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Oct 16, 2025
On Oct. 16, 1962, the Cuban missile crisis began as President John F. Kennedy was informed that reconnaissance photographs had revealed the presence of Soviet nuclear missile sites in Cuba.
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Oct 15, 2025
Journalists at the Pentagon turned in access badges and cleaned out their workspaces, the price for refusing to agree to new restrictions on their jobs at the seat of U.S. military power.
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Oct 15, 2025
Federal immigration enforcement activity surged in Carpentersville and neighboring Elgin Wednesday as videos of federal agents spotted across the area circulated online, including outside Carpentersville village hall.
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Oct 15, 2025
Such a change seemed more plausible Wednesday after the court's conservative majority indicated a willingness to limit race-based districts under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.
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Oct 15, 2025
Five months before the Democratic primary, Gov. JB Pritzker released partial tax records showing $10.3 million in taxable income — including $1.4 million in income from gambling.
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Oct 15, 2025
Researchers think they have debunked the origin of Chicago's so-called "rat hole," one of the Windy City's weirdest local landmarks.
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Oct 15, 2025
Will County sheriff's police arrested a man after alleged suspicious behavior at Lincoln-Way East High School in Frankfort.
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Oct 15, 2025
Tom Homan, White House Border Czar, came to Indianapolis Tuesday to talk about the successes of the Trump Administration's immigration policy and to voice his support for a revived immigration bill that will be filed in the 2026 session.
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Oct 15, 2025
"Division Street Revisited" in Evergreen Park features updates on seven people Studs Terkel interviewed and is narrated by Mary Schmich.
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Oct 15, 2025
An $8 million settlement to the family of Leonardo Guerrero, who died in 2022 in a Chicago Fire Department ambulance, passed with some minor opposition from aldermen.
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Oct 15, 2025
The National Transportation Safety Board says faulty engineering led to the implosion of an experimental submersible that killed five people on the way to the wreck of the Titanic.
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Oct 15, 2025
Women abused by Jeffrey Epstein sued Bank of America in Manhattan on Wednesday, alleging its executives violated banking laws and ignored red flags out of "absolute loyalty" to the deceased financier and disregard for victims of his child sex trafficking ring.
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Oct 15, 2025
A Hammond man is charged for fleeing a fatal wreck in a Lake County Jail correctional officer's death, records allege.
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Oct 15, 2025
After tense negotiations that included a strike authorization, Tinley Park District 146 officials reached a deal with the teachers union.
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Oct 15, 2025
The J.M. Smucker Co. is suing Trader Joe's, alleging the grocery chain's new frozen peanut butter and jelly sandwiches are too similar to Smucker's Uncrustables in their design and packaging.
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Oct 15, 2025
Good afternoon, Chicago. Here's what is happening today.
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Oct 15, 2025
Southland crime items compiled from police and court reports and news releases.
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Oct 15, 2025
Last Friday, Border Patrol officers arrested 18 people at O'Hare, the Department of Homeland Security confirmed.
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Oct 15, 2025
Jay'Liana Bailey put on the virtual reality headset and held a set of controls in each hand as she began flying a virtual airplane. She was among more than 400 Gary middle and high school students to take part in the Aviation Day and Youth Expo on Tuesday at the Gary/Chicago International Airport.
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Oct 15, 2025
Community leaders from the city's East Side neighborhood gathered Wednesday morning to denounce the actions of federal agents who deployed tear gas canisters on a residential street after a pursuit and vehicle crash.
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Oct 15, 2025
Community leaders from the city's East Side neighborhood gathered Wednesday morning to denounce the actions of federal agents who deployed tear gas canisters on a residential street after a pursuit and vehicle crash.
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Oct 15, 2025
Entering the third week of a government shutdown, Democrats say they are not intimidated or cowed by President Donald Trump's efforts to fire thousands of federal workers or by his threats of more firings to come.
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Oct 15, 2025
A Chicago man has been indicted on charges he solicited the murder of U.S. Border Patrol field boss Gregory Bovino, but the bare-bones document makes no mention of previous allegations that he is a high-ranking gang member.
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Oct 15, 2025
They will be treated for malnutrition, lack of sunlight and the trauma of wearing leg chains for months. They suffer from unexplained pain and unresolved emotions, and they will have to relearn how to make everyday decisions as simple as when to use the bathroom.
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Oct 15, 2025
The Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared inclined to limit the use of the Voting Rights Act to force states to draw electoral districts favorable to minority voters.
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Oct 15, 2025
A man was pronounced dead late Tuesday night after a SUV that had been reported carjacked crashed into a tree in the Garfield Park neighborhood.
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Oct 15, 2025
Immigration Bulletin includes the latest news on ICE enforcement, National Guard and other immigration-related stories from the Chicago Tribune.
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Oct 15, 2025
The move comes as Lake County finds itself caught up in a broader immigration enforcement fight in the Chicago area.
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Oct 15, 2025
The move comes as Lake County finds itself caught up in a broader immigration enforcement fight in the Chicago area.
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Oct 15, 2025
Inspector General Deborah Witzburg aimed to determined whether Jason Lee "conditioned critical City services upon an alderperson's support" for legislation backed by Mayor Brandon Johnson.
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Oct 15, 2025
The government shutdown is delaying another major economic report, leaving policymakers at the Federal Reserve with a cloudier picture even as the economy enters a challenging phase of stubbornly persistent inflation and a sharp slowdown in hiring.
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Oct 15, 2025
After months of aggressive immigration enforcement measures from the Trump administration, Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander adults are more likely to hold a negative view of President Donald Trump's handling of immigration, a new AAPI Data/AP-NORC poll finds.
