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Feb 23, 2026
The British Academy Film Awards and BBC apologized Monday for a racial slur that was broadcast during Sunday's show while two stars of the film "Sinners" were onstage.
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Feb 23, 2026
The Greek seaside town of Galaxidi exploded into a messy and colorful "flour war" on Monday for its annual end of carnival season festivities that mark the start of the Lent season.
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Feb 23, 2026
The Park District pitched state officials on converting the 61,500-seat venue to a destination for concerts and other special events once the Bears leave.
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Feb 23, 2026
A new nationwide study gives high marks to Indiana for preparing students for life after high school.
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Feb 23, 2026
The Indiana bill outlining a financial structure for a Chicago Bears stadium in Hammond advanced in the Indiana House on second reading.
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Feb 23, 2026
Nearly 40 student jazz bands will have a chance to perform and be critiqued by professional jazz musicians at the 59th annual Elmhurst University Jazz Festival, Feb. 28-March 1, at the Hammerschmidt Memorial Chapel, 190 Prospect Ave. in Elmhurst. The four-day, student-run festival also features performances by professional musicians and master classes. Director Chris Parsons […]
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Feb 23, 2026
A majority of Illinoisans are opposed to Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers near schools, according to data from the Illinois Education Association.
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Feb 23, 2026
A Senate bill aimed at tackling welfare fraud passed out of the House Monday as the Indiana legislature begins its final week of the 2026 legislative session.
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Feb 23, 2026
The lead prosecutor in the politically charged 'Broadview Six' case accusing a group of Democrats and other protesters of conspiring to impede immigration agents at the Broadview ICE facility is leaving the office for a temporary detail in Washington D.C.
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Feb 23, 2026
Felicia Coleman hung back in the throng of family members gathered in front of the microphones, wiping away tears. The Hobart Police Department's arrest of two Gary men for her baby sister Destiny Jackson's murder Wednesday morning affected her more profoundly than even her other seven siblings, who were cautiously jubilant during a press conference outside Hobart City Hall Thursday afternoon. It hit her hard because at one point early on, people thought she was the one who killed Jackson and her partner, Nazirah Muhammad, November 3, 2022.
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Feb 23, 2026
Ja'Niyah McMichael-Rogers is still not home, and even money doesn't seem to be helping.
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Feb 23, 2026
Good afternoon, Chicago. Here's what is happening today.
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Feb 23, 2026
The best images from final weekend of the 2026 Winter Olympics
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Feb 23, 2026
When the U.S. men's hockey team retreated to their locker room to celebrate their Olympics gold medal win, they were joined by a special guest from the United States: FBI Director Kash Patel.
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Feb 23, 2026
British police on Monday arrested Peter Mandelson, a former U.K. ambassador to the United States, in a misconduct probe stemming from his ties with Jeffrey Epstein.
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Feb 23, 2026
Mayor Brandon Johnson announced "Abolish ICE" as the winner of a citywide snow plow name contest. He had earlier given it a "full and complete" endorsement.
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Feb 23, 2026
A decade after setting the current rules for mayor, trustee term limits in Niles, a ballot referendum asks about it again. This time, a candidate would be limited to five terms in same office.
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Feb 23, 2026
Deposition halts when cop becomes latest member of the 1863 tactical team to be stripped of his police powers or reassigned as complaints and lawsuits about the officers have stacked up.
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Feb 23, 2026
The expansion is expected to create 300 new jobs, including positions for engineers, scientists, manufacturing operators and lab technicians.
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Feb 23, 2026
The expansion is expected to create 300 new jobs, including positions for engineers, scientists, manufacturing operators and lab technicians.
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Feb 23, 2026
Two women died early Monday morning in a house fire in Northlake. The cause of the fire is unknown.
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Feb 23, 2026
Chicago homicide data, which is updated on this page weekly, is through Feb. 21, 2026.
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Feb 23, 2026
Here's what to know about the Chicago Bears' possible move from Soldier Field.
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Feb 23, 2026
Here's a look back at how Chicago's current snowfall compares with previous seasons.
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Feb 23, 2026
President Donald Trump's State of the Union address on Tuesday is likely to be a test run of the message Republicans will give to voters in November's elections for control of the House and the Senate.
