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Nov 19, 2025
President Donald Trump has signed a bill to release files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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Nov 19, 2025
The district is currently undergoing a major facilities overhaul after voters in the spring approved the district selling $420 million in bonds.
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Nov 19, 2025
Terrance White, 32, pleaded guilty in June to attempted murder in aid of racketeering activity for the nearly decade-old shooting of then 10-year-old Tavon Tanner.
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Nov 19, 2025
A Russian drone and missile attack on Ukraine's western city of Ternopil has killed at least 25 people, including three children.
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Nov 19, 2025
Videos of the attack have circulated widely on social media, stirring fear amongst Bright parents and getting the attention of Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson.
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Nov 19, 2025
Congress is sending President Donald Trump a bill to compel the Justice Department to make public its case files on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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Nov 19, 2025
Congress is sending President Donald Trump a bill to compel the Justice Department to make public its case files on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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Nov 19, 2025
Discovered over the summer, the comet known as 3I/Atlas is only the third confirmed object to visit our corner of the cosmos from another star. It zipped harmlessly past Mars last month.
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Nov 19, 2025
A Gary man was sentenced Wednesday to a 105-year split term for killing his neighbor and wounding her fiancé.
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Nov 19, 2025
Alexian Brothers has not yet announced on what date it will stop scheduling deliveries of babies, but "will be doing so shortly," Ascension spokesperson Olga Solares said in an email.
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Nov 19, 2025
State Sen. Daniel Dernulc, R-Highland, received a false swatting call Wednesday — the day after the state Senate voted not to move forward with mid-census redistricting.
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Nov 19, 2025
The Israeli military has carried out airstrikes in southern Lebanon, targeting what it claims are Hezbollah weapons storage facilities.
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Nov 19, 2025
The Lake County Sheriff's Department received approval for a feasibility study of its indoor shooting range to review structural needs.
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Nov 19, 2025
A Gary man is accused of fatally shooting his girlfriend with a sawed-off shotgun on Monday.
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Nov 19, 2025
A federal judge said he plans to move ahead on a contempt investigation of the Trump administration for failing to turn around planes carrying Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador in March.
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Nov 19, 2025
Chicago White Sox limited owner Justin Ishbia met with Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday in Rome and asked the world's most prominent Sox fan to bless the team's next ballpark when it opens.
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Nov 19, 2025
Palos Heights Mayor Robert Straz is waiting to hear from Trinity Christian College about plans for the 6601 W. College Drive campus.
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Nov 19, 2025
Tom Pritzker, cousin to Gov. JB Pritzker and a Hyatt Hotels heir, is named in documents of the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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Nov 19, 2025
A Chicago federal appeals court on Wednesday put the brakes on a lower court's preliminary injunction restricting the use of force in Operation Midway Blitz, saying it is "overbroad" and improperly targets virtually the entire executive branch, including President Donald Trump.
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Nov 19, 2025
Good afternoon, Chicago. Here's what is happening today.
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Nov 19, 2025
Prosecutors Wednesday afternoon charged Reed, of Chicago, with a single count of terrorism against a mass transportation system in an attack on the CTA Blue Line.
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Nov 19, 2025
Prosecutors Wednesday afternoon charged Lawrence Reed, of Chicago, with a single count of terrorism against a mass transportation system in an attack on the CTA Blue Line.
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Nov 19, 2025
The Merrillville School Board voted Tuesday to name two facilities after trailblazing women connected to the district. A special education center inside its own wing at Pierce Middle School will be called the Judy C. Dunlap Pirate Academy and sports fields and tennis courts on the high school's athletic campus will honor retired athletic director Janice Qualizza.
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Nov 19, 2025
The Northwestern Medicine Dauten Behavioral Health Institute will aim to better coordinate care and improve screening of patients.
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Nov 19, 2025
Federal agents have now arrested more than 250 people during a North Carolina immigration crackdown centered around Charlotte, the state's largest city, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said Wednesday.
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Nov 19, 2025
For the fourth year in a row, use-of-force incidents involving Chicago Police officers are increasing, with advocates and officials saying the trend is helping to bring the reform process to a key point.
