from an Illinois prison, Wayne Antusas shares his faith with inmates at Westville Correctional Facility.
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Feb 15, 2026
With a captivating voice and piercing eyes that seemed to penetrate the camera, the Illinois-born bishop explained the paradox of human suffering to millions of viewers on one episode of his acclaimed 1950s television show "Life Is Worth Living." Draped in a flowing ferraiolo and pectoral cross, Fulton J. Sheen declared that love has the […]
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Feb 15, 2026
A California man charged in a theft scheme involving television sets from a Portage warehouse posted $10,000 in bond and then disappeared.
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Feb 15, 2026
The governor also faces intensifying pressure from his party's left flank on the budget portion of his speech, as progressives are pushing for the wealthy to pay more.
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Feb 15, 2026
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Feb. 15, according to the Tribune's archives.
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Feb 15, 2026
Today is Saturday, Feb. 15, the 46th day of 2025. There are 319 days left in the year. Today in history: On Feb. 15, 1879, President Rutherford B. Hayes signed a law allowing female attorneys to argue cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. Also on this date: In 1898, the battleship USS Maine mysteriously exploded […]
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Feb 14, 2026
The Torres family story came to public attention after the teen's father was detained at a Home Depot in Niles.
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Feb 14, 2026
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked his international allies for their support but suggested there was still questions remaining over the future security guarantees for his country.
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Feb 14, 2026
Around 50 people gathered outside the west suburban ICE processing center Saturday to protest recent federal immigration enforcement actions.
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Feb 14, 2026
The victim, whose identity wasn't released, was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
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Feb 14, 2026
Iran and the United States will hold a second round of talks over Tehran's nuclear program next week, the Swiss Foreign Ministry said Saturday.
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Feb 14, 2026
The International Space Station returned to full strength with Saturday's arrival of four new astronauts to replace colleagues who bailed early because of health concerns.
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Feb 14, 2026
Meet all the medalists from the United States at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.
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Feb 14, 2026
Law enforcement agents have been gathering more potential evidence as the search for "Today" show host Savannah Guthrie‘s mother heads into its third week.
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Feb 14, 2026
Two golfers in Washington, D.C., sued the federal government on Friday to try to prevent the Trump administration from overhauling a more than 100-year-old public golf course.
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Feb 14, 2026
Years of steadily climbing coffee prices have some in this country of coffee lovers upending their habits by nixing café visits, switching to cheaper brews or foregoing it altogether.
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Feb 14, 2026
The U.S. military on Saturday reported a series of strikes against Islamic State group targets in Syria in retaliation for the December ambush that killed two U.S. soldiers and one American civilian interpreter.
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Feb 14, 2026
Jeffrey Epstein repeatedly played up his ties to the former head of the Nobel Peace Prize committee in invitations to and chats with elites like Bill Gates and Steve Bannon, a top ally of President Donald Trump, the Epstein files show.
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Feb 14, 2026
Former Republican congressional candidate Jennifer-Ruth Green used campaign funds to pay legal fees in her state ethics investigation.
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Feb 14, 2026
A shutdown of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security that took effect early Saturday impacts the agency responsible for screening passengers and bags at airports across the country.
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Feb 14, 2026
The Indiana House approved Thursday an immigration bill allowing local and state police to enforce federal immigration laws and for those officers to cooperate with federal agents.
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Feb 14, 2026
Here's what to know about the Chicago Bears' possible move from Soldier Field.
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Feb 14, 2026
The foreign ministries of the U.K., France, Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands said analysis of samples taken from Alexei Navalny's body "conclusively confirmed" the neurotoxin found in the skin of dart frogs.
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Feb 14, 2026
Even if the Chicago Bears hibernate at another location, Portage's pitch for a stadium could end up benefiting the city.
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Feb 14, 2026
A 15-year-old boy suffered a wound to the face in a drive-by shooting overnight in the South Deering neighborhood.
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Feb 14, 2026
The Garden Club of Beverly Morgan Park was formed by a handful of women in 1926 as the Morgan Park Garden Club and now has over 100 members.
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Feb 14, 2026
A Joliet Township woman disappeared in 1988. Will County authorities have accused her husband — once again — of killing her.
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Feb 14, 2026
This Valentine's Day, couples are sharing how they met at businesses in Lincoln Square.
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Feb 14, 2026
On Feb. 14, 2018, a gunman identified as a former student opened fire with a semi-automatic rifle at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, killing 17 people in the nation's deadliest school shooting since the Sandy Hook Elementary School attack in Newtown, Connecticut, more than five years earlier. (Nikolas Cruz pleaded guilty to murder in October 2021 and was sentenced in November 2022 to life in prison without the possibility of parole.)
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Feb 14, 2026
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Feb. 14, according to the Tribune's archives.
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Feb 13, 2026
Aurora students walked out of school on Friday in protest of the Trump administration's continued mass deportation campaign.