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Feb 23, 2026
The Mexican army killed the country's most powerful cartel leader and one of the United States' most wanted fugitives on Sunday, notching a major victory while cartel members responded with a wave violence across the country.
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Feb 23, 2026
Several Mexican states canceled school on Monday, with local and foreign governments warning their citizens to stay inside after widespread violence erupted following the army's killing of the powerful leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel.
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Feb 23, 2026
Good morning, Chicago. Here are the top stories you need to know to start your day.
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Feb 23, 2026
Nick Reiner may finally enter a plea Monday in the killing of his parents, Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner, after two previous court hearings that brought some drama but little practical progress in the case.
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Feb 23, 2026
Millions of people in New York City and a large swath of the northeastern U.S. were stuck at home under road travel bans and blizzard warnings Monday.
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Feb 23, 2026
Conan O'Brien has broken his silence on the slayings of Rob and Michele Reiner, who the night before attended his holiday party with their son, accused murderer Nick Reiner.
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Feb 23, 2026
Thornton Fractional District 215 investigated former twin teachers well before quit and were charged with sexual assault.
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Feb 23, 2026
Between 2,000 and 4,000 coyotes live in Cook County, and they generally look for places to hide where they won't be spotted by people, experts say.
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Feb 23, 2026
Those arrested during and after Operation Midway Blitz are facing a rapidly shifting legal and administrative landscape with fewer and narrower paths to securing legal status and continuing their lives in the U.S.
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Feb 23, 2026
Lio Cundiff jumped into Belmont Harbor Wednesday afternoon and treaded water for three to four minutes, keeping a stroller afloat and saving a baby girl.
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Feb 23, 2026
Lio Cundiff jumped into Belmont Harbor Wednesday afternoon and treaded water for three to four minutes, keeping a stroller afloat and saving a baby girl.
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Feb 23, 2026
A pre-apprenticeship program at Bethel Family Resource Center in Chicago Heights offers an introduction to employment in 25 trades.
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Feb 23, 2026
On Feb. 23, 2023, a federal judge handed singer R. Kelly a 20-year prison sentence for his convictions that include producing child sexual abuse materials and federal sex trafficking charges, but said he would serve nearly all of the sentence simultaneously with a 30-year sentence imposed a year earlier on racketeering charges.
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Feb 23, 2026
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Feb. 23, according to the Tribune's archives.
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Feb 22, 2026
The Mexican army killed the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, "El Mencho," on Sunday, decapitating what had become Mexico's most powerful cartel and giving the government its biggest prize yet to show the Trump administration its efforts.
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Feb 22, 2026
According to Nielsen and Adobe Analytics, NBC averaged 24 million viewers across its prime afternoon coverage (2-5 p.m. EST) and Primetime in Milan (8-11 p.m. EST and PST) through Friday.
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Feb 22, 2026
Over and over, the Republicans and former Republicans who gathered just outside Washington this weekend warned that President Donald Trump and his allies in Congress are tearing at the very fabric of American democracy.
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Feb 22, 2026
Grounded until at least April, NASA's giant moon rocket is headed back to the hangar this week for more repairs before astronauts climb aboard.
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Feb 22, 2026
The European Union's executive arm requested "full clarity" from the United States and asked its trade partner to fulfill its commitments after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down some of President Donald Trump's most sweeping tariffs.
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Feb 22, 2026
A Saturday crash involving a wrong-way driver on Interstate 65 near Hobart killed a 20-year-old Hobart woman, according to police.
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Feb 22, 2026
As student walkouts over federal immigration policies ramp up across Northwest Indiana, local school leaders are receiving advice from state education organizations on how to react.
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Feb 22, 2026
Court news from around Lake County.
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Feb 22, 2026
Meet all the medalists from the United States at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.
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Feb 22, 2026
A Saturday night fire in Logan Square left 12 adults and 10 children displaced from their homes, Chicago police said.
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Feb 22, 2026
An Indiana welfare fraud bill advanced on second reading in the House Thursday as all proposed Democratic amendments failed.
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Feb 22, 2026
The Olympics end Sunday with a closing ceremony inside the ancient Verona Arena, roughly mid-distance between the far-flung mountain, valley and city venues that made these the most spread-out Winter Games in Olympic history.
