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Dec 10, 2025
The former president is in Chicago this week to check on construction of his presidential center, set to open next June.
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Dec 10, 2025
On Dec. 10, 1967, singer Otis Redding, 26, and six others were killed when their plane crashed into a Wisconsin lake; trumpeter Ben Cauley, a member of the group the Bar-Kays, was the only survivor.
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Dec 10, 2025
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Dec. 10, according to the Tribune's archives.
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Dec 10, 2025
The donation from Don and Anne Edwards aims to speed research, treatment and diagnosis for children with rare and genetic disorders.
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Dec 09, 2025
Democrat Eileen Higgins won the Miami mayor's race on Tuesday, defeating a Republican endorsed by President Donald Trump to end her party's nearly three-decade losing streak and give Democrats a boost in one of the last electoral battles ahead of the 2026 midterms.
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Dec 09, 2025
Illinois' umbrella organization representing most of the state's organized labor opted not to make endorsements as the group has many allies and doesn't want to offend friends.
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Dec 09, 2025
The Metropolitan Alliance of Police and three Arlington Heights police officers filed suit against the northwest suburb, arguing that a new local ordinance tries to prevent sergeants from forming a union.
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Dec 09, 2025
After a group of homeowners filed suit claiming Cook County's tax sale process robbed them of home equity, a federal judge has ruled the current system unconstitutional.
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Dec 09, 2025
At least one person was killed and another was critically wounded in a shooting at Kentucky State University on Tuesday, and a suspect was in custody, police said.
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Dec 09, 2025
Some Calumet City aldermen said Monday they received conflicting information on expenses and event spending by Mayor Thaddeus Jones.
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Dec 09, 2025
Could Morgan Township High School be shut down in the future, East Porter County School Board member Natalie Bowersock asked during Monday's contentious board meeting. Staff members at Kouts told Bowersock they were left with that impression when Assistant Superintendent Alissa Schnick visited Kouts, but Schnick denied that she said anything about closing Morgan Township.
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Dec 09, 2025
After an Evanston church's ICE-protest Nativity scene was vandalized, it replaced the Joseph figure with a memorial to victims.
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Dec 09, 2025
Imprisoned former House Speaker Michael Madigan has become the latest high-profile Illinois Democrat to officially ask President Donald Trump for clemency on a corruption conviction, though it's unclear if Madigan has requested to be released from custody early.
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Dec 09, 2025
Imprisoned former House Speaker Michael Madigan has become the latest high-profile Illinois Democrat to officially ask President Donald Trump for clemency on a corruption conviction, though it's unclear if Madigan has requested to be released from custody early.
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Dec 09, 2025
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has reaffirmed his strong refusal to cede any territory, resisting U.S. pressure for painful concessions to Russia as he moved ahead Tuesday to rally more European support for his country.
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Dec 09, 2025
Mondelez said Tuesday that Oreo Zero Sugar and Oreo Double Stuf Zero Sugar will go on sale in the U.S. in January. They're a permanent addition to the company's Oreo lineup.
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Dec 09, 2025
Pope Leo XIV insisted Tuesday that Europe must have a role in any Ukraine peace deal and criticized what he said was the Trump administration's effort to "break apart" the long-standing U.S.-European alliance.
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Dec 09, 2025
A planned Chanukah celebration with a public menorah lighting is only the beginning for the new Chabad Jewish Center of Hinsdale.
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Dec 09, 2025
A Naperville police squad car was flipped onto its roof Monday night during a crash near Route 59 and 95th Street, officials said.
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Dec 09, 2025
Good afternoon, Chicago. Here's what is happening today.
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Dec 09, 2025
A revised plan for a Hindu temple heads to the Elgin City Council without a recommendation from the Planning and Zoning Commission.
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Dec 09, 2025
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent has been charged in a federal indictment with robbing and raping women in Chicago's suburbs in 2022, including at least one at gunpoint.
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Dec 09, 2025
Mayor Brandon Johnson is now pushing a $33-per-employee monthly tax on companies with over 500 Chicago employees.
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Dec 09, 2025
FIFA president Gianni Infantino's public support for Donald Trump and a peace prize awarded to the U.S. president are the subjects of formal complaints to the global soccer body's ethics investigators.
