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Feb 20, 2026
Good morning, Chicago. Here are the top stories you need to know to start your day.
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Feb 20, 2026
Police continued on Friday to search the former home of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, a day after he was arrested and held in custody for the best part of 11 hours on suspicion of misconduct in public office linked to his friendship with the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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Feb 20, 2026
Hammond Mayor Thomas McDermott called the proposed Chicago Bears stadium at Wolf Lake an opportunity for Hammond, Northwest Indiana and the state.
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Feb 20, 2026
Indiana and the Chicago Bears announced plans for a potential stadium in Hammond as an amended bill to fund the stadium passed out of the House Ways and Means committee Thursday.
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Feb 20, 2026
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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Feb 20, 2026
The Rev. Jesse Jackson was a civil rights icon. A presidential candidate. A global leader. But for the people living on tree-lined South Constance Avenue in South Shore's Jackson Park Highlands, Jackson was a neighbor.
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Feb 20, 2026
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Feb. 20, according to the Tribune's archives.
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Feb 20, 2026
On Feb. 20, 1862, William Wallace Lincoln, the 11-year-old son of President Abraham Lincoln and first lady Mary Todd Lincoln, died at the White House from what was believed to be typhoid fever.
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Feb 19, 2026
The ad features six people — including incumbent U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth — repeating the phrase, "F--- Trump." The version to run on broadcast stations will bleep out the expletive.
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Feb 19, 2026
An Elburn man has been sentenced by a federal judge in Chicago to 37 years in prison for sexually exploiting nearly 100 children he communicated with on social media, according to a press release on Wednesday from the U.S. Attorney's Office of the Northern District of Illinois.
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Feb 19, 2026
Eric Dane, the actor known for "Grey's Anatomy" and "Euphoria," has died at 53 due to ALS.
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Feb 19, 2026
Sometimes to get what you want, you've got to twist a few arms, as the Chicago Bears are doing so well in their threat to move to Indiana.
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Feb 19, 2026
Lewis University will stop holding in-person classes at its Oak Brook campus through March 14 due to Immigration and Customs Enforcement's presence.
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Feb 19, 2026
The Rev. Jesse Jackson's family announced revised funeral arrangements for the Chicago-based civil rights icon and presidential candidate beginning next Thursday.
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Feb 19, 2026
The state — which has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the country — did pass significant maternal healthcare legislation last year. Pregnant women are now allowed to temporarily receive Medicaid coverage while their eligibility is being processed, and Medicaid covers doula services and remote monitoring of vitals.
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Feb 19, 2026
A 19-year-old Hammond teen selling marijuana products died in a robbery setup, charges allege.
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Feb 19, 2026
A Gary man was sentenced to 45 years Thursday in a plea deal for killing his former girlfriend.
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Feb 19, 2026
New Mexico's attorney general has reopened an investigation into allegations of illegal activity at Jeffrey Epstein's former Zorro Ranch.
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Feb 19, 2026
A federal judge has accused the Trump administration of terrorizing immigrants and recklessly violating the law in its efforts to deport millions of people living in the country illegally.
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Feb 19, 2026
State Sen. Mark Spencer, D-Gary, authored Senate Bill 164 and Senate Bill 232, both of which were inspired by the city and received unanimous support in their committees.
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Feb 19, 2026
Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger will deliver the Democratic response to President Donald Trump's State of the Union address next week.
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Feb 19, 2026
There are some aspects of the Rev. Jesse Jackson's life that might have been forgotten. Here's a look back at them.
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Feb 19, 2026
Good afternoon, Chicago. Here's what is happening today.
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Feb 19, 2026
The scholar was director of the Institute of Illinois Business Law and founding president of the Chicago School of Professional Psychology.
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Feb 19, 2026
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development on Thursday proposed a rule that would limit public housing mostly to citizens.
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Feb 19, 2026
The U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, a panel made up of President Donald Trump's appointees, approved his proposal to build a ballroom larger than the White House itself where the East Wing once stood.
