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Dec 06, 2025
Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani told a conference in the Qatari capital that international mediators, led by the U.S., are working "to force the way forward" to the second phase to cement the deal.
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Dec 06, 2025
Russia has launched a significant missile and drone attack on Ukraine, coinciding with ongoing U.S.-mediated peace talks.
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Dec 06, 2025
Gov. Mike Braun announced a "Family First Workplace" policy that would allow some state employees to bring their babies to work until they're six months old.
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Dec 06, 2025
A Valparaiso man who pleaded guilty but mentally ill in the February 2024 death of his mother was sentenced Dec. 1 to 48 years in prison.
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Dec 06, 2025
A 45-year-old man was pronounced dead late Friday night after he was found lying unresponsive on a sidewalk with multiple gunshot wounds in the Garfield Park neighborhood. Shortly before 11:30 p.m., Chicago police responded to a call of a person shot in the 3800 block of West Adams Street and found the victim with multiple […]
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Dec 06, 2025
He was principal at Wheaton North High School for 9 years and helped mend frayed relations between Wheaton's two high schools.
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Dec 06, 2025
CPS settled a sexual abuse lawsuit with a man who alleges his gym teacher abused him for years in the 1990s at Linné Elementary in the 1990s.
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Dec 06, 2025
Once a common schoolyard insult, the R-word had largely vanished from mainstream speech until recently. Donald Trump has helped its resurgence.
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Dec 06, 2025
Recent cases of a driver allegedly on TikTok who struck a pedestrian, and a drunk driver who killed a brother and sister, highlight the dangers of impaired driving.
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Dec 06, 2025
Chase Bandolik caught everyone's attention when he ran 31 miles, in a row, for every point lost by the Chicago Bears against the Detroit Lions in early September.
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Dec 06, 2025
Chase Bandolik caught everyone's attention when he ran 31 miles, in a row, for every point lost by the Chicago Bears against the Detroit Lions in early September.
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Dec 06, 2025
On Dec. 6, 2017, President Donald Trump officially recognized Jerusalem as Israel's capital, announcing plans to move the U.S. Embassy there from Tel Aviv.
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Dec 06, 2025
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Dec. 6, according to the Tribune's archives.
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Dec 05, 2025
Members of Congress now know that the U.S. military fired upon two people clinging to the wreckage of a boat allegedly carrying drugs — and they want answers.
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Dec 05, 2025
U.S. airlines were notified this week that an investigation is underway into whether they complied with an emergency order requiring flight cuts at 40 major airports during the record government shutdown, the Federal Aviation Administration said Friday.
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Dec 05, 2025
A push to reshape congressional voting districts, instigated by President Donald Trump, is sweeping across states as political parties vie for an edge in next year's elections.
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Dec 05, 2025
Federal immigration agents detained at least three people in the western suburbs Friday in a sudden burst of aggressive action.
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Dec 05, 2025
President Donald Trump's advisers and Ukrainian officials said Friday they'll meet for a third day of talks after making progress on creating a security framework for postwar Ukraine and are urging Russia to commit to peace.
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Dec 05, 2025
The Trump administration has built up a fleet of warships near Venezuela, including the largest U.S. aircraft carrier, as American forces keep blowing up small boats accused of smuggling narcotics for drug cartels.
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Dec 05, 2025
The Indiana House passed new Congressional maps Friday and sent them to the Senate, where the bill's future is unclear since Senate leadership has stated multiple times since October it doesn't have the votes. House Bill 1032, which addresses mid-census redistricting and gives Republicans an advantage in all nine congressional districts, passed 57-41, with 12 […]
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Dec 05, 2025
Autumn Ridge tenants spoke out about building issues for months, and the owners owe Park Forest more than $200,000 in fines.
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Dec 05, 2025
The Social Security Administration is hoping to cut visits to its field offices in half next year, a move that advocates for the agency fear signals more closures are coming.
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Dec 05, 2025
President Donald Trump has finally met with his Mexican counterpart, Claudia Sheinbaum, and their long-delayed first face-to-face discussion focused on next year's World Cup.
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Dec 05, 2025
An international body tasked with governing the Gaza Strip under the next phase of the U.S.-brokered ceasefire is expected to be announced by the end of the year, an Arab official and a Western diplomat said Friday.
