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Dec 17, 2025
Both people aboard the two-engine aircraft were pronounced dead at the scene, officials said.
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Dec 17, 2025
If Mayor Brandon Johnson caves on his earlier threat to veto any 2026 budget proposal that does not meet his demands, that would clear the path clear for aldermen to pass their plan without him.
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Dec 17, 2025
Here's what to know about the Chicago Bears' possible move from Soldier Field.
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Dec 17, 2025
In 1995, the Chicago Bears threatened to move to northwest Indiana if the team didn't get money for a new stadium. They're doing it again.
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Dec 17, 2025
Jeffrey Epstein's former girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell asked a federal judge on Wednesday to set aside her sex trafficking conviction and free her from a 20-year prison sentence, saying "substantial new evidence" has emerged.
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Dec 17, 2025
FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino said Wednesday that he will resign from the bureau next month, ending a brief and tumultuous tenure.
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Dec 17, 2025
Police intensified their search Wednesday for a suspect in the killing of professor Nuno F.G. Loureiro at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, two days after he was shot to death at his home outside Boston.
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Dec 17, 2025
Gil Gerard, who played television's hunky sci-fi hero William "Buck" Rogers soon after the Star Wars franchise took hold in the late 1970s, has died. He was 82.n
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Dec 17, 2025
A Wisconsin woman who almost killed her sixth-grade classmate to please horror villain Slender Man and then fled a group home won't fight the state's attempt to revoke her release privileges.
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Dec 17, 2025
President Donald Trump addressed the nation in a televised speech at 8 p.m. CT.
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Dec 17, 2025
President Donald Trump will address the nation in a televised address at 8 p.m.
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Dec 17, 2025
Letter from Illinois' three Republican members of Congress comes a week after the Tribune reported ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan had asked President Donald Trump for clemency.
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Dec 17, 2025
A Gary woman pleaded guilty, but mentally ill Wednesday to the murder of her child's father. Shasta Young, 40, faces 45 years if the plea is accepted by a judge.
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Dec 17, 2025
In a break with federal guidance, Illinois will continue to recommend that nearly all newborns receive hepatitis B vaccines, the state health department announced Wednesday. The decision comes one day after the Illinois Department of Public Health Immunization Advisory Committee voted unanimously that Illinois should "reaffirm and maintain" the recommendation that nearly all babies be […]
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Dec 17, 2025
A Gary man avoided prison Wednesday after he left a loaded gun out, then went to sleep. His cousin's son, 5, found it and fatally shot himself in the head.
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Dec 17, 2025
A Chicago man was sentenced Wednesday to 68 years for his role as an accomplice in a November 2021 Hammond home invasion.
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Dec 17, 2025
Good afternoon, Chicago. Here's what is happening today.
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Dec 17, 2025
The Chicago Police Department said in a statement that they did not assist federal authorities with immigration enforcement.
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Dec 17, 2025
Initially federalized in October for 60 days, the 300 Illinois National Guard troops will continue to be deployed through mid-April.
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Dec 17, 2025
Aurora Mayor John Laesch's proposed campaign financing ethics reform package, which was held for weeks but recently starting moving through the approval process again, has been further delayed.
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Dec 17, 2025
The residents of the Porter County side of Lakes of the Four Seasons — and some of their non-resident friends — listened to a pitch for the financial needs of the Lakes of the Four Seasons Volunteer Fire Force ahead of a special Thursday meeting of the Porter County Board of Commissioners.
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Dec 17, 2025
Crime reports from south and southwest suburban agencies from police and court reports and news releases.
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Dec 17, 2025
A longtime ally of Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich, Joliet Bishop Ronald Hicks has been selected to oversee the second-largest archdiocese in the United States.
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Dec 17, 2025
Four centrist Republicans broke with Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday and signed onto a Democratic-led petition that will force a House vole on extending for three years an enhanced pandemic-era subsidy that lowers health insurance costs for millions of Americans.
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Dec 17, 2025
A colleague of the Milwaukee judge accused of helping a Mexican immigrant evade arrest testified that she was shocked by her fellow judge's behavior.
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Dec 17, 2025
Days after an antisemitic assault killed 15 people at one of Australia's most popular beaches, nearly 100 people packed into a corner of Daley Plaza to watch the public lighting of a towering menorah on the third night of Hanukkah.