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Feb 19, 2026
More than seven years after he agreed to become an FBI mole, former ComEd executive Fidel Marquez was sentenced to two years of probation Thursday for his role in a massive bribery conspiracy to win the influence of then-House Speaker Michael Madigan by funneling hundreds of thousands of dollars in payments to do-nothing subcontractors.
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Feb 19, 2026
The FCC is investigating "The View" over possible violations of the requirement that broadcast stations give equal time to political candidates when they appear on-air.
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Feb 19, 2026
The Cook County state's attorney's office on Thursday released a protocol outlining the steps for filing charges against federal immigration agents, marking the first official policy from the office on the topic amid uproar over agents' conduct in the Chicago area and a public feud between the mayor and State's Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke.
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Feb 19, 2026
Workers on Thursday began restoring an exhibit on the lives of the nine people once enslaved at the former President's House in Philadelphia amid a contentious legal fight.
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Feb 19, 2026
Sylvester Fulcher, Wesam Shahed, Patricia Joan 'Trish' Murphy, Antoine Bass and Veronica Bolling-Franklin run for Cook County Board.
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Feb 19, 2026
After months of denied access, faith leaders were allowed into the Broadview ICE facility to provide pastoral care on Ash Wednesday.
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Feb 19, 2026
The head-to-head featured Fritz Kaegi accusing Pat Hynes of being beholden to property tax attorneys and Hynes arguing Kaegi had fumbled the basics of the office.
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Feb 19, 2026
A red, white and blue color scheme championed by President Donald Trump will become the new look for Air Force One, the U.S. military said.
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Feb 19, 2026
In recent months, Google, Reddit, Discord and Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, have received hundreds of administrative subpoenas from DHS.
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Feb 19, 2026
Authorities trying to solve the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie say they might tap DNA genealogy databases.
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Feb 19, 2026
The federal prosecutor's office in Minnesota has been gutted by a wave of career officials resigning or retiring over objections to Trump administration directives.
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Feb 19, 2026
An 8-month-old baby was listed in good condition after her stroller fell into Lake Michigan Wednesday, Chicago police said.
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Feb 19, 2026
President Donald Trump is gathering Thursday with representatives from more than two dozen countries that have joined his Board of Peace — and several that have opted not to — for an inaugural meeting that will focus on reconstruction and building an international stabilization force for a war-battered Gaza, where a shaky ceasefire deal persists.
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Feb 19, 2026
Indiana took another step to potentially lure the Chicago Bears to the state with lawmakers set to consider creating an agency to build a new stadium for the team.
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Feb 19, 2026
Two people were pronounced dead Thursday morning in a rollover crash on the Bishop Ford expressway, Illinois state police reported.
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Feb 19, 2026
Good morning, Chicago. Here are the top stories you need to know to start your day.
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Feb 19, 2026
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the former British prince who was stripped of his royal titles because of his links to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, was arrested.
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Feb 19, 2026
On Feb. 19, 1878, inventor Thomas Edison was issued a patent for the phonograph.
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Feb 19, 2026
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Feb. 19, according to the Tribune's archives.
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Feb 18, 2026
The negotiations in Switzerland were the third round of direct talks organized by the U.S., after meetings earlier this year in Abu Dhabi that officials described as constructive but which also made no major headway.
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Feb 18, 2026
The high-level U.N. session in New York was originally scheduled for Thursday but was moved up after President Donald Trump announced the first Board of Peace meeting for the same day.
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Feb 18, 2026
Officials with the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition announced funeral arrangements for the Chicago-based civil rights icon and presidential candidate beginning next Wednesday.
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Feb 18, 2026
A bill adding Porter and LaPorte counties to the Indiana Crime Guns Task Force passed unanimously out of the House Courts and Criminal Code committee Wednesday without amendments.
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Feb 18, 2026
The Italian American nun opened 67 orphanages, schools, hospitals and missionary orders before her 1917 death in Chicago.
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Feb 18, 2026
The Rev. David Ryan of St. Francis De Sales Parish will be temporarily replaced by the Rev. Steven Lanza.