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Feb 22, 2026
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is suspending the TSA PreCheck and Global Entry airport security programs as a partial government shutdown continues.
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Feb 22, 2026
The Transportation Security Administration said Sunday that its PreCheck program would remain operational despite an earlier announcement from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security that the airport security service was being suspended during the partial government shutdown.
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Feb 22, 2026
The U.S. Secret Service announced Sunday that an armed man was shot and killed after entering the secure perimeter of Mar-a-Lago, President Donald Trump's resort in Palm Beach, Fla.
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Feb 22, 2026
The Arlington Cowboys. East Rutherford Giants and Jets. Inglewood Rams and Chargers. And maybe the Hammond Bears. Ten NFL teams don't play in their namesake cities but in their suburbs. If the Chicago Bears go through with one of their proposals for a new stadium — Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker acknowledged Friday that the team's […]
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Feb 22, 2026
Incumbents Steve Balich, of Homer Glen, and Jim Richmond, of Mokena, face Homer Glen Trustee Mike Lepore.
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Feb 22, 2026
Authorities say 'voluminous' video evidence ties the teens, 17 and 18, to two fatal shootings, three successful carjackings and one attempted carjacking in 90 minutes.
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Feb 22, 2026
se American groups held a vigil at the Broadview ICE facility on the Day of Remembrance, which commemorates the 1942 order spurring mass incarceration of those of Japanese ancestry during World War II.
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Feb 22, 2026
As enrollments drop at so-called directional universities, lawmakers are pushing a revised higher ed funding plan this spring despite University of Illinois opposition.
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Feb 22, 2026
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Feb. 22, according to the Tribune's archives.
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Feb 22, 2026
On Feb. 22, 1980, the "Miracle on Ice" took place at the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, as the U.S. Olympic hockey team upset the Soviet Union, 4-3. (The U.S. team went on to win the gold medal two days later, 4-2, over Finland.)
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Feb 21, 2026
The annual dinner with governors at the White House is typically a chance for leaders from both parties to come together, socialize and spend a low-key evening with the president.
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Feb 21, 2026
Friends, teachers, dancers and relatives of Boaz Flemister gathered at Warren School in the Calumet Heights neighborhood days after his death in a fatal crash.
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Feb 21, 2026
Thousands filled Argyle Street in Uptown to enjoy a vibrant celebration of Asian culture, featuring music, dance, food and interactive community events.
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Feb 21, 2026
Arab and Muslim nations on Saturday sharply condemned comments by the U.S. ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, who said Israel has a right to much of the Middle East.
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Feb 21, 2026
JPMorgan Chase acknowledged for the first time that it closed the bank accounts of President Donald Trump and several of his businesses in the political and legal aftermath of the Jan. 6, 2021 attacks on the U.S. Capitol.
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Feb 21, 2026
The Lake Central School Board has named Assistant Superintendent Sarah Castenada to succeed retiring school chief Larry Veracco.
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Feb 21, 2026
Governments and companies around the world scrambled Saturday to determine the impact of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that struck down some of the Trump administration sweeping global tariffs.
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Feb 21, 2026
Lawyers for imprisoned British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell are fighting the requested release of 90,000 pages related to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein and Maxwell.
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Feb 21, 2026
Socorro is among at least 20 communities with large warehouses across the U.S. that have become stealth targets for Immigration and Customs Enforcement's $45-billion expansion of detention centers.
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Feb 21, 2026
Many Republicans greeted the Friday morning decision with measured statements, some even praising it, and GOP leaders said they would work with Trump on tariffs going forward.
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Feb 21, 2026
NASA's new moon rocket suffered another setback Saturday, almost certain to bump astronauts' first lunar trip in decades into spring.
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Feb 21, 2026
Trump said in a social media post on that he was making the decision "Based on a thorough, detailed, and complete review of the ridiculous, poorly written, and extraordinarily anti-American decision on Tariffs issued yesterday," by the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Feb 21, 2026
Trump said in a social media post on that he was making the decision "Based on a thorough, detailed, and complete review of the ridiculous, poorly written, and extraordinarily anti-American decision on Tariffs issued yesterday," by the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Feb 21, 2026
An unidentified man was discovered fatally shot Saturday morning in the West Garfield Park neighborhood, Chicago police said.