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Dec 17, 2025
Authorities have asked the public for any footage they might have of the gunman who fatally shot two students and wounded nine others at Brown University, even as they released a new video timeline and a slightly clearer image of a possible suspect.
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Dec 17, 2025
Employees at the Louvre Museum voted to extend a strike that has disrupted operations at the world's most visited museum, though the attraction partially opened Wednesday to allow visitors to enjoy the "Mona Lisa" and other highlights.
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Dec 17, 2025
President Donald Trump intends to preview his agenda for next year and beyond in a live speech from the White House on Wednesday night. His remarks are coming at a crucial time as he tries to rebuild his steadily eroding popularity.
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Dec 17, 2025
A woman was discovered lying in the street after a possible hit and run accident on the West Side in the Garfield Park neighborhood, Chicago police said.
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Dec 17, 2025
Glenview will pay $50,000 to learn whether the former industrial Signode site it will purchase for $24 million contains toxins.
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Dec 17, 2025
Good morning, Chicago. Here are the top stories you need to know to start your day.
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Dec 17, 2025
An accused gunman in Sydney's Bondi Beach massacre was charged with 59 offenses including 15 charges of murder on Wednesday.
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Dec 17, 2025
Rob Reiner's son Nick Reiner is expected to make his first court appearance Wednesday on two counts of first-degree murder in the killing of his parents.
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Dec 17, 2025
Museum staffers, many of whom are have lived in public housing, share their experiences, inspiring visitors to open up about their own.
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Dec 17, 2025
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Dec. 17, according to the Tribune's archives.
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Dec 17, 2025
Today is Wednesday, Dec. 17, the 351st day of 2025. There are 14 days left in the year. Today in history: On Dec. 17, 1933, the Chicago Bears defeated the New York Giants 23-21 in the first NFL championship game. Also on this date: In 1777, France becomes one of the first nations to officially […]
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Dec 16, 2025
Medline's initial public offering of stock is one of the largest of the year. The Northfield company sold about 216 million shares at $29 a piece.
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Dec 16, 2025
The committee's vote Tuesday followed a decision by a federal vaccine advisory committee earlier this month to no longer recommend hepatitis B vaccines for all newborns.
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Dec 16, 2025
Noble "BG" Uylaki, 25, of Gary; Emmanuel Pugh, 27, of Hobart; Erich Boone, 49, of Gary; Rommel Harris, 36, of Merrillville; Xavier Schlueb, 24, of Gary; and Shakur Brewer, 24, of Merrillville, are each charged with robbery resulting in serious bodily injury, a Level 2 felony; criminal confinement, a Level 3 felony; battery resulting in serious bodily injury, a Level 5 felony; and intimidation, a Level 6 felony.
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Dec 16, 2025
Former Indiana Secretary of Public Safety Jennifer-Ruth Green agreed to a $10,000 fine in her ethics violations complaint, according to an agreed settlement with the Indiana State Ethics Commission.
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Dec 16, 2025
Maryland will create a commission to study potential reparations for slavery after lawmakers voted Tuesday to override a veto by Gov. Wes Moore — currently the nation's only Black governor — that disappointed many fellow Democrats.
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Dec 16, 2025
A posthumous memoir by one of Jeffrey Epstein's best known accusers, Virginia Roberts Guiffre, has sold 1 million copies worldwide two months after its release.
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Dec 16, 2025
The Trump administration is expanding its travel ban to include five more countries and impose new limits on others.
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Dec 16, 2025
Prosecutors said Tuesday that Rob Reiner's son Nick Reiner will be charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the killing of his parents, which stunned their communities in Hollywood and Democratic politics, where both were widely beloved.
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Dec 16, 2025
A Cook County judge ordered a sentence of life in prison for Steven Montano in the killing of Chicago police Officer Andrés Vásquez Lasso.
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Dec 16, 2025
A bill allowing for firing squad executions for death penalty inmates was filed in the Indiana legislature for the 2026 session.
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Dec 16, 2025
It recommends state build more renewable power, transmission lines, and battery storage, and potentially delay fossil-fuel plant closings.
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Dec 16, 2025
Price will be replacing current District 204 Superintendent Adrian Talley, who opted not to renew his contract beyond the 2025-26 school year.