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Feb 18, 2026
Former Chicago police Detective Richard Zuley once spent time on a special assignment at the Guantanamo Bay detention center, but on the witness stand on Wednesday, the retired investigator took a position seemingly at odds with a facility notorious for the human rights abuses of the interrogations that unfolded there.
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Feb 18, 2026
Three men have been charged with fatally shooting a pair of young women in November 2022 over an unpaid marijuana debt, charges state.
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Feb 18, 2026
Divided by competing personal ambitions and ethnic caucuses once again, the Chicago City Council failed Wednesday to find its next Zoning Committee chair.
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Feb 18, 2026
The grandson of the inventor of Reese's Peanut Butter Cups has lashed out at The Hershey Co., accusing the candy company of hurting the Reese's brand by shifting to cheaper ingredients in many products.
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Feb 18, 2026
Hammond Police said two teens were arrested Wednesday morning by SWAT teams in connection with a Jan. 14 slaying.
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Feb 18, 2026
Weather officials warned of very dry and windy conditions Wednesday afternoon hours after "dusty rain" from overnight showers left mud splatters on cars parked outside across the Chicago region.
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Feb 18, 2026
Good afternoon, Chicago. Here's what is happening today.
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Feb 18, 2026
Rev. Jackson's work and mission were remembered by his children outside the family home Wednesday.
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Feb 18, 2026
Incumbent Toni Preckwinkle and challenger Ald. Brendan Reilly highlighted their differing approaches to the office that oversees the 17-member Cook County Board.
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Feb 18, 2026
Incumbent Toni Preckwinkle and challenger Ald. Brendan Reilly highlighted their differing approaches to the office that oversees the 17-member county board.
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Feb 18, 2026
The organization is calling March 10 the "cut-off date" for putting ballots in the mail to ensure they are received in time.
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Feb 18, 2026
The Youth Entrepreneur Fair at Moraine Valley Community College featured dozens of young people selling items such as crafts and pet goods.
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Feb 18, 2026
A bill that includes two dissimilar issues — college degree elimination and social media restrictions on children — passed the House Tuesday but faces an uncertain future.
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Feb 18, 2026
Lewis University moved in-person classes online at its Oak Brook campus this week after learning Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are leasing space in the building where the school rents.
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Feb 18, 2026
What to know about Rev. Jesse Jackson, a central figure in the Civil Rights Movement and national politics for more than six decades.
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Feb 18, 2026
Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker said the Trump administration's actions cutting federal funding for various programs have cost the people of Illinois $8.4 billion.
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Feb 18, 2026
In an opinion heavy on chicken puns, a district court judge ruled that the boneless wings at Buffalo Wild Wings could indeed be called wings.
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Feb 18, 2026
Both individuals were recovered safely, but were taken to a local hospital for evaluation as a precaution, the department said.
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Feb 18, 2026
U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, House minority leader in Congress, visited Winnetka to talk about the high cost of living.
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Feb 18, 2026
Meet all the medalists from the United States at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.
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Feb 18, 2026
Mark Zuckerberg will testify in an unprecedented social media trial that questions whether Meta's platforms deliberately addict and harm children.
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Feb 18, 2026
Stephen Colbert isn't backing down in an extraordinary public dispute with his bosses at CBS over what he can air on his late-night talk show.
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Feb 18, 2026
An unidentified male victim was found lying shot multiple times in the street on the South Side in the Oakland neighborhood, Chicago police said.
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Feb 18, 2026
In Point Taken, a game invented by Steven Franconeri, a Northwestern psychology prof, people who disagree must find common ground.
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Feb 18, 2026
Good morning, Chicago. Here are the top stories you need to know to start your day.
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Feb 18, 2026
Gov. JB Pritzker will deliver his annual State of the State and budget address on Wednesday.
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Feb 18, 2026
Decades of the Proffit presence in the northwest suburbs continued in 2025 with the creation of the nonprofit Dreamscape Theatre. Their first work is a production of "School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play."
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Feb 18, 2026
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Feb. 18, according to the Tribune's archives.
