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Feb 04, 2026
Two people were arrested after a 12-year-old boy suffered a graze wound to his head while traveling with his family on the West Side.
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Feb 04, 2026
Good morning, Chicago. Here are the top stories you need to know to start your day.
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Feb 04, 2026
Congress is discussing potential new rules for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Here's what to know.
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Feb 04, 2026
Drivers pulled over for traffic violations in a growing number of Cook County suburbs will be able to pay tickets online for the first time.
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Feb 04, 2026
Mayor Brandon Johnson has not named permanent heads of the Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Housing Authority or Chicago Transit Authority.
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Feb 04, 2026
Officials and environmentalists, pushing for state regulation of wetlands, say law will help close federal gaps after Trump rollbacks.
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Feb 04, 2026
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Feb. 4, according to the Tribune's archives.
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Feb 04, 2026
On Feb. 4, 2004, Facebook had its beginnings as Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg launched "TheFacebook."
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Feb 03, 2026
After sitting through jury selection and an extensive evidence hearing on Monday, Damian "Rico" Donaldson declined to leave his jail cell for his rape trial on Tuesday.
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Feb 03, 2026
A shooting at a UI Health parking garage in the Illinois Medical District left a woman dead Tuesday afternoon, according to a University of Illinois at Chicago spokesperson.
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Feb 03, 2026
Graphic videos showing the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk while he spoke to a crowd on a Utah college campus quickly went viral, drawing millions of views.
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Feb 03, 2026
A bill addressing gratuities in response to the federal case against former Portage Mayor James Snyder passed the Indiana House Monday and heads to the Senate for consideration.
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Feb 03, 2026
The district on Tuesday said administration worked with the police department to ensure students remained safe during the walkout.
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Feb 03, 2026
Marimar Martinez's testimony comes after weeks of blowback against the immigration enforcement raids that have rattled cities like Chicago.
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Feb 03, 2026
The Orland Park Village Board agreed Monday to fund $12.1 million of renovations to the swimming pool at the Orland Park Health and Fitness Center and the Centennial Aquatic Center, while expressing hopes to better manage the businesses. The board also discussed legislative priorities to be pushed forward by two lobbying firms that were hired […]
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Feb 03, 2026
Melinda French Gates is reacting to newly released emails from Jeffrey Epstein that mention her ex-husband, Bill Gates.
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Feb 03, 2026
After two days, 2,500 dogs and more than 200 breeds, the Westminster Kennel Club is coming down to just seven canines vying for U.S. show dogs' most coveted prize.
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Feb 03, 2026
After two days, 2,500 dogs and more than 200 breeds, the Westminster Kennel Club is coming down to just seven canines vying for U.S. show dogs' most coveted prize.
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Feb 03, 2026
The daylight shooting occurred in a parking lot in the 2300 block of West Roosevelt Road around 1:20 p.m., police said.
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Feb 03, 2026
Valentine's Day is big business for U.S. restaurants. It's the second-most popular holiday for dining out after Mother's Day, according to the National Restaurant Association.
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Feb 03, 2026
Surrounded by twin beds inside the men's shelter, Mayor Eddie Melton announced a $3 million investment to build a new shelter a block away in the 2100 block of Washington Street. The popular community garden, next to the existing shelter at 2120 Broadway, will be relocated by the new building, Melton said.
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Feb 03, 2026
PepsiCo is cutting prices on Lay's, Doritos, Cheetos and Tostitos chips this year to win back customers exasperated by years of price hikes.
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Feb 03, 2026
A U.S. Navy fighter jet shot down an Iranian drone that was approaching the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea, U.S. Central Command said Tuesday.
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Feb 03, 2026
The game has changed. Colleges may not even know what they're looking for — but students who think critically, master fundamentals, study people, and use every tool at their disposal will always have the edge.
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Feb 03, 2026
The first husband of former first lady Jill Biden has been charged with killing his wife at their Delaware home in late December, authorities announced in a news release Tuesday.
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Feb 03, 2026
Turning Point USA (TPUSA) announced Monday that Kid Rock will headline the Super Bowl halftime show it's offering as an alternative to Bad Bunny's live performance during the Feb. 8 game.
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Feb 03, 2026
The House on Tuesday passed a roughly $1.2 trillion spending package to end the partial government shutdown, sending the measure to President Donald Trump and setting the stage for a debate in Congress over Homeland Security funding.