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Nov 19, 2025
Pope Leo discussed with Pritzker their shared concerns about the Trump administration's immigration enforcement practices in Chicago.
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Nov 19, 2025
Southland crime items compiled from police and court reports and news releases.
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Nov 19, 2025
The breach may have exposed the personal information of 6,679 people. The hospital said it has no evidence that any of the information has been used for identity theft or fraud.
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Nov 19, 2025
The Education Department is breaking off several of its main offices and giving their responsibilities to other federal agencies, an early look at how President Donald Trump could fulfill his campaign pledge to close the department entirely.
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Nov 19, 2025
U.S. immigration agents carrying out an enforcement push in North Carolina's largest city have arrested more than 130 people and are now moving into an area around the state's capital city.
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Nov 19, 2025
Wall Street bounced back from this week's losses early Wednesday ahead of the latest earnings report from Nvidia, considered a bellwether for artificial intelligence sector.
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Nov 19, 2025
Good morning, Chicago. Here are the top stories you need to know to start your day.
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Nov 19, 2025
Two pastors of Evanston churches were among 21 arrested on Nov. 14 outside of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Broadview processing facility. One said he was beaten, bruised and had his hands zip-tied so tightly they went numb. They have a Dec. 3 court date where they will face three misdemeanor charges. Rev. Michael Woolf, […]
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Nov 19, 2025
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Nov. 19, according to the Tribune's archives.
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Nov 19, 2025
On Nov. 19, 1959, Ford Motor Co. announced it was halting production of the unpopular Edsel.
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Nov 18, 2025
New U.S. EPA rule would strip protections from 72% of the state's remaining wetlands, which play a crucial role in mitigating flooding and filtering drinking water.
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Nov 18, 2025
Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday strongly backed U.S. bishops who condemned the Trump administration's immigration crackdown.
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Nov 18, 2025
President Trump denounced ABC News' Mary Bruce as a "terrible reporter" Tuesday and threatened the network's license to broadcast.
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Nov 18, 2025
President Donald Trump is insisting that the redistricting fight in Indiana is not over even as the GOP-led state Senate again refused Tuesday to return to the Capitol this year for a special session to draw new congressional maps.
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Nov 18, 2025
Twenty-three Congressional Democrats — including two from Illinois — joined with Republicans in favoring a resolution admonishing U.S. Rep. Jesús "Chuy" García for using old-school tactics to clear the way for his own House successor.
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Nov 18, 2025
Around 250 federal border agents are set to go to New Orleans for a two-month immigration crackdown dubbed "Swamp Sweep" that aims to arrest roughly 5,000 people across southeast Louisiana and into Mississippi.
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Nov 18, 2025
Plea negotiations with a Wisconsin judge accused of helping an immigrant evade federal agents are underway as her trial nears, the newly minted federal prosecutor overseeing the case said Tuesday.
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Nov 18, 2025
Illinois partisan politics formally undermined a staff finding that state Senate President Don Harmon's political fund violated campaign contribution limits last year.
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Nov 18, 2025
Chicago-based Oak Street Health is laying off 219 people early next year as its owner, CVS Health, restructures parts of the business and closes health centers across the country.
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Nov 18, 2025
Will County prosecutors said the owner of Kee Firearms falsely claimed Kee Construction earned $400,000 a month on a loan application.
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Nov 18, 2025
Chicago police said they shot a man while attempting to question a man they said had a firearm in the Washington Park neighborhood on Tuesday morning. Officers responded to the 5600 block of South Michigan Avenue around 11:50 a.m. to stop and question a man, whose age was not immediately disclosed, who was believed to […]
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Nov 18, 2025
President Donald Trump on Tuesday dismissed U.S. intelligence findings that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman likely had some culpability in the 2018 killing of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
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Nov 18, 2025
A woman and a young boy were hospitalized after they were attacked Monday afternoon near an elementary school on the city's Far South Side, authorities said. The 33-year-old woman and the boy, 9, were walking on the 10600 block of South Bensley Avenue in the South Deering neighborhood around 3:10 p.m. when a group approached […]
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Nov 18, 2025
The Indiana State Senate and House adjourned their separate Organization Day sessions Tuesday until Jan. 5, 2026, but House Speaker Todd Huston hinted at possibly calling the House back in early December as previously scheduled.
