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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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Dec 15, 2025
President Donald Trump on Monday blamed Rob Reiner's outspoken opposition to the president for the actor-director's killing, delivering the unsubstantiated claim in a shocking post that seemed intent on decrying his opponents even in the face of a tragedy.
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Dec 15, 2025
Northwest Indiana members of the Daughters of the American Revolution braved Valley Forge-esque weather for an abbreviated ceremony Saturday to place wreaths honoring veterans at Luther Cemetery.
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Dec 15, 2025
Javan Moore, 21, Demon Smith, 20, and a juvenile charged in the Aug. 2 shooting death of Davell Holden, 16, in South Holland.
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Dec 15, 2025
Warmer than average temperatures are expected to sneak into this week and peak into the mid-40s by Thursday.
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Dec 15, 2025
The famous numbered metal stanchions that for decades defined Southwest Airlines' unique boarding process are coming down as the Dallas-based carrier laid out the final plans for a new boarding process for the beginning of assigned seating next year.
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Dec 15, 2025
Roomba maker iRobot has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, but says that it doesn't expect any disruptions to devices as the more than 30-year-old company is taken private under a restructuring process.
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Dec 15, 2025
Creepy, zany and demonstrably fake content is often called "slop." The word's proliferation online, in part thanks to the widespread availability of generative artificial intelligence, landed it Merriam-Webster's 2025 word of the year.
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Dec 15, 2025
Along with the unpredictable tariffs, stubborn inflation and weak hiring have shaken consumer confidence in the U.S. economy. The vast majority of U.S. adults say they've noticed higher than usual prices for groceries, electricity and holiday gifts in recent months, according to a December poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
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Dec 15, 2025
A prosecutor told jurors Monday that a Wisconsin judge said she would "take the heat" for directing an immigrant to dash through a private courtroom door while federal agents were trying to arrest him.
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Dec 15, 2025
Police renewed their search Monday for the gunman who killed two Brown University students and wounded nine others, a day after they released a person of interest after determining the evidence pointed "in a different direction."
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Dec 15, 2025
Chicago homicide data, which is updated on this page weekly, is through Dec. 13, 2025.
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Dec 15, 2025
Australian leaders promised Monday to immediately overhaul already-tough gun control laws after a mass shooting targeted a Hanukkah celebration on Sydney's Bondi Beach. At least 15 people died in the attack, which has fueled criticism that authorities are not doing enough to combat a surge in antisemitic crimes.
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Dec 15, 2025
A person of interest detained after a Brown University shooting that killed two students and injured nine will be released after law enforcement authorities determined there was no basis to keep the individual in custody, officials said Sunday night.
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Dec 15, 2025
Here's a look back at how Chicago's current snowfall compares with previous seasons.
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Dec 15, 2025
Good morning, Chicago. Here are the top stories you need to know to start your day.
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Dec 15, 2025
Here's a look at what to know from the attack at Bondi Beach.
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Dec 15, 2025
Rob Reiner's son, Nick Reiner, has been taken into custody after deaths of the director-writer and his wife Michele, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press.
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Dec 15, 2025
Director-actor Rob Reiner and his wife Michele were the two people found dead Sunday at a Los Angeles home owned by Reiner, according to a law enforcement official briefed on the investigation.
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Dec 15, 2025
Rob Reiner, the son of a comedy giant who became one himself as one of the preeminent filmmakers of his generation, has died. He was 78.
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Dec 15, 2025
Wages are the sticking point in negotiations for Chicago Public Schools' lunchroom workers, who have been without a contract for nearly six months.
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Dec 15, 2025
As of mid-December, CPD Superintendent Larry Snelling still must decide whether or not to bring administrative charges in 490 cases in which the Civilian Office of Police Accountability sustained allegations of misconduct, city records show.
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Dec 15, 2025
Mayor Brandon Johnson and budget opponents are engaged in a public relations fight aimed at the hearts and minds of Chicago residents.
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Dec 15, 2025
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Dec. 15, according to the Tribune's archives.
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Dec 15, 2025
On Dec. 15, 2013, Nelson Mandela was laid to rest in a state funeral, ending a 10-day mourning period for South Africa's first Black president. Mandela died on Dec. 5 of that year at the age of 95.
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Dec 14, 2025
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday voiced readiness to drop his country's bid to join NATO in exchange for Western security guarantees.
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Dec 14, 2025
A leading candidate to be President Donald Trump's choice for Federal Reserve chair said that he would present the president's views to Fed officials for their consideration but they could reject them if they chose when making decisions on interest rates.
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Dec 14, 2025
It's been 10 years since the fire that claimed the life of Chicago firefighter Daniel Capuano. Today, his children are following in his footsteps as a nurse and firefighter.
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Dec 14, 2025
Sunday morning temps were the coldest the Chicago area has had this early in the season since the "infamously" cold and snowy winter of 2013-14.
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Dec 14, 2025
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lashed out at Australia's leader on Sunday while nations expressed shock and sympathy over a mass shooting at a Jewish holiday event.
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Dec 14, 2025
Pope Leo XIV criticized prison overcrowding and insufficient inmate rehabilitation programs on Sunday as he celebrated a special Mass for detainees, guards and their families in the final event of the Vatican's 2025 Holy Year.
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Dec 14, 2025
Any time a police officer responds to a situation, it often goes in a completely different direction than they anticipate, but Gary high school students interested in law enforcement are getting a jump on how to react.
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Dec 14, 2025
A 14-year-old boy was shot in the foot early Sunday in the Roseland neighborhood, Chicago police reported.
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Dec 14, 2025
A man who carried out an attack in Syria that killed three U.S. citizens had joined Syria's internal security forces as a base security guard two months earlier.
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Dec 14, 2025
Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo on Sunday said he had declared a state of emergency in two municipalities in western Guatemala.
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Dec 14, 2025
The Chicago Bears are barely above .500 in their coldest games at Soldier Field since they began playing their home games there in 1971
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Dec 14, 2025
The Environmental Integrity Project's report said 27 states have cut environmental agency budgets in the last 15 years, including Indiana.
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Dec 14, 2025
An attack at a famous Australian beach killed 16 people, including a child, officials said Monday, after two gunmen opened fire at a Hanukkah celebration on Sydney's Bondi Beach.
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