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Feb 03, 2026
Mayor Brandon Johnson on Tuesday said it's now up to the Cook County state's attorney to decide whether to prosecute federal immigration agents for crimes they committed in Chicago.
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Feb 03, 2026
A Merrillville woman was in the process of evicting her daughter and two adult grandchildren from her home after an argument between her and the daughter got heated.
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Feb 03, 2026
Donna DeVito, a teacher at Madison Elementary School in Hinsdale, was honored by the Illinois Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages.
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Feb 03, 2026
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board was set to vote on the approval of a new superintendent to replace Michael Lach, who is retiring.
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Feb 03, 2026
President Donald Trump is demanding a $1 billion payment from Harvard University to end his prolonged standoff with the Ivy League campus, doubling the amount he sought previously as both sides appear to move further from reaching a deal.
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Feb 03, 2026
Representation in children's books is important, said Roy Kinsey, a librarian and rapper whose book "Deangelo and the Dandelion" tells the story of a queer Black youngster from Chicago who is deemed different and effeminate and then bullied. In Kinsey's book, Deangelo compares himself to a dandelion that he identifies as a flower but is […]
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Feb 03, 2026
Police said a 25-year-old Waukesha, Wisconsin woman has been arrested.
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Feb 03, 2026
Federal prosecutors said they're no longer seeking to block release of body-worn camera footage showing the traffic crash in Brighton Park last October that led a Border Patrol agent to shoot Marimar Martinez.
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Feb 03, 2026
The NFL is facing pressure ahead of Sunday's Super Bowl to take a more explicit stance against the Trump administration's aggressive immigration enforcement.
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Feb 03, 2026
Haiti has fielded two athletes for the Milan Cortina Winter Games and will proudly wear Haitian symbols — although one less than intended after intervention by the International Olympic Committee.
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Feb 03, 2026
Officials closed lanes of Touhy Avenue in northwest suburban Niles to investigate a crash involving a vehicle and a pedestrian, officials said.
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Feb 03, 2026
Don Lemon said about a dozen federal agents came to his Los Angeles hotel to arrest him last week, even though his attorney had told authorities he would turn himself in to face federal civil rights charges over his coverage of an anti-immigration enforcement protest that disrupted a service at a Minnesota church.
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Feb 03, 2026
"Today" show host Savannah Guthrie is asking for prayers to help bring home her 84-year-old mother, whom authorities in Arizona believe was kidnapped, abducted or otherwise taken against her will.
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Feb 03, 2026
A 16-year-old boy was among two teens critically wounded overnight on the South Side in the Jackson Park neighborhood, Chicago police said.
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Feb 03, 2026
Good morning, Chicago. Here are the top stories you need to know to start your day.
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Feb 03, 2026
Joining the World Health Organization's Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network is the state's latest move into an area that was previously the domain of the federal government, before the administration of President Donald Trump began remaking public health policies and guidance.
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Feb 03, 2026
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Feb. 3, according to the Tribune's archives.
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Feb 03, 2026
On Feb. 3, 1870, the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, granting Black American men the right to vote, was ratified.
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Feb 02, 2026
Both Ald. Shirley Drewenski and Dominique Randle-El were nominated, but neither received a majority vote of the Harvey City Council.
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Feb 02, 2026
Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton agreed late Monday to testify in a House investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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Feb 02, 2026
The five heavily blue congressional districts that span from Algonquin through parts of Chicago and down to Danville have nearly four dozen Democrats competing to replace three retiring members of Congress and two who are running for the U.S. Senate.
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Feb 02, 2026
The Illini Republicans club at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is facing backlash after posting an illustration on social media of a masked gunman holding a weapon to a kneeling man's head — alongside the caption, "Only traitors help invaders."
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Feb 02, 2026
The Cook County state's attorney's office on Monday said "a thorough analysis is being conducted" to assess the legality of a mayoral executive order that directs Chicago police to investigate potential wrongdoing by immigration agents.
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Feb 02, 2026
The rally came after a string of actions staged across the Chicago area and country last week amid widespread outrage over the killing of Alex Pretti.
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Feb 02, 2026
The rally came after a string of actions staged across the Chicago area and country last week amid widespread outrage over the killing of Alex Pretti.