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Feb 13, 2026
Federal immigration officials plan to spend $38.3 billion to boost detention capacity to 92,600 beds, a document released Friday shows.
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Feb 13, 2026
Hundreds of Chicago students left their classrooms to gather in Federal Plaza to protest recent immigration enforcement actions.
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Feb 13, 2026
Argentina and the United States have reached an expansive trade deal, a win for Argentine President Javier Milei as he moves to open up the South American nation's notoriously protectionist economy.
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Feb 13, 2026
Bill Daley and Ray LaHood said the timing is "not ripe" amid a polarized climate shaped by mid-decade congressional gerrymandering wars nationwide.
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Feb 13, 2026
President Donald Trump's administration cannot force states to hand over detailed information on people who have applied for or received aid from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, a judge said in a tentative ruling Friday.
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Feb 13, 2026
President Donald Trump said Friday that a change in power in Iran "would be the best thing that could happen" as the U.S. administration weighs whether to take military action against Tehran.
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Feb 13, 2026
Unless aldermen can override it, sales of CBD and hemp-derived THC products will continue. The regulations were set to take effect April 1 until Mayor Brandon Johnson vetoed the measure.
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Feb 13, 2026
Former CNN host turned independent journalist Don Lemon pleaded not guilty to federal civil rights charges Friday, following a protest at a Minnesota church where an Immigration and Customs Enforcement official is a pastor.
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Feb 13, 2026
A Chicago-area woman working as a housecleaner in Chesterton faces fraud charges alleging she stole a credit card from a residence.
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Feb 13, 2026
Good afternoon, Chicago. Here's what is happening today.
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Feb 13, 2026
Julius Burkes faces charges of murder, robbery and unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon in the Feb. 2 shooting death of Courtney Drysdale.
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Feb 13, 2026
Educators from Cook County School District 130 are helping parents who are struggling with "a lack of support, connection and guidance."
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Feb 13, 2026
The Will County Forest Preserve seeks its third incidental take permit in two years for work that may harm endangered species.
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Feb 13, 2026
President Donald Trump on Thursday pardoned five former professional football players — one posthumously — for various crimes ranging from perjury to drug trafficking.
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Feb 13, 2026
The Trump administration says it's revoking more federal grant dollars in Illinois — this time for electric vehicle charging stations.
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Feb 13, 2026
Students in the Club America pilot program at Carl Sandburg in Orland Park begin meetinging, parents say they face harrassment.
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Feb 13, 2026
A federal judge in Minneapolis on Friday ordered the dismissal of felony assault charges against two Venezuelan men, including one shot in the leg by a immigration officer, after new evidence emerged undercutting the government's version of events.
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Feb 13, 2026
An Arizona sheriff's department got more than 4,000 calls within 24 hours after the release of videos of a masked person on Nancy Guthrie's porch. Many tips will be worthless. Others could have merit. Experts say one thing's certain: They can't be ignored.
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Feb 13, 2026
A new U.S. Environmental Protection Agency delay will affect coal ash sites nationwide, including two in Northwest Indiana. On Feb. 6, the EPA issued a rule that would give Coal Combustion Residual Management Units an additional three years to file groundwater reports, which environmental advocates said is the first step in coal ash cleanup. Now, […]
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Feb 13, 2026
A woman and two Chicago police officers were injured when a squad car hit a CTA bus traveling through the Ukrainian Village neighborhood, Chicago police said.
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Feb 13, 2026
Ryan Miller resigned as a Chesterton Police officer, after his felony arrest for allegedly assaulting a pregnant woman on New Year's Eve.
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Feb 13, 2026
A 44-year-old man was riding a CTA Green Line train when he was stabbed in the face by another passenger in the Grand Boulevard neighborhood, Chicago police said.
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Feb 13, 2026
The fallout from the Jeffrey Epstein saga is rippling through Europe.
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Feb 13, 2026
Kathy Ruemmler, the top lawyer at storied investment bank Goldman Sachs and former White House counsel to President Barack Obama, announced her resignation Thursday, after emails between her and Jeffrey Epstein showed a close relationship where she described him as an "older brother" and downplayed his sex crimes.
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Feb 13, 2026
Another shutdown for parts of the federal government is expected this weekend as lawmakers debate new restrictions on President Donald Trump's immigration enforcement agenda.
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Feb 13, 2026
Good morning, Chicago. Here are the top stories you need to know to start your day.
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Feb 13, 2026
Thirteen educators from Hinsdale-Clarendon Hills Elementary District 181 have been recognized with the 2026 Those Who Excel award.
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Feb 13, 2026
Illinois' three House Republicans — all loyal Trump supporters who reliably vote with the president — may have recalibrate as they weigh in on increasingly unpopular positions.