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Dec 16, 2025
Walter Mahoney, of Western Springs, helped writers and cartoonists place their work nationwide through Tribune syndication, died after being hit by a car.
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Dec 16, 2025
Thornton Township Democratic Committeeman Napoleon Harris will face former ally and township Trustee Stephanie Wiedeman in the primary.
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Dec 16, 2025
Building the new Aylesworth Middle School will cost far less than original estimates, the Portage Township School Board was told Monday.
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Dec 16, 2025
Gov. JB Pritzker on Tuesday celebrated his enactment of a new law that advocates say will avert catastrophic service cuts on Chicago's public transit systems and make the region's trains and buses safer and more reliable — even as he acknowledged "transformation takes a little bit of time."
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Dec 16, 2025
The South Side native and community banker was also a two-time men's basketball All-American at the University of Chicago.
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Dec 16, 2025
The Chicago Christian RoboKnights will represent Illinois in the inaugural United States Governor's Cup in Washington, D.C.
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Dec 16, 2025
The City Council group released plans to close a $42 million 2026 budget gap created by them removing a garbage fee increase from their package and restoring youth job funding.
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Dec 16, 2025
Jim Wipke, superintendent of Ladue School District in the St. Louis area, has been hired with the pending retirement of Hector Garcia.
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Dec 16, 2025
A 19-year-old woman and a 15-year-old boy were both stabbed Monday night in the Loop, Chicago police said.
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Dec 16, 2025
The Lake Bluff Village Board has formally adopted new procedures governing how village officials respond to federal immigration enforcement activities, following reports of recent activities by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in neighboring communities as part of Operation Midway Blitz.
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Dec 16, 2025
Chesterton firefighters returned to their remodeled and expanded fire station Monday, where they found a multitude of new amenities, wider hallways and bright white walls.
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Dec 16, 2025
"All right guys. Merry Christmas if I don't see you again," Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino said, as he walked away from a crowd in Little Village.
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Dec 16, 2025
"All right guys. Merry Christmas if I don't see you again," Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino said, as he walked away from a crowd in Little Village.
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Dec 16, 2025
Immigration advocates, picketing Teamsters and social media accounts reported sightings of Border Patrol agents and possible arrests in Cicero and Chicago's Southwest Side Tuesday morning.
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Dec 16, 2025
As the Trump administration's mass deportation raids continue, their impact has stretched across the Chicago region. Here's what to know.
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Dec 16, 2025
A new state law limiting federal immigration enforcement around courthouses and other sensitive locations is to be enforced via civil lawsuits, not local law enforcement, according to the Kane County State's Attorney's Office and Kane County Sheriff's Office.
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Dec 16, 2025
A victim was fatally wounded and a 17-year-old boy was left in critical condition Monday night in the Riverdale neighborhood on the Far South Side, Chicago police said.
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Dec 16, 2025
The ongoing effort to find a man who walked onto Brown University 's campus during a busy exam season and shot nearly a dozen students in a crowded lecture hall has raised questions about the school's security systems and the urgency of the investigation itself.
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Dec 16, 2025
Authorities knocked on doors in search of video and sifted through snow and dumpsters for other evidence that might lead them to the Brown University gunman, whose face was covered or not visible in footage captured before and after the weekend attack that killed two students and wounded nine others.
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Dec 16, 2025
President Donald Trump's top Cabinet officials overseeing national security are expected back on Capitol Hill on Tuesday as questions mount over the swift escalation of U.S. military force and deadly boat strikes in international waters near Venezuela.
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Dec 16, 2025
A woman suffered smoke inhalation at an overnight fire at an apartment building in the Uptown neighborhood, Chicago police said.
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Dec 16, 2025
Good morning, Chicago. Here are the top stories you need to know to start your day.
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Dec 16, 2025
A mass shooting in which 15 people were killed during a Hanukkah celebration at Sydney's Bondi Beach was "a terrorist attack inspired by Islamic State."
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Dec 16, 2025
Los Angeles police are set to present a case to prosecutors following Nick Reiner's arrest in the killings of his parents, Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner.
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Dec 16, 2025
On Dec. 16, 2024, a 15-year-old student opened fire at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin, killing a fellow student and a teacher. The shooter also died.
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Dec 16, 2025
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Dec. 16, according to the Tribune's archives.