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Feb 02, 2026
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle's executive protection detail is budgeted to cost up to $1.5 million this year.
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Feb 02, 2026
An Indiana immigration bill allowing local and state police to enforce federal immigration laws and for those officers to cooperate with ICE passed and was amended in the House Judiciary Committee Monday to more closely mirror a bill that didn't advance in last year's session.
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Feb 02, 2026
President Donald Trump said Monday that he won't tear down the Kennedy Center but said it needs to be closed for about two years for work that cannot be done with patrons coming and going for shows and other performances.
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Feb 02, 2026
The bill would authorize autonomous vehicle pilot programs in a handful of Illinois counties, including Cook County, before opening the door to statewide legalization of self-driving cars in three years.
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Feb 02, 2026
The seven victims of a marine tragedy that has devastated a storied Massachusetts fishing town included a fifth-generation fisherman, a young federal fisheries observer on her first job at sea and a father-and-son crew duo who all died when their fishing boat, the Lily Jean, sank off of Gloucester.
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Feb 02, 2026
Every Homeland Security officer on the ground, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, will be immediately issued body-worn cameras, Secretary Kristi Noem said Monday.
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Feb 02, 2026
A Porter County Jail officer was terminated for violating the sheriff's department's use of force policy and charged with battery.
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Feb 02, 2026
A 13-year-old Hebron boy died Saturday from injuries at the Steel Wheels BMX track in Hobart, the Lake County Coroner's Office said.
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Feb 02, 2026
In a church crowded to overcapacity, two-dozen faith leaders and their audience of hundreds sang and prayed together in unity Monday as a sign of support for Haitian migrants, some of whom fear their protected status in the United States may be ended this week.
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Feb 02, 2026
Good afternoon, Chicago. Here's what is happening today.
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Feb 02, 2026
A Schaumburg man has been arrested on charges of doxing and threatening an FBI agent whose information was stolen from a government vehicle during a protest over an immigration-related shooting in Minneapolis last month.
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Feb 02, 2026
An Illinois appeals court may soon decide whether to undo a controversial order by a Cook County judge that kept video footage and other records sealed related to the slaying of Chicago police Officer Krystal Rivera.
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Feb 02, 2026
The first half of the General Assembly included a spate of education bills, some of which move on to the Senate while others stalled out.
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Feb 02, 2026
An Arizona sheriff said Monday that "we do in fact have a crime scene" as authorities search for the 84-year-old mother of "Today" show host Savannah Guthrie, who was reported missing over the weekend.
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Feb 02, 2026
Bad Bunny had made history by winning album of the year for "Debí Tirar Más Fotos," the first time a Spanish-language album took home the Recording Academy's top prize.
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Feb 02, 2026
House Speaker Mike Johnson faces tough days ahead trying to muscle a federal funding package to passage and prevent a prolonged partial government shutdown as debate intensifies over the Trump administration's sweeping immigration enforcement operations.
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Feb 02, 2026
Punxsutawney Phil predicted six more weeks of wintry weather Monday, a forecast sure to disappoint many after what's already been a long, cold season across large parts of the United States.
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Feb 02, 2026
Good morning, Chicago. Here are the top stories you need to know to start your day.
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Feb 02, 2026
Although he and bandmates recorded at the famed Sun Studios in Memphis and he played Nashville's Grand Ole Opry, real fame eluded him in the U.S., though not in Europe. He was later inducted into the Rockabilly Hall of Fame.
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Feb 02, 2026
Unseasonably warm temps in Italy and a reduced snowpack will require 2 million cubic yards of artificial snow to ensure consistent conditions for athletes.
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Feb 02, 2026
Unseasonably warm temps in Italy and a reduced snowpack will require 2 million cubic yards of artificial snow to ensure consistent conditions for athletes.
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Feb 02, 2026
On Feb. 2, 2014, Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, widely considered one of the greatest actors of his generation, was found dead in his New York apartment from an accidental drug overdose.
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Feb 02, 2026
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Feb. 2, according to the Tribune's archives.
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Feb 01, 2026
A top Justice Department official played down the possibility of additional criminal charges arising from the Jeffrey Epstein files, saying Sunday that the existence of "horrible photographs" and troubling email correspondence does not "allow us necessarily to prosecute somebody."