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Oct 15, 2025
With every passing day of the government shutdown, hundreds of thousands of federal employees furloughed or working without pay face mounting financial strain. And now they are confronting new uncertainty with the Trump administration's promised layoffs.
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Oct 15, 2025
The leader of Madagascar's military rebellion said Wednesday that he is "taking the position of president" in an interview with The Associated Press, adding that armed forces would be in charge of the Indian Ocean island for between 18 months and two years before any new elections are held.
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Oct 15, 2025
Here's what to know about the Chicago Bears' possible move from Soldier Field.
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Oct 15, 2025
In the wake of pressure from officials as well as legal and advocacy groups, Chief Judge Timothy Evans has enacted a general order prohibiting warrantless arrests by immigration agents around county courthouses.
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Oct 15, 2025
Good morning, Chicago. Here are the top stories you need to know to start your day.
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Oct 15, 2025
The Trump administration has targeted the country's 37 tribal colleges and universities, many tucked in rural corners of the Midwest.
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Oct 15, 2025
Chicago Public Schools is immediately revising its dress code policy to require students to travel to and from school in civilian clothes.
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Oct 15, 2025
Lee founded a large Asian foods distribution business and served on the city's Board of Education and the Chicago Park District board.
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Oct 15, 2025
The former vice president aims to align the school board under a single goal of promoting student learning if he's elected next year.
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Oct 15, 2025
After a public fight, the federal government takes down the fencing around the Immigration and Customs Enforcement center in Broadview.
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Oct 15, 2025
On Oct. 15, 2017, actor and activist Alyssa Milano tweeted that women who had been sexually harassed or assaulted should write "Me too" as a status. Within hours, tens of thousands had taken up the #MeToo hashtag (using a phrase that had been introduced a decade earlier by social activist Tarana Burke).
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Oct 15, 2025
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Oct. 15, according to the Tribune's archives.
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Oct 14, 2025
The Illinois State Board of Elections will decide next week whether to reject state Senate President Don Harmon's appeal of a nearly $10 million fine for campaign contribution violations.
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Oct 14, 2025
The Trump administration has revoked the visas of six foreigners deemed by U.S. officials to have made derisive comments or made light of the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk last month.
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Oct 14, 2025
The Facebook page ICE Sighting-Chicagoland amassed over 70,000 members in recent weeks as the Trump administration's "Operation Midway Blitz" has ramped up in Chicago and the suburbs.
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Oct 14, 2025
U.S. citizens are not required to carry identification with them, but legal experts say some might consider carrying their passport or a copy of it for faster proof of identity.
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Oct 14, 2025
Two Chicago police officers, a city firefighter and a former Water Department employee have been indicted on federal fraud charges alleging they lied about their employment and income for years to qualify for subsidized housing assistance.
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Oct 14, 2025
As the Gaza ceasefire holds, Hamas security forces have returned to the streets, clashed with armed groups and killed alleged gangsters in what the group says is an attempt to restore law and order in areas where Israeli troops have withdrawn.
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Oct 14, 2025
In the video, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem blames Democrats for the federal government shutdown and its impacts on TSA operations.
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Oct 14, 2025
The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an appeal from conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and left in place the $1.4 billion judgment against him over his description of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting as a hoax staged by crisis actors.
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Oct 14, 2025
The Texas National Guard removed seven soldiers from Illinois amid questions about their physical fitness. U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called it a return to "standards."
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Oct 14, 2025
State Rep. Kam Buckner's Buckner's bill would require stadium project financial agreements be posted online before an agreement is finalized and that subsidies received by teams be repaid with interest if a franchise fails to meet its commitments or relocates.
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Oct 14, 2025
Volunteers at Calumet City's Superior Street Prairie to prepare for a prescribed fire, gather seeds and chop and burn brush Sunday.
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Oct 14, 2025
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers deployed tear gas on the Far South Side Tuesday to quell a clash with residents who demanded the enforcement officers leave the neighborhood, witnesses said.
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Oct 14, 2025
Good afternoon, Chicago. Here's what is happening today.
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Oct 14, 2025
Several area schools are among the 28 in the state that have been announced as recipients in the Governor's Blue Ribbon School Award program.
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Oct 14, 2025
Rising costs led to an increased $82.3 million 2026 proposed budget for the Gary Community School Corp.
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Oct 14, 2025
A revenge shooting last week on I-65 near Hobart targeted a man who is charged with trying to kill his girlfriend's former boyfriend in East Chicago, filings show.
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Oct 14, 2025
President Donald Trump says the U.S. struck another small boat that he accused of carrying drugs in the waters off Venezuela.
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Oct 14, 2025
The Indiana Supreme Court approved placing a Crown Point lawyer's law license on probation status.
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Oct 14, 2025
Callie Slater, who was involved in organizing the march and rally, said the event was a powerful display of unity by all facets of the community.
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Oct 14, 2025
Debbie Brockman and her legal team "adamantly deny" allegations that she assaulted federal officers during an immigration enforcement action.
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Oct 14, 2025
D'Angelo, the Grammy-winning R&B singer recognized by his raspy yet smooth voice and for garnering mainstream attention with the shirtless "Untitled (How Does It Feel)" music video, has died. He was 51.
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Oct 14, 2025
A new report indicates success and challenges several years into the Honors for All program at Oak Park and River Forest High School.
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Oct 14, 2025
A former AT&T executive accused of bribing then-House Speaker Michael Madigan entered into a deferred prosecution agreement with prosecutors Tuesday that will leave him without a felony conviction.
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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
In a 1:30 a.m. post, Trump slammed the photo as an unflattering look for him, taking special aim at the sunlight that created an odd effect on the top of his head.
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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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