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Feb 13, 2026
This green approach avoids the release of smoke from cremation and the leaking of fluids from burying embalmed bodies.
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Feb 13, 2026
Paul Modrowski was 18 years old when prosecutors charged him and a co-defendant with the murder of a friend, Dean Fawcett, whose headless body was discovered months earlier near railroad tracks in Barrington.
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Feb 13, 2026
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Feb. 13, according to the Tribune's archives.
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Feb 13, 2026
On Feb. 13, 1996, the rock musical "Rent," by Jonathan Larson, premiered off-Broadway less than three weeks after Larson's death.
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Feb 12, 2026
A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from cutting more than $600 million in health care grants meant for Illinois and three other states.
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Feb 12, 2026
Authorities said the 18-year-old alleged shooter, identified as Jesse Van Rootselaar, killed her mother and 11-year-old stepbrother before heading to the nearby Tumbler Ridge Secondary School and opening fire, killing five children and an educator before killing herself.
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Feb 12, 2026
In the Midwest, climate change is fueling extreme heat, toxic algal blooms in the Great Lakes and tornadoes across Illinois.
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Feb 12, 2026
Activists say the death toll from a crackdown over Iran's nationwide protests has reached at least 7,000 with many more people still feared dead.
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Feb 12, 2026
An assistant principal and childcare worker at Evanston schools face charges of child sexual abuse in Cook County and Florida.
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Feb 12, 2026
President Donald Trump has nominated for director of the National Park Service an executive from a hospitality company that has extensive contracts with the agency he would lead.
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Feb 12, 2026
A Northwest Indiana state senator introduced two amendments to a House electric affordability bill that were shot down before the legislation makes its way to the Senate floor. State Sen. Rodney Pol Jr., D-Chesterton, introduced an amendment that would require electric utilities to offer 12-month payment plans and another that would require companies to explain […]
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Feb 12, 2026
Toni Preckwinkle called Thursday for State's Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke to pursue charges against federal agents in the killing of Silverio Villegas González and shooting of Marimar Martinez.
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Feb 12, 2026
The Environmental Protection Agency revoked its own 2009 "endangerment finding," a scientific conclusion that for 16 years has been the central basis for regulating planet-warming emissions.
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Feb 12, 2026
U.S. stocks fell sharply Thursday as the market punished companies seen as potential losers from artificial-intelligence technology.
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Feb 12, 2026
A search of the Tribune's archives found the significance of five of the Black Panther heritage sites — including the apartment where Fred Hampton and Mark Clark were killed.
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Feb 12, 2026
Police are investigating after a woman was pulled from the water Thursday afternoon on the city's Lower West Side near the South Ashland Avenue Bridge over the Chicago River.
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Feb 12, 2026
Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas held stock for years in a company with a major contract working in her office, a potential violation of the county's conflict-of-interest rules.
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Feb 12, 2026
Don Tracy, Jeannie Evans and Casey Chlebek appeared Wednesday night at an hour-long debate. Each made some missteps as they contended a Republican could win the race to succeed retiring Democratic U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin.
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Feb 12, 2026
Disgraced former Chicago police detective Reynaldo Guevara invoked his 5th Amendment rights against self-incrimination more than 80 times Thursday in an ongoing federal wrongful conviction trial where he is accused of beating witnesses and coercing a confession in a 1989 gang-related slaying in Humboldt Park.
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Feb 12, 2026
Democrats said the White House offer, which was not made public, did not include sufficient curbs on ICE after two protesters were fatally shot last month.
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Feb 12, 2026
Merrillville officials hope a letter denying the existence of a Department of Homeland Security contract on a warehouse in town will calm residents' nerves about a theoretical immigrant detention center.
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Feb 12, 2026
The city of Aurora will hold a wreath-laying ceremony on Sunday to honor those who lost their lives in the mass shooting at the Henry Pratt Co. facility in the city seven years ago.
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Feb 12, 2026
The Northwestern alum discovered and bought the shop Eximious while living in London as the wife of the U.S. ambassador to the U.K.
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Feb 12, 2026
Hundreds of students in Portage, Griffith and Munster held walkouts Thursday to voice their opposition to actions by ICE.
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Feb 12, 2026
Good afternoon, Chicago. Here's what is happening today.
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Feb 12, 2026
Zeldin and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy have moved to drastically scale back limits on tailpipe emissions from cars and trucks. Rules imposed under Democratic President Joe Biden were intended to encourage U.S. automakers to build and sell more electric vehicles. The transportation sector is the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S.
The Trump administration announced a proposal in December to weaken vehicle mileage rules for the auto industry, loosening regulatory pressure on automakers to control pollution from gasoline-powered cars and trucks. The EPA said its two-year delay to a Biden-era rule on greenhouse gas emissions by cars and light trucks will give the agency time to develop a plan that better reflects the reality of slower EV sales, while promoting consumer choice and lowering prices.
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