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Dec 05, 2025
Chicago Public Schools district has surpassed the recommended threshold for measles vaccinations, with 96% of its student population now immunized.
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Dec 05, 2025
Former Cook County Judge Patricia Martin on Friday was sentenced to four years probation after she admitted to stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from the bank accounts of an elderly former Tuskegee Airman to purchase cryptocurrency.
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Dec 05, 2025
A man convicted of shooting a trucker in a busy intersection three years ago plans to appeal the sentence handed down to him Thursday.
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Dec 05, 2025
Valparaiso University's incoming president, Rev. Brian Konkol, said growing up in a tiny Wisconsin town, Valpo was always on his radar.
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Dec 05, 2025
The Lake County Council is posied to pass a resolution that would ask for 911 services to be added to the Indiana General Assembly's legislative agenda.
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Dec 05, 2025
Frank Gehry, who designed some of most imaginative buildings ever constructed and achieved a level of worldwide acclaim seldom afforded any architect, has died. He was 96.
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Dec 05, 2025
Good afternoon, Chicago. Here's what is happening today.
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Dec 05, 2025
The United States was drawn Friday to start against Paraguay at Inglewood, California, on June 12, a day after Mexico hosts the opener against South Africa.
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Dec 05, 2025
The government has long advised that babies be vaccinated against hepatitis B right after birth to prevent serious liver damage that can be caused by the infection.
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Dec 05, 2025
President Donald Trump was awarded the new FIFA peace prize on Friday at the 2026 World Cup draw — giving the soccer spectacle to set matchups for the quadrennial tournament even more of a Trumpian flair.
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Dec 05, 2025
A federal vaccine advisory committee voted on Friday to end the longstanding recommendation that all U.S. babies get the hepatitis B vaccine on the day they're born.
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Dec 05, 2025
President Donald Trump's administration set forth a new national security strategy that paints European allies as weak and aims to reassert America's dominance in the Western Hemisphere.
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Dec 05, 2025
U.S. Southern Command announced that it had conducted another strike against a small boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Thursday, following a pause of almost three weeks.
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Dec 05, 2025
When President Donald Trump suspended the refugee program on day one of his current administration, thousands of people around the world who'd been so close to a new life in America found themselves abandoned.
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Dec 05, 2025
At least 10 people were taken to area hospitals after a fire broke out at an apartment building in the Humboldt Park neighborhood, officials reported.
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Dec 05, 2025
At least 10 people were taken to area hospitals after a fire broke out at an apartment building in the Humboldt Park neighborhood, officials reported.
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Dec 05, 2025
Good morning, Chicago. Here are the top stories you need to know to start your day.
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Dec 05, 2025
The annual Give-A-Thon is a four-decade-plus tradition at Adlai E. Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire.
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Dec 05, 2025
In Chicago, fall is the second fastest-warming season after winter, and outliers, like this week's cold, don't lessen the impact of climate change, experts say.
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Dec 05, 2025
She and Sister Pat Murphy's years of service together included helping push through legal reforms in 2008 that allow religious workers access to meet with detained migrants.
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Dec 05, 2025
On Dec. 5, 1955, the American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations merged to form the AFL-CIO under its first president, George Meany.
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Dec 05, 2025
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Dec. 5, according to the Tribune's archives.
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Dec 04, 2025
Harvey Treasurer Aisha Pickett said she has not been provided the necessary information to understand the city's financial situation.
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Dec 04, 2025
The FBI has arrested a suspect five years after an unidentified person placed pipe bombs outside the headquarters of the Republican and Democratic national parties.
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Dec 04, 2025
A Navy admiral has told lawmakers that there was no "kill them all" order from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in the boat attack in the Caribbean.
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Dec 04, 2025
The Supreme Court on Thursday came to the rescue of Texas Republicans, allowing next year's elections to be held under the state's congressional redistricting plan favorable to the GOP.
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Dec 04, 2025
The Chicago Tribune filed a copyright infringement lawsuit Thursday against Perplexity AI, alleging the startup has been unlawfully profiting off the newspaper's content.
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Dec 04, 2025
Citing this year's record property tax hikes, the Cook County Board of Review is giving taxpayers another brief shot at knocking down their bills for next year.