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Dec 09, 2025
The Lake Ridge School Board named one of its own as the district's next superintendent on Monday.
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Dec 09, 2025
James Hart School musicians will record at Electrical Audio, founded by Steve Albini and used by Cheap Trick and the Foo Fighters.
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Dec 09, 2025
A new Illinois law enables individuals to be better able to sue federal officers for knowingly violating their rights and codifies a zone around courthouses where people are exempt from civil arrest.
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Dec 09, 2025
A vacancy on the CTA's board of directors could give Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson a chance to exert some control over the transit agency's future.
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Dec 09, 2025
Indiana's redistricting bill advanced out of the Senate Elections Committee Monday evening in a 6-3 vote, with one Republican committee member voting against the bill.
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Dec 09, 2025
In letters to Mayor Brandon Johnson and Gov. JB Pritzker, Trump's federal transit administrator threatened to withhold funds if the CTA does not increase law enforcement on transit.
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Dec 09, 2025
Nick Polyak, superintendent for Leyden Community High School District 212, was named 2026 Illinois Superintendent of the Year.
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Dec 09, 2025
Nick Polyak, superintendent for Leyden Community High School District 212, was named 2026 Illinois Superintendent of the Year.
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Dec 09, 2025
Paramount Skydance's hostile takeover bid of Warner Bros. Discovery places CNN and its sister cable networks squarely back into what is likely to be an extended period of management limbo.
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Dec 09, 2025
Opponents of Missouri's new congressional map submitted thousands of petition signatures Tuesday calling for a statewide referendum on a redistricting plan backed by President Donald Trump as part of his quest to hold on to a slim Republican majority in next year's elections.
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Dec 09, 2025
A federal judge on Tuesday granted the Justice Department's request to publicly release grand jury transcripts and other material from Ghislaine Maxwell's sex trafficking case, citing a new law that requires the government to open its files on Jeffrey Epstein and his longtime confidant, but he cautioned that people shouldn't expect to learn much new information from them.
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Dec 09, 2025
A high-ranking member of Mayor Brandon Johnson's administration was arrested over the weekend on drunk driving charges outside the Park District's South Shore Cultural Center.
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Dec 09, 2025
National Weather Service officials warned of a wintry mix expected to hit portions of the Chicagoland area before ultimately transitioning to snow.
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Dec 09, 2025
Neil deGrasse Tyson gave a rousing defense of scientific principles in his characteristic brash way during his Purdue Northwest Sinai Forum presentation Sunday.
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Dec 09, 2025
An unresponsive man was found fatally wounded overnight in an alley in the North Lawndale neighborhood, Chicago police said.
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Dec 09, 2025
State senators in Indiana advanced a proposal to redraw the state's congressional boundaries Monday, although it is not clear if it has the support to become law in a final vote expected later this week even after months of pressure from President Donald Trump.
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Dec 09, 2025
President Donald Trump will road-test his claims that he's tackling Americans' affordability woes at a Tuesday rally in Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania — shifting an argument made in Oval Office appearances and social media posts to a campaign-style event.
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Dec 09, 2025
President Donald Trump will road-test his claims that he's tackling Americans' affordability woes at a Tuesday rally in Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania — shifting an argument made in Oval Office appearances and social media posts to a campaign-style event.
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Dec 09, 2025
The Supreme Court is considering a Republican-led drive, backed by President Donald Trump's administration, to overturn a quarter-century-old decision and erase limits on how much political parties can spend in coordination with candidates for Congress and president.
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Dec 09, 2025
A Hamas leader on Tuesday threatened to not move forward into the next phase of the Gaza ceasefire agreement until more pressure is placed on Israel to open up a key border crossing, cease deadly strikes and allow more aid into the Palestinian territory.
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Dec 09, 2025
Japan was assessing damage Tuesday and cautioning people of potential aftershocks after a late-night 7.5 magnitude earthquake caused injuries, light damage and a tsunami in Pacific coastal communities.
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Dec 09, 2025
A Brazilian woman with family ties to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will be released from ICE custody while she fights potential deportation.
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Dec 09, 2025
Coming just days after the shooting of two National Guard troops by an Afghan national suspect, federal authorities have carried out increased arrests of Afghans in the U.S., immigration lawyers say.
