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Jan 28, 2026
The investigation remains ongoing, police officials said, but they emphasized that the incident was isolated and that there is no danger to the public.
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Jan 28, 2026
At a speech just blocks from the White House Wednesday, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson said he would prepare the city for the future prosecution of Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino for creating "chaos" during the Trump administration's surge of immigration agents in Chicago last year.
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Jan 28, 2026
Rose Byrne, fresh off her Golden Globe Award win and Oscar nomination for the leading role in "If I Had Legs I'd Kick You," was named as the 2026 Woman of the Year by Harvard University's Hasty Pudding Theatricals on Wednesday.
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Jan 28, 2026
House Bill 1001, which addresses housing matters, a House Republican priority for this session, passed the House Tuesday.
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Jan 28, 2026
Board of Elections says it rejected the Quantum Shore question because it contained too many propositions.
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Jan 28, 2026
Fugitive former Loretto Hospital executive Anosh Ahmed, who fled to Dubai before his indictment on massive fraud charges, has been arrested in Serbia and is awaiting extradition to stand trial in Chicago, federal prosecutors disclosed in a court filing Wednesday.
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Jan 28, 2026
The Indiana Senate approved a stadium authority bill that would help bring the Chicago Bears to Northwest Indiana Wednesday.
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Jan 28, 2026
A judge granted bail in December for a woman in a fatal East Chicago apartment shooting.
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Jan 28, 2026
Two suppliers provided dried milk powder that could be a culprit in the outbreak of botulism tied to ByHeart infant formula that has sickened dozens of babies.
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Jan 28, 2026
Sarah Mullally, 63, became the archbishop of Canterbury on Wednesday, making her the first woman to lead the Church of England.
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Jan 28, 2026
The FBI on Wednesday searched the election office of a Georgia county that has been central to right-wing conspiracy theories over President Donald Trump's 2020 election loss.
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Jan 28, 2026
Technical talks between the U.S., Denmark and Greenland over hatching an Arctic security deal are now underway, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Wednesday.
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Jan 28, 2026
A man faces multiple counts of first-degree murder in connection to the shooting deaths of a woman and her young son in Joliet over the weekend, authorities said. Joseph Johnson, 29, of Joliet, has been charged with six counts of first-degree murder, according to a news release from Joliet police. Officers and detectives responded to […]
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Jan 28, 2026
As a partial government shutdown looms at week's end, Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer has laid out a list of demands for the Department of Homeland Security.
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Jan 28, 2026
The Trump administration soon will allow Venezuela to sell oil now subject to U.S. sanctions, with the revenue initially dedicated to basic government services such as policing and health care and subject to Washington's oversight, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday.
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Jan 28, 2026
Charlie Minn is no longer scheduled to speak at Andrew and Tinley Park high schools about his Lane Bryant shootings documentary.
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Jan 28, 2026
The Senate made an amendment to legislation that would allow for more local regulation on carbon sequestration projects before its third reading.
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Jan 28, 2026
Catherine's Cause makes and donates items to grieving parents, including blankets, cards, bracelets, keychains and other keepsakes.
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Jan 28, 2026
Good afternoon, Chicago. Here's what is happening today.
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Jan 28, 2026
The Elgin Civilian Review Board says police Officer Jason Lentz should be fired for a Facebook post about undocumented immigrants.
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Jan 28, 2026
Two federal agents were reportedly placed on leave after the deadly shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis.
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Jan 28, 2026
Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez launched an independent run for Congress Wednesday against the chief of staff for U.S. Rep. Jesus "Chuy" Garcia in the November general election.
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Jan 28, 2026
Defense attorneys in the politically charged case accusing a group of Democrats and other protesters of conspiring to impede immigration agents argued in a court hearing Wednesday that events in Minneapolis have augmented the need to keep evidence in the case public.
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Jan 28, 2026
Facing painful budget realities, the East Chicago School Board voted 3-2 Tuesday to close the Carrie Gosch Early Learning Center.
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Jan 28, 2026
On Wednesday morning, former basketball player and coach Sylia Crawley Spann gave a motivational talk at Indiana University Northwest.
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Jan 28, 2026
The Indiana Senate gave final approval to a gender definition bill Tuesday along party lines. Senate Bill 182 defines female, male, gender, and sex for all Indiana statutes. The bill states that the Department of Correction has to assign an offender to a facility or program that is based on the inmate's biological sex at birth.
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Jan 28, 2026
Southland crime items compiled from police and court reports and news releases.
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Jan 28, 2026
A Chicago police officer is facing more than a dozen felony charges for allegedly accepting bribes in exchange for allowing a civilian to use his encrypted CPD radio.
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Jan 28, 2026
Secretary of State Marco Rubio gave a full-throated defense Wednesday of President Donald Trump's military operation to oust and arrest then-Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, while also using his wide-ranging congressional testimony to touch on Greenland, NATO, Iran and China.
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Jan 28, 2026
Lurie Children's new hospital would be the system's first hospital with inpatient beds outside of its main facility in Streeterville.