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Feb 18, 2026
On Feb. 18, 1970, the "Chicago Seven" defendants were found not guilty of conspiring to incite riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention; five were convicted of violating the Anti-Riot Act of 1968 (those convictions were later reversed).
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Feb 17, 2026
Dolton hasn't made payments on a $33.5 million, which accrued $2.1 million interest per year, leading to a court hearing Friday.
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Feb 17, 2026
The U.S. Department of Transportation said Tuesday that it was threatening to withhold $128 million in highway funds because a federal audit had revealed illegally-issued commercial drivers licenses in Illinois.
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Feb 17, 2026
The U.S. Department of Transportation said Tuesday that it was threatening to withhold $128 million in highway funds because a federal audit had revealed illegally-issued commercial drivers licenses in Illinois.
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Feb 17, 2026
One of the House's priority bills, focused on decreasing electric bills statewide, passed the Senate in a unanimous 46-0 vote Tuesday afternoon.
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Feb 17, 2026
More than 500,000 Illinois residents have so far benefitted from the program, with average debt relief of about $1,200 a person, according to the governor's office.
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Feb 17, 2026
Authorities said the body of a female of unknown age was found Tuesday afternoon in the Riverdale neighborhood on the city's Far South Side. Chicago police released few details aside from the unidentified female being found unresponsive with multiple gunshot wounds in the 600 block of East 134th Place, near the Little Calumet River, around […]
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Feb 17, 2026
Illinois' four top legislative leaders briefed before Wednesday's state of the state and budget address agreed the fiscal plan will have to hew to the line in a tight budget year.
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Feb 17, 2026
The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, the Chicago-based Baptist minister, political figure and two-time presidential candidate whose soaring oratory and knack for capturing media attention made him a central figure in the Civil Rights Movement and national politics for more than six decades, died Tuesday. He was 84.
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Feb 17, 2026
DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin was the controversial voice of the Trump administration during Operation Midway Blitz in Chicago. She's leaving the agency.
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Feb 17, 2026
More than for wins and losses, Doug Moe will be remembered for his motion offense and the equally entertaining shows he put on while prowling the bench.
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Feb 17, 2026
Toni Preckwinkle and Maria Pappas made the announcement promising on-time bills in a news release hours before Preckwinkle was to face her Democratic primary opponent in a debate.
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Feb 17, 2026
The Rev. Jesse Jackson was remembered as a "servant leader" who championed the oppressed, voiceless and overlooked around the world.
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Feb 17, 2026
A suburban contractor swept up in the corruption investigation of then-McCook Mayor Jeff Tobolski admitted in federal court Tuesday he paid bribes in exchange for contracts with the village.
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Feb 17, 2026
A documentary by Charlie Minn, "Who Killed These Women," sparks discussion of unsolved 2008 Tinley Park Lane Bryant killings.
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Feb 17, 2026
A person who opened fire during a youth hockey game at an ice rink in Rhode Island on Monday killed their ex-wife and one son, Pawtucket Chief of Police Tina Goncalves said Tuesday.
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Feb 17, 2026
Two partner bills passed the House Monday that would amend the Indiana constitution as it relates to a judge's authority in setting bail.
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Feb 17, 2026
As a 14-year-old girl, Ragen Hatcher recalled hanging out with a friend at the Hatcher house in Gary when the phone rang. Her friend answered the phone and after a brief moment she hung up. Hatcher asked her friend why she hung up the phone so quickly. Her friend said the caller claimed to be Jesse Jackson.
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Feb 17, 2026
Actor Shia LaBeouf has been arrested after being accused of hitting two men early Tuesday morning during Mardi Gras celebrations in New Orleans, police said.
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Feb 17, 2026
DNA from gloves found a few miles from the Arizona home of Nancy Guthrie did not match any entries in a national database, authorities said Tuesday, the 17th day of her disappearance.
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Feb 17, 2026
The Cursive Academy is now offering classes for senior citizens and people with special needs under a partnership with Travail With Us.
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