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Dec 04, 2025
The Indiana House voted against more than a dozen Democratic amendments to the redistricting bill Thursday, which allowed the bill to advance, as is, for final approval by the House Friday.
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Dec 04, 2025
The Chicago Board of Education approved a historic $17.5 million settlement regarding the sexual abuse of a student by a former high school dean.
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Dec 04, 2025
An attorney for the Trump administration claimed in court Thursday that the dismissal of a lawsuit over the use of force by immigration agents in Chicago would bar journalists and protestors from bringing similar claims of constitutional violations in the future.
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Dec 04, 2025
An attorney for the Trump administration claimed in court Thursday that the dismissal of a lawsuit over the use of force by immigration agents in Chicago would bar journalists and protestors from bringing similar claims of constitutional violations in the future.
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Dec 04, 2025
Members of the Arab American Action Network claim vindication after Oak Lawn settled a lawsuit regarding a violent 2022 arrest.
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Dec 04, 2025
Trump administration officials overseeing the latest immigration crackdown are aiming to arrest 5,000 immigrants in New Orleans and across Louisiana.
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Dec 04, 2025
Will County Executive Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant said by using reserves, Republican members showed there are no easy budget cuts.
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Dec 04, 2025
The Chicago Housing Authority board told HUD this fall that Mayor Brandon Johnson was pressuring the agency to install a close political ally to lead the agency.
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Dec 04, 2025
Good afternoon, Chicago. Here's what is happening today.
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Dec 04, 2025
Tim Jones, a Park Forest police officer, son of the Country Club Hills Chief William Jones, died nearly 10 years after he was shot.
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Dec 04, 2025
Take a look back at Jay Berwanger's phenomenal collegiate career at University of Chciago and his decision to forego the NFL — despite being the league's first-ever draft pick.
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Dec 04, 2025
Mokena area resident Kenneth Newbauer, 39, was charged with domestic battery after an altercation involving a rifle, sheriff's police said.
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Dec 04, 2025
A detailed memo from Johnson's top finance officials generally sought to discredit the proposal floated earlier this week in a letter signed by 26 aldermen.
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Dec 04, 2025
A man was arrested on Thursday in the FBI's nearly 5-year-old investigation into pipe bombs placed outside the headquarters of the Republican and Democratic national parties in Washington on the eve of the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol and has been charged with an explosives offense, prosecutors said.
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Dec 04, 2025
A federal vaccine advisory committee on Thursday voted to delay a decision on whether newborns should still get the hepatitis B vaccine on the day they're born.
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Dec 04, 2025
An effort to regulate college sports backed by the NCAA, the U.S. Olympic organization and the White House has faltered in Congress.
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Dec 04, 2025
Donald Trump will take center stage at Friday's World Cup draw at a time when his administration is expanding restrictions on travel from 19 countries and he has hardened his rhetoric against immigrants.
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Dec 04, 2025
A judge sentenced a Portage woman to 20 years Thursday for helping her husband, who gunned down the other driver in a car wreck with her earlier that day. Angelia Cross, 48, pleaded guilty in October to conspiracy to commit murder, a Level 1 felony.
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Dec 04, 2025
Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias warned federal agents against swapping out license plates. Records show it happened anyway.
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Dec 04, 2025
Homer Glen resident Kevin Koukol listed the wrong Will County board district on his statement of candidacy for the Democratic primary.
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Dec 04, 2025
A Hobart woman got 30 years Thursday in a plea deal for her daughter's neglect death. Tiffany Jenkins, 34, pleaded guilty in September to neglect of a dependent resulting in death, a Level 1 felony.
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Dec 04, 2025
The Pentagon knew there were survivors after a September attack on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean Sea and the U.S. military still carried out a follow-up strike, according to two people familiar with the matter.
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Dec 04, 2025
Most of the more than 1,300 enrollees surveyed in early November say they anticipate that their health costs will be impacted next year if Congress doesn't extend expiring COVID-era tax credits that help more than 90% of enrollees pay for health insurance premiums, per KFF. The possibility of an extension looks increasingly unlikely.
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Dec 04, 2025
A high-stakes hearing in the New York murder case against Luigi Mangione continues Thursday, a year to the day after prosecutors say he gunned down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
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Dec 04, 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin says some proposals in a U.S. plan to end the war in Ukraine are unacceptable to the Kremlin, indicating in comments published Thursday that any deal is still some ways off.