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Jan 28, 2026
The Indiana Senate passed an abortion medication ban bill Tuesday, largely along party lines, with one Republican joining all Democrats present to vote against the bill. Senate Bill 236, authored by State Sen. Tyler Johnson, R-Leo, that states a person who manufactures, distributes, mails, transports, delivers, prescribes or provides an abortion inducing drug is jointly […]
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Jan 28, 2026
During Tuesday's session, the Indiana House heard various amendments to a bill that aims to make electric utility bills more affordable statewide.
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Jan 28, 2026
Nearing the deadline for bills to be heard in committee, the Senate Environmental Affairs Committee looked at legislation that would allow for more local regulation on carbon sequestration projects.
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Jan 28, 2026
The Illinois Racing Board has suspended the operating license for harness racing at Hawthorne Race Course, citing ongoing financial difficulties.
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Jan 28, 2026
The Illinois Racing Board has suspended the operating license for harness racing at Hawthorne Race Course, citing ongoing financial difficulties.
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Jan 28, 2026
When the Supreme Court granted an unusually quick hearing over President Donald Trump's tariffs, a similarly rapid resolution seemed possible.
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Jan 28, 2026
Iranian officials reached out to the wider Middle East on Wednesday over the threat of a possible U.S. military strike on the country, a month since the start of protests in Iran that soon spread nationwide and sparked a bloody crackdown.
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Jan 28, 2026
Federal Reserve officials are expected to keep their short-term interest rate unchanged Wednesday after three cuts last year, ignoring huge pressure for lower borrowing costs from the White House in favor of waiting to see how the economy evolves.
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Jan 28, 2026
Amazon is slashing about 16,000 corporate jobs in the second round of mass layoffs for the ecommerce company in three months.
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Jan 28, 2026
Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates gave a sweeping address to a sea of supporters at the union's headquarters on the Near West Side.
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Jan 28, 2026
Two critically injured teenage boys were placed into police custody after they struck a viaduct with a stolen vehicle overnight in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood.
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Jan 28, 2026
Chicago police are investigating the homicide of a 46-year-old woman found unresponsive on the floor of a residence in the Roseland neighborhood.
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Jan 28, 2026
Good morning, Chicago. Here are the top stories you need to know to start your day.
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Jan 28, 2026
A third round of "No Kings" protests is coming this spring, with organizers saying they are planning their largest demonstrations yet across the United States.
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Jan 28, 2026
On Jan. 28, 1813, the novel "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen was first published, anonymously, in London.
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Jan 28, 2026
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Jan. 28, according to the Tribune's archives.
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Jan 27, 2026
Nedas Revuckas is scheduled to make an initial court appearance on Wednesday.
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Jan 27, 2026
A man sprayed an unknown substance on Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar and was tackled to the ground Tuesday during a town hall she was hosting in Minneapolis.
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Jan 27, 2026
Dozens of health care workers, union leaders and veterans held a vigil for Alex Pretti outside the Veterans Affairs Medical Center Tuesday afternoon.
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Jan 27, 2026
Federal immigration agents arrested a man at the Bolingbrook Police Department Tuesday morning, following a confrontation with immigration agents, according to local authorities. Bolingbrook police in a news release said federal agents were conducting "targeted immigration enforcement" at a home on Hywood Lane in the southwest suburb when they came in contact with a 40-year-old […]
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Jan 27, 2026
Federal immigration agents arrested a man at the Bolingbrook Police Department Tuesday morning, following a confrontation with agents.
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Jan 27, 2026
Illinois' population grew .001% through mid-2025, reflecting a national trend of low growth due mainly to a historic decrease in international immigration.
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Jan 27, 2026
Activists called for Gov. JB Pritzker to reject the first federal school voucher program under President Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill Act."
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Jan 27, 2026
Mayor Brandon Johnson defended Jason Lee's work on Jasmine Crockett's campaign, saying the nation and Chicago need Crockett in the U.S. Senate.
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Jan 27, 2026
Judge Gina Jones rejected Stuart Roane's plea deal Tuesday, ordering him to undergo a mental competency evaluation.
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Jan 27, 2026
The measure would let the Civilian Office of Police Accountability conduct investigations into alleged illegal cooperation between Chicago police and federal immigration agents.
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Jan 27, 2026
Newly filed lawsuit highlights little-known Illinois law barring nonprofits from using the words "democrat," "democratic" or "republican" without the OK of the political party's leaders.
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Jan 27, 2026
West Chicago residents express outrage over a local elementary school teacher's alleged social media post that appeared to support Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The teacher is now on leave.
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Jan 27, 2026
NTSB members were troubled Tuesday over years of ignored warnings about helicopter traffic dangers and other problems, long before last year's midair collision between an American Airlines jet and an Army Black Hawk, which killed 67 people near Washington, D.C.
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Jan 27, 2026
Valparaiso residents called on officials to develop and announce policies for dealing with ICE in advance of any dealings with the agency.
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Jan 27, 2026
A cancer center funded by a grant from the Ralph Lauren Corporate Foundation will open at UChicago Medicine Ingalls in Harvey.
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Jan 27, 2026
The Indiana Senate gave final approval to a bill that would allow local and state police to enforce federal immigration laws.