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Nov 18, 2025
Roblox is stepping up its age verification system for users who want to chat with other players and implementing age-based chats so kids, teens and adults will only be able to communicate with people around their own age.
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Nov 18, 2025
The measure is intended to prohibit federal agents from using county property for staging, processing or operations.
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Nov 18, 2025
Venice has been charmed by a recent visitor: An acrobatic, wild dolphin.
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Nov 18, 2025
The U.S. Education Department is handing off some of its biggest grant programs to other federal agencies as the Trump administration accelerates its plan to shut down the department.
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Nov 18, 2025
Good afternoon, Chicago. Here's what is happening today.
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Nov 18, 2025
A Blue Island man featured in "Loop puncher" videos that went viral on social media has been sentenced to seven years in state prison for crimes related to the attacks, Cook County court records show.
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Nov 18, 2025
Illinois residents on Wednesday will be able to add their state driver's license or state ID to their Apple Wallets. Mobile IDs will expand to Android users by sometime next year.
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Nov 18, 2025
Triton College in River Grove will compete for the national Aspen Institute's 2027 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence.
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Nov 18, 2025
Former Portage Mayor James Snyder asked for a new trial on his IRS conviction, a request federal prosecutors said is untimely and without merit.
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Nov 18, 2025
The number of detainees held at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing center in Broadview has dropped precipitously since a federal judge ordered the government to comply with requirements to improve conditions at the facility, with only four people held there as of Tuesday morning.
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Nov 18, 2025
Hinsdale-Clarendon Hills Elementary District 181 has brought a taste of outer space into its schools with the recent addition of StarLab.
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Nov 18, 2025
A widely used Internet infrastructure company said that it has largely resolved an issue that led to outages impacting users of everything from ChatGPT and the online game, "League of Legends," to the New Jersey Transit system early Tuesday.
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Nov 18, 2025
A fifth grader's mother complained to the Portage Township School Board about a book he took home from his teacher's personal library.
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Nov 18, 2025
A 54-year-old woman was wounded after three gunmen opened fire at a crowd waiting for the bus in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood, Chicago police said.
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Nov 18, 2025
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said Monday it's investigating a new sexual battery allegation against hip-hop mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs, who is serving a four-year prison sentence on prostitution-related convictions.
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Nov 18, 2025
The House is expected to vote Tuesday on legislation to force the Justice Department to publicly release its files on the late financier Jeffrey Epstein, the culmination of a monthslong effort that has overcome opposition from President Donald Trump and Republican leadership.
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Nov 18, 2025
A 26-year-old woman was left in critical condition after being set on fire during an argument Monday night on a CTA Blue Line train, Chicago police said. About 9:25 p.m., the victim was involved in an argument with a man about 45 years of age while she was on a train in the 100 block […]
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Nov 18, 2025
An Indiana homeowner accused of killing a house cleaner who mistakenly arrived at his front door was charged with voluntary manslaughter on Monday.
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Nov 18, 2025
Good morning, Chicago. Here are the top stories you need to know to start your day.
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Nov 18, 2025
Federal immigration authorities will expand their enforcement action in North Carolina to Raleigh as soon as Tuesday, the mayor said.
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Nov 18, 2025
On Nov. 18, 1928, "Steamboat Willie," the first cartoon with synchronized sound as well as the first release of the character Mickey Mouse, debuted on screen at the Colony Theater in New York.
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Nov 18, 2025
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Nov. 18, according to the Tribune's archives.
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Nov 17, 2025
The out-of-state troops, which had been living at the U.S. Army Reserve Training Center in southwest suburban Elwood, left facility as of 1 p.m. Monday, according to a memorandum obtained by the Tribune.
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Nov 17, 2025
Builders plan to complete the 25,000-square-foot Austin HOPE Center by late summer 2026.
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Nov 17, 2025
Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson signed a declaration of civil emergency Monday after a series of reported threats against the village amid "Operation Midway Blitz."
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Nov 17, 2025
Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson signed a declaration of civil emergency Monday after a series of reported threats against the village amid Operation Midway Blitz.