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Dec 09, 2025
Good morning, Chicago. Here are the top stories you need to know to start your day.
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Dec 09, 2025
Illinois is one of a number of states that compile their own lists of endangered species, separate from the federal list. Its creators say it can feel like swimming against the tide.
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Dec 09, 2025
Oak Park and River Forest High School has enlisted a full-time facility dog who comes to the school courtesy of Paws Giving Independence.
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Dec 09, 2025
Many therapists have stopped taking insurance because of what they describe as low payment rates and administrative hoops that make it difficult to treat patients.
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Dec 09, 2025
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Dec. 9, according to the Tribune's archives.
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Dec 09, 2025
On Dec. 9, 1965, "A Charlie Brown Christmas," the first animated TV special featuring characters from the "Peanuts" comic strip by Charles M. Schulz, premiered on CBS.
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Dec 08, 2025
Every senior on Medicare should be intimately familiar with IRMAA — the initials that stand for Income Related Monthly Adjustment Amount.
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Dec 08, 2025
Federal authorities identified the man as Luis Jesus Acosta Gutierrez, of Venezuela, who DHS said had entered the country in April 2023.
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Dec 08, 2025
Despite a last-minute plea for more time, eviction looms for the remaining residents of the troubled South Shore apartment building raided by immigration agents earlier this year.
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Dec 08, 2025
After a Clarendon Hills residence fell victim to a brazen daytime package theft, police are offering tips to prevent such incidents.
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Dec 08, 2025
The Senate Elections Committee heard Monday from more than 100 people, most of whom spoke in opposition to mid-census redistricting, as the Senate begins its review of the House-passed Congressional map.
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Dec 08, 2025
Mexican Catholics on horseback gathered in Northbrook to ride to the Our Lady of Guadalupe shrine in Des Plaines for her feast day.
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Dec 08, 2025
Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett launched a campaign Monday for the U.S. Senate in Texas, bringing a national profile to a race that may be critical to Democrats' long-shot hopes of reclaiming a Senate majority in next year's midterm elections.
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Dec 08, 2025
The New Orleans Archdiocese will pay at least $230 million to hundreds of victims of clergy sexual abuse under a settlement approved Monday by a federal judge that follows years of negotiations.
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Dec 08, 2025
It didn't feel like gardening or soccer under snowy skies as Calumet College of St. Joseph officials broke ground on a new sports field.
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Dec 08, 2025
The family of a man who died in the Cook County Jail over the weekend gathered outside the criminal courthouse Monday morning to call for clarity on the circumstances of his death.
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Dec 08, 2025
Two strangulation charges were dropped for the executive director and CEO of the Gary Housing Authority.
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Dec 08, 2025
Members of Lake County's immigrant and Latino communities remain cautious after experiencing 70 days of DHS's Operation Midway Blitz.
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Dec 08, 2025
Timeless Gifts Performing Arts Program award Gloria Chatman the Juanita Passmore Legacy Award for her work at Southland College Prep.
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Dec 08, 2025
Months after Chicago firefighters first discovered a North Lawndale man dismembered inside the remains of his burning home, authorities have charged the man's live-in caretaker with shooting the man to death, trying to cut his body into pieces and burning the home that they shared to conceal his killing.
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Dec 08, 2025
Adan Caseres recounts his quest for asylum in the U.S. many years ago, and his recent deportation.
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Dec 08, 2025
Good afternoon, Chicago. Here's what is happening today.
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Dec 08, 2025
Corkery's creative spark was on display for more than three decades as one of the writers and performers in the Chicago Bar Association's "Christmas Spirits" show.
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Dec 08, 2025
Mayor Brandon Johnson castigated the 26 aldermen, and said if they are so confident in their counterproposal to his $16.6 billion spending plan for next year, then prove it.
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Dec 08, 2025
A powerful 7. 6-magnitude earthquake struck late Monday off northern Japan, triggering a tsunami of up to 27 inches in Pacific coast communities and warnings of potentially higher surges, the Japanese Meteorological Agency said.
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Dec 08, 2025
New car prices didn't spike after President Donald Trump announced sweeping tariffs in the spring, as some experts and dealers projected.
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Dec 08, 2025
Billy Morgan, a graduate of Crete-Monee High School and elected Democrat was chosen to lead the Will County Democratic Party.