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Feb 21, 2026
Indiana Republican legislators were able to reinstitute a year-long effort for a shorter early voting period by approving an amendment to an early voting bill in the Senate Elections committee.
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Feb 21, 2026
The attack in Russia's Udmurt Republic left 11 people wounded, three of whom were hospitalized, according to a Telegram post by Sergei Bagin, the local health minister.
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Feb 21, 2026
Two girls, ages 6 and 15, were struck by a hit and run driver Friday morning in the West Englewood neighborhood on the South Side.
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Feb 21, 2026
A 29-year-old woman was fatally wounded overnight in a drive-by shooting that also injured another woman who was standing with a crowd in a parking lot in the East Side neighborhood.
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Feb 21, 2026
Meet all the medalists from the United States at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.
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Feb 21, 2026
It takes an immense amount of energy to power venues and make snow for the Winter Olympics and, for the 2026 Milan Cortina Games, organizers pledged that virtually all of the electricity would be clean.
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Feb 21, 2026
Students in Hinsdale High School District 86 and Hinsdale-Clarendon Hills Elementary District 181 have limits on when they can use phones.
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Feb 21, 2026
Rev. Jesse Jackson's career as a civil rights leader and politician took him across the country and around the world, yet he remained close to Illinois.
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Feb 21, 2026
The charter network ASPIRA has announced it is facing a $4.8 million deficit and could be forced to shutter its three Chicago schools in March.
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Feb 21, 2026
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Feb. 21, according to the Tribune's archives.
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Feb 21, 2026
On Feb. 21, 1848, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels published "The Communist Manifesto" in London.
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Feb 20, 2026
The Trump administration said Friday it backs a 10-year deadline for most cities and towns to replace their harmful lead pipes, giving notice that it will support a tough rule approved under the Biden administration to reduce lead in drinking water.
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Feb 20, 2026
If anything, Friday opened a new chapter in Trump's ongoing tariffs drama and raised urgent questions about his ability to make good on his promises of an economic revival.
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Feb 20, 2026
A bill aimed at lowering housing costs barely passed out of the Senate Judiciary committee Wednesday, with many voting in favor of the bill expressing concerns and indicating they may vote against the bill as it advances.
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Feb 20, 2026
The ability of federal safety regulators to oversee airplane maintenance at United Airlines has been hindered by inadequate staffing, high employee turnover and the improper use of virtual inspections instead of on-site reviews in some cases, according to a government watchdog audit released Friday.
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Feb 20, 2026
An East Chicago man is facing criminal charges for beating and choking a woman celebrating her birthday until she passed out.
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Feb 20, 2026
The White House insisted that President Donald Trump was visiting Georgia to promote the economy.
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Feb 20, 2026
A Winfield man who is an elementary school principal in Pulaski County is facing charges after allegedly threatening his ex-wife.
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Feb 20, 2026
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker said, "I think we're down to the question of whether they're going to build in Arlington Heights or they're going to build something in the state of Indiana."
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Feb 20, 2026
A Gary man was sentenced to 10 years Friday after admitting he robbed a sex worker at gunpoint of just under $60.
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Feb 20, 2026
The nation's highest court struck down some of U.S. President Donald Trump's most sweeping tariffs on Friday, in a 6-3 decision that he overstepped his authority when using an emergency powers law to justify new taxes on goods from nearly every country in the world.
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Feb 20, 2026
All truckers and bus drivers will have to take their commercial driver's license tests in English as the Trump administration expands its aggressive campaign to improve safety in the industry.
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Feb 20, 2026
After FIFA leader Gianni Infantino took part in U.S. President Donald Trump's Board of Peace launch, IOC President Kirsty Coventry said Friday the Olympic body will "look into" his conduct.
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Feb 20, 2026
Good afternoon, Chicago. Here's what is happening today.
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Feb 20, 2026
While questions remain about where the Chicago Bears will build a new stadium, the team reaffirmed Friday that its practice facility and corporate headquarters — Halas Hall — will remain in Lake Forest.
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