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Feb 01, 2026
The mayor of Portland, Oregon, demanded U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement leave his city after federal agents launched tear gas at a crowd of demonstrators outside an ICE facility during a weekend protest.
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Feb 01, 2026
President Donald Trump says he will move to close Washington's Kennedy Center performing arts venue for two years starting in July for construction.
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Feb 01, 2026
The Republican National Committee has vastly outpaced Democrats in the crush for cash ahead of the midterm elections, holding a nearly $100 million advantage at the close of 2025, according to year-end filings to the Federal Election Commission.
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Feb 01, 2026
Entertainment's awards season has coincided with the Trump administration's mass deportation campaign in Minneapolis, forcing artists to decide whether and how to join the growing cultural revolt against immigration crackdowns.
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Feb 01, 2026
Gov. JB Pritzker had been expected to open his campaign wallet to help Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton's US Senate bid in the March 17 Democratic primary since he endorsed her last year.
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Feb 01, 2026
Voters can choose their favorite six out of 25 names until Feb. 14. The winning names will be displayed on signs attached to the snowplows.
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Feb 01, 2026
One of the Oscar-nominated screenwriters of the Iranian drama "It Was Just an Accident" has been arrested in Tehran just weeks before the Academy Awards.
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Feb 01, 2026
Indiana Landmarks offered a number of grants in Northwest Indiana to save meaningful places in 2025.
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Feb 01, 2026
Promoted by President Donald Trump as "a must watch," the Melania Trump documentary "Melania" debuted with a better-than-expected $7 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday.
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Feb 01, 2026
House Speaker Mike Johnson said Sunday it will be a few days before a government funding package comes up for a vote, all but ensuring the partial federal shutdown will drag into the week.
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Feb 01, 2026
Police responded alongside Special Weapons And Tactics forces to an incident in South Shore Sunday morning.
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Feb 01, 2026
Britain's royal family is facing embarrassment after the latest release of documents from the U.S. investigation into Jeffrey Epstein revealed a relationship between the convicted sex offender and a correspondent who appears to be the former Prince Andrew.
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Feb 01, 2026
Big or small, sleek or shaggy, imposing or impish, dogs are all trying for the top prize at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show in its milestone 150th year.
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Feb 01, 2026
Demond Wilson, who found fame in the 1970s playing Lamont on "Sanford and Son" and went on to become a minister, has died. He was 79.
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Feb 01, 2026
A bill allowing the Indiana governor to deploy a "military police force" of the Indiana National Guard throughout the state advanced out of the House Wednesday amid heated debate, but legal experts are worried that, if signed into law, it could put the Guard into situations they're not trained to handle.
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Feb 01, 2026
Tom Dobrez's documentary film, "Flossmoor: A More Perfect Place" and accompanying book were met with enthusiasm at a recent screening.
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Feb 01, 2026
To prevent further spread of potentially catastrophic invasive species in the Great Lakes, the Canadian government is moving forward with tighter restrictions on all freighters. But standards finalized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in 2024, meanwhile, apply only to a fraction of the lake-going vessels. Environmentalists say the U.S. standards are flawed because existing […]
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Feb 01, 2026
A podcasting relative of a CPS teacher found dead is launching a program to ensure families of the missing have the best chance at bringing their loved ones home.
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Feb 01, 2026
Agents efforts in Minnesota have mirrored what many in Chicago saw: parents in reflective vests outside schools, cars left abandoned with their doors open and drivers missing, dark SUVs screaming through red lights, locked restaurant doors and miniature recessions in the hardest-hit neighborhoods.
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Feb 01, 2026
Before Herb Kent "The Cool Gent," Don Cornelius and so many others, there was Jack L. Cooper, who pioneered a Black radio empire in Chicago.
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Feb 01, 2026
On Feb. 1, 1865, abolitionist John S. Rock became the first Black lawyer admitted to the bar of the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Feb 01, 2026
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Feb. 1, according to the Tribune's archives.
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Jan 31, 2026
The teens were shot after a verbal dispute between a male of unknown age and a group of males, police said.
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Jan 31, 2026
NASA began a two-day practice countdown Saturday leading up to the fueling of its new moon rocket, a crucial test that will determine when four astronauts blast off on a lunar flyby.
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