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Jan 27, 2026
A federal jury deliberated for two hours before finding Jawad Fakroune guilty of two extortion-related charges alleging he attacked Adolfo Garcia in an effort to collect on hundreds of thousands of dollars in restaurant loans.
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Jan 27, 2026
A recently developed Tech Time Drop-In program at the Evergreen Park Public Library is already a hit with older patrons experiencing nagging problems with their phones, tablets and computers. It's also popular with the high school students who are helping to solve the issues for anyone who drops in from 1:15 to 3 p.m. Wednesdays […]
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Jan 27, 2026
At around 4:08 a.m. on Tuesday, Aurora police officers responded to a ShotSpotter alert in the 600 block of South LaSalle Street, police said. On their way, officers were told that a woman had been shot outside a residence.
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Jan 27, 2026
Medicaid and Medicare typically cover 80% of Methodist Hospitals' patient base, according to president and CEO Matt Doyle.
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Jan 27, 2026
Good afternoon, Chicago. Here's what is happening today.
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Jan 27, 2026
One person was shot and in critical condition in a shooting involving the Border Patrol near the U.S.- Mexico border, authorities in Arizona said.
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Jan 27, 2026
The bill would require some county, city or town fiscal bodies to review the proposed budget and property tax levy of a public library.
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Jan 27, 2026
Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi and challenger Pat Hynes met for a Tribune editorial board endorsement session Monday afternoon.
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Jan 27, 2026
The Oak Lawn resident officiated Illinois high school baseball, football and basketball games and was a ref for college bowl games.
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Jan 27, 2026
Chicago police arrested Trevor Fleming, 41, early on Jan. 17 at his home, according to police records.
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Jan 27, 2026
Stephen Foltin, a 14-year-old freshman at Prospect High School, will share his experience with cancer as a St. Baldrick's ambassador.
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Jan 27, 2026
Prize-winning composer Philip Glass has called off a scheduled world premiere at the Kennedy Center of a symphony about Abraham Lincoln.
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Jan 27, 2026
The National Transportation Safety Board arrived Tuesday to begin investigating at a Maine airport where a business jet crashed during takeoff, killing all six people on board.
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Jan 27, 2026
The substitute teacher has worked at four schools on the South Side and Queen of Martys in Evergreen Park over the past 16 months.
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Jan 27, 2026
The substitute teacher has worked at four schools on the South Side and Queen of Martys in Evergreen Park over the past 16 months.
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Jan 27, 2026
Earth is closer than it's ever been to destruction, a science-oriented advocacy group said Tuesday and advanced its "Doomsday Clock" to 85 seconds till midnight.
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Jan 27, 2026
Neil Young is giving the people of Greenland the gift of song — his songs, that is.
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Jan 27, 2026
President Donald Trump's crackdown on immigration contributed to a year-to-year drop in the nation's growth rate as the U.S. population reached 341.8 million people in 2025.
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Jan 27, 2026
Prominent Republicans and gun rights advocates helped elicit a White House turnabout after bristling over the Trump administration's characterization of Alex Pretti.
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Jan 27, 2026
Gregory Bovino had been the go-to architect for the large-scale immigration crackdowns ordered by Trump and the public face of his administration's city-by-city sweeps.
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Jan 27, 2026
Two people were arrested after a conceal carry license holder wounded one of them during an attempt robbery overnight in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood, Chicago police said.
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Jan 27, 2026
Holocaust survivors, politicians and regular people commemorated International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Tuesday.
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Jan 27, 2026
The chief federal judge in Minnesota says the Trump administration has failed to comply with orders to hold hearings for detained immigrants.
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Jan 27, 2026
President Donald Trump shifted toward a more conciliatory approach with Democratic leaders in Minnesota on Monday, a sudden change in tack.
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Jan 27, 2026
Good morning, Chicago. Here are the top stories you need to know to start your day.
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Jan 27, 2026
President Donald Trump is headed to Iowa on Tuesday as part of the White House's midterm year pivot toward affordability.
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Jan 27, 2026
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents will have a security role during the upcoming Milan Cortina Winter Games.
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Jan 27, 2026
The sales come despite President Donald Trump in November signing into law a prohibition on the sale of intoxicating hemp products that is set to take effect in November.
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Jan 27, 2026
More Illinois residents will have work requirements to qualify for SNAP starting Sunday under President Donald Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill.
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Jan 27, 2026
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Jan. 27, according to the Tribune's archives.
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Jan 27, 2026
On Jan. 27, 1984, singer Michael Jackson suffered serious burns to his scalp when pyrotechnics set his hair on fire during the filming of a Pepsi-Cola TV commercial at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.
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Jan 26, 2026
Indiana Senate Democrats proposed four amendments to an abortion medication bill, but all of them failed in voice votes Monday.
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Jan 26, 2026
Shooting occurred in the late afternoon Monday in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood.
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Jan 26, 2026
The three major Democratic candidates running for U.S. Senate, Juliana Stratton, Raja Krishnamoorthi and Robin Kelly, clashed Monday over who would be the strongest opponent to President Donald Trump and his aggressive deportation enforcement operations.
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Jan