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Dec 15, 2025
The U.S. has agreed to provide unspecified security guarantees to Ukraine as part of a peace deal to end Russia's nearly four-year war, and more talks are likely this weekend, U.S. officials said Monday.
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Dec 15, 2025
Kilmar Abrego Garcia wasn't an activist and he didn't choose to become locked in to what has become one of the most contentious immigration issues of the Trump administration, his lawyer told The Associated Press on Monday.
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Dec 15, 2025
Colleagues said Bauer transformed the U.S. attorney's office in Chicago, minimizing the impact of politics on hiring and prosecutions.
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Dec 15, 2025
Leading Jewish groups in the United States are urging all Jewish organizations to ratchet up security measures at public events — including restrictions on access — following the deadly mass shooting that targeted a Hanukkah celebration on a popular Australian beach.
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Dec 15, 2025
Reputed Four Corner Hustlers boss Labar "Bro Man" Spann is once again facing life in prison after being convicted in a retrial of racketeering conspiracy involving four gangland murders, including the infamous contract killing of Latin Kings boss Rudy "Kato" Rangel.
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Dec 15, 2025
Hinsdale-Clarendon Hills Elementary District 181 staff is giving very positive reviews to its new offices
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Dec 15, 2025
Vandals destroyed Lake Street Church of Evanston's Nativity. It replaced Mary with a sign saying she's in immigration detention.
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Dec 15, 2025
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker last week headlined a Democratic fundraiser in Los Angeles co-hosted by Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner.
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Dec 15, 2025
It was a dynasty seemingly spared of jealousy, cynicism and rage, or ambulances and police tape and 911 calls.
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Dec 15, 2025
Four of the nation's top retail stores failed to promptly pull contaminated infant formula tied to a dangerous botulism outbreak from their shelves, federal health officials said in warning letters posted Monday.
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Dec 15, 2025
The Trump administration said Monday in a court filing that the president's White House ballroom construction project must continue for reasons of national security.
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Dec 15, 2025
Within days of the Senate voting against mid-census redistricting, two Senators — who voted in favor of House Bill 1032 — announced major changes in their roles, which isn't uncommon after a majority party fails to pass a piece of legislation.
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Dec 15, 2025
Anthony Geary, the actor who defined soap opera stardom as Luke Spencer on "General Hospital," has died. He was 78.
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Dec 15, 2025
A federal judge on Monday ordered a Customs and Border Protection agent held without bond on charges he used his gun and badge to force his way into hotel rooms and rob and sexually assault at least four prostitutes in Chicago's suburbs.
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Dec 15, 2025
Tinley Park police Cmdr. Patrick St. John, a 27-year veteran, resigned Friday after being charged with domestic battery.
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Dec 15, 2025
A Gary police officer shot a 20-year-old man during a service call Sunday, officials said.
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Dec 15, 2025
Political veteran George Cardenas has likely won his way back on the March Democratic primary ballot after resurrecting hundreds of petition signatures.
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Dec 15, 2025
Nearly 23% of Illinois high school students said they drank alcohol within the last 30 days when surveyed in 2021, according to a report released Monday.
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Dec 15, 2025
Michele Singer Reiner, a photographer and producer who inspired the happy conclusion in the 1980s romantic comedy "When Harry Met Sally…," has died.
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Dec 15, 2025
Good afternoon, Chicago. Here's what is happening today.
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Dec 15, 2025
A Cook County judge on Monday found a Chicago police officer not guilty of sexually abusing a woman while she was in custody and handcuffed to a wall.
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Dec 15, 2025
DePaul is facing a $12.6 million budget deficit for the 2026 fiscal year. To maintain long-term sustainability, the university is also aiming for a 2.5% operating margin — which means another $14.8 million in cuts.
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Dec 15, 2025
DePaul is facing a $12.6 million budget deficit for the 2026 fiscal year. To maintain long-term sustainability, the university is also aiming for a 2.5% operating margin — which means another $14.8 million in cuts.
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Dec 15, 2025
Aldermen opposed to Mayor Brandon Johnson's budget are dropping a plan to raise Chicago's garbage pick-up fee from their own 2026 spending proposal.
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Dec 15, 2025
Former Illinois football coach Mike White, who died Sunday, went 47-41-3 at Illinois from 1980-87 and led the Illini to three bowl games.
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