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Dec 04, 2025
Illinois State Police responded to a single-vehicle rollover crash on I-290 at southbound I-355 in Itasca where three people were killed, officials said.
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Dec 04, 2025
Here's a look back at how Chicago's current snowfall compares with previous seasons.
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Dec 04, 2025
Good morning, Chicago. Here are the top stories you need to know to start your day.
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Dec 04, 2025
The donation will establish the Harold B. Smith Family Cancer Research Center at Rush within the Rush MD Anderson Cancer Center.
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Dec 04, 2025
More than 900,000 passengers and 80,000 vessels traveled through the Chicago Harbor Lock last year. Federal funding cuts have become a source of worry for boaters.
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Dec 04, 2025
More than 100 children affected by immigration enforcement in the Chicago-area will be receiving gifts this holiday season as part of a community gift-giving effort.
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Dec 04, 2025
An advocate for rideshare drivers first emailed the city on Sept. 19. But the city did not appear to take any action until a raid at the parking lot three weeks later.
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Dec 04, 2025
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Dec. 4, according to the Tribune's archives.
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Dec 04, 2025
On Dec. 4, 1969, Fred Hampton and Mark Clark of the Black Panther Party were shot and killed during a raid by Chicago police.
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Dec 03, 2025
Rosemont police said "no criminal act" had been committed against the actress, but said the case remained open.
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Dec 03, 2025
A Chicago man has been charged after allegedly punching and pushing someone onto the tracks at a CTA Blue Line stop in Forest Park this week, local authorities said. Tommie Carter, 39, faces one count of attempted first-degree murder and three counts of aggravated battery to a police officer. Forest Park police officers responded to […]
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Dec 03, 2025
Israel said Wednesday that it would reopen the Rafah border crossing in the coming days, allowing Palestinians to leave Gaza.
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Dec 03, 2025
Jury hears from cooperator at trial of former Summit Police Chief John Kosmowski, who is charged with bribery and obstruction of justice over alleged payoff for liquor license transfer.
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Dec 03, 2025
Federal prosecutors moved Wednesday to drop charges against a comedy club manager accused of shutting a car door on a federal immigration agent's leg in the Lakeview neighborhood, the latest in a string of dismissals in high-profile cases that resulted from the Trump Administration's so-called "Operation Midway Blitz."
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Dec 03, 2025
A Manhattan judge has ordered OpenAI to provide the Chicago Tribune and other news outlets with millions of anonymous chats between ChatGPT and its users in a major ongoing copyright infringement case.
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Dec 03, 2025
As President Donald Trump toys with bringing a UFC wrestling match to the White House next year to commemorate the 250th, Illinois' approach announced this week was more restrained.
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Dec 03, 2025
The proposed map for Indiana's Congressional districts does offer Republican candidates an advantage in all districts, but also makes some districts more competitive for a potential Democratic win, according to Indiana University Indianapolis professor of political science Aaron Dusso. When he saw the proposed map, Dusso said it was immediately clear that Republicans' goal was […]
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Dec 03, 2025
Proponents of the hemp product ban argue it would make Chicago safer by speeding up a pending Congressional prohibition on the products that get users high.
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Dec 03, 2025
Steve Cropper, the lean, soulful guitarist and songwriter who helped anchor the celebrated Memphis backing band Booker T. and the M.G.'s at Stax Records and co-wrote the classics "Green Onions," "(Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay" and "In the Midnight Hour," has died. He was 84.
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Dec 03, 2025
The Pentagon's watchdog found that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth put U.S. personnel and their mission at risk when he used the Signal messaging app to convey sensitive information about a military strike against Yemen's Houthi militants.
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Dec 03, 2025
An Indianapolis man got 35 years in a plea deal for a slaying near Hudson-Campbell Sports & Fitness Center in January 2023.
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Dec 03, 2025
A divided Wisconsin Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to take a case brought by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of an immigrant rights group arguing that it is illegal for local jails to hold immigrant detainees at the request of federal authorities.
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Dec 03, 2025
Dozens of protestors gathered outside a $10,000-a-plate dinner for Governor Mike Braun at The Banc mixed-use development in Hammond Tuesday night.
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