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Dec 08, 2025
Perhaps the "Wicked" team should have called on Madame Morrible to enact some dark magic on Golden Globe voters before nominations were announced Monday. "Wicked: For Good" wasn't nominated for best picture or best director, one of several surprising exclusions.
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Dec 08, 2025
A 31-year-old passenger was ejected from a car she was in on early Monday morning after it crashed into two vehicles.
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Dec 08, 2025
Evanston Mayor and congressional candidate Daniel Biss is calling on the Trump administration to explain how its recent agreement with Northwestern University could affect protests, community partnerships and immigration enforcement in the city.
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Dec 08, 2025
Chicago homicide data, which is updated on this page weekly, is through Dec. 1, 2025.
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Dec 08, 2025
President Donald Trump is planning a $12 billion farm aid package, according to a White House official — a boost to farmers who have struggled to sell their crops while getting hit by rising costs after the president raised tariffs on China as part of a broader trade war.
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Dec 08, 2025
President Donald Trump is planning a $12 billion farm aid package, according to a White House official — a boost to farmers who have struggled to sell their crops while getting hit by rising costs after the president raised tariffs on China as part of a broader trade war.
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Dec 08, 2025
Paramount has gone hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, challenging Netflix which reached a $72 billion takeover deal with the company just days ago.
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Dec 08, 2025
State and federal authorities are closely tracking online criticism and protests against the immigration crackdown in New Orleans, monitoring message boards around the clock for threats to agents while compiling regular updates on public "sentiment" surrounding the arrests, according to law enforcement records reviewed by The Associated Press.
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Dec 08, 2025
Good morning, Chicago. Here are the top stories you need to know to start your day.
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Dec 08, 2025
Glenview's mayor and some trustees heard residents' requests for an ordinance to ban ICE from village property, took no action.
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Dec 08, 2025
Hilltop Neighborhood House officials can talk almost endlessly about the horrors they witnessed from the house across the street.
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Dec 08, 2025
Board of Review Commissioner George Cardenas is fighting to prove he has enough valid petition signatures to make it on the March Democratic primary ballot.
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Dec 08, 2025
Miscanthus has a smaller carbon footprint than corn and soybeans, and experts say it has the potential to strengthen U.S. energy independence.
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Dec 08, 2025
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Dec. 8, according to the Tribune's archives.
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Dec 08, 2025
On Dec. 8, 2022, Russia freed WNBA star Brittney Griner in a high-profile prisoner exchange with the U.S. that released Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout. Griner had been detained for nearly 10 months.
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Dec 07, 2025
Chicago Bears lose the NFC North division lead but still have their first winning season since 2018.
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Dec 07, 2025
Bears fans braved the biting cold to descend on Chicago sports bars Sunday and see their team take on the Green Bay Packers.
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Dec 07, 2025
President Donald Trump on Sunday claimed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy "isn't ready" to sign off on a U.S-authored peace proposal aimed at ending the Russia-Ukraine war.
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Dec 07, 2025
Democratic governors met this weekend in Arizona, looking to parlay last month's big victories for the party in New Jersey and Virginia into campaigns for next year's midterms.
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Dec 07, 2025
Here's a look back at how Chicago's current snowfall compares with previous seasons.
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Dec 07, 2025
A Chicago police officer and two men were shot Sunday in the Morgan Park neighborhood after officers responded to a disturbance call.
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Dec 07, 2025
The U.S. Department of Transportation is waiving part of a fine assessed against Southwest Airlines after the company canceled thousands of flights during a winter storm in 2022.
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Dec 07, 2025
The commander of sea-drone operations for Ukraine's military intelligence agency says more complex strikes against Russian forces are expected next year.
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Dec 07, 2025
Donald Trump is angry that Rep. Henry Cuellar is running again as a Democrat rather than switch parties after the president pardoned the Texas congressman.
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Dec 07, 2025
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Israel and Hamas are "very shortly expected to move into the second phase of the ceasefire," after Hamas returns the remains of the last hostage held in Gaza.
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Dec 07, 2025
Only 12 survivors of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor are still alive — all centenarians — and this year no one is able to make the pilgrimage to Hawaii to mark the event, scheduled for Sunday.
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