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Nov 17, 2025
President Donald Trump said Monday he will sell F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia despite some concern within the administration that such a sale could lead to China gaining access to the U.S. technology behind the advanced weapon system.
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Nov 17, 2025
At least six Venezuelan nationals arrested in a controversial immigration raid on a South Shore apartment building in September are among hundreds who could soon be released on bond amid allegations that "Operation Midway Blitz" agents repeatedly violated a consent decree limiting warrantless arrests.
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Nov 17, 2025
"That '70s Show" actor Danny Masterson filed a petition Monday for his two rape convictions and long prison sentence to be thrown out, saying that his trial lawyer failed to call key witnesses and introduce essential evidence that might have exonerated him.
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Nov 17, 2025
Pope Leo XIV on Monday urged countries at United Nations climate talks to take "concrete actions" to stop climate change that is threatening the planet.
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Nov 17, 2025
Jeremy Worley, 50, is charged May 14 with murder and a habitual offender enhancement in the Feb. 4 or Feb. 5, 2024 death of Deon Perry, 60, of Gary.
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Nov 17, 2025
Libertarian-leaning Liberty Justice Center has filed a complaint regarding Illinois Senate President Don Harmon's collecting millions of dollars for his campaign committee.
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Nov 17, 2025
The city of Aurora is partnering with the nonprofit Illinois Workers in Action to offer immigration services, like free legal help, out of a downtown city-owned building.
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Nov 17, 2025
The U.N. Security Council on Monday approved a U.S. plan for Gaza that authorizes an international stabilization force to provide security in the devastated territory and envisions a possible future path to an independent Palestinian state.
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Nov 17, 2025
A 79-year-old grandfather found himself in legal limbo in the Alligator Alcatraz detention camp in the Everglades, picked up on a decades-old deportation order authorities had previously chosen not to enforce.
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Nov 17, 2025
The $25.5 million total Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker gave to his campaign fund represents a smaller down payment than Pritzker made by this point in his two previous races for governor.
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Nov 17, 2025
The Justice Department engaged in a "disturbing pattern of profound investigative missteps" in the process of securing an indictment against former FBI Director James Comey, a federal judge ruled Monday.
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Nov 17, 2025
The acting chief of the Federal Emergency Management Agency left his job Monday after just six months, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
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Nov 17, 2025
The granddaughter of E.B. White, the author of the classic 1952 children's tale "Charlotte's Web," said the wave of immigration arrests goes against what her grandfather and his beloved book stood for.
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Nov 17, 2025
As legislators meet for Organization Day, the start of the 2026 session, on Tuesday, they will grapple with President Donald Trump's direct statement and a swatting call to a State Senator's house after the Indiana Senate declined to vote on mid-census redistricting.
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Nov 17, 2025
Police said no arrests were made and no injuries were reported. The blaze went out on its own after damaging the building, police said.
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Nov 17, 2025
A former Alaska Airlines pilot who tried to cut the engines of a passenger flight in 2023 while riding off-duty in the cockpit will serve no additional prison time, a federal judge ruled Monday.
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Nov 17, 2025
U.S. immigration agents arrested more than 130 people in a weekend sweep through North Carolina's largest city, a federal official said Monday, as the governor warned that the crackdown is simply "stoking fear."
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Nov 17, 2025
Good afternoon, Chicago. Here's what is happening today.
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Nov 17, 2025
Despite the drop in the number of bets, the amount of money wagered on sports in September increased 9% from the previous year to a new record high handle of $1.4 billion.
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Nov 17, 2025
A federal judge has allowed a lawsuit alleging inhumane conditions at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing center in Broadview to proceed as a class-action.
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Nov 17, 2025
Hanis was a versatile editor who spent almost her entire career working for Chicago newspapers, including the Tribune.
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Nov 17, 2025
Hanis was a versatile editor who spent almost her entire career working for Chicago newspapers, including the Tribune.
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Nov 17, 2025
The decked-out holiday train, a CTA tradition for more than three decades, will make appearances on all of the agency's rail lines beginning Nov. 28.
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Nov 17, 2025
Darvell E. Barber, 57, was struck at Crawford Avenue and 178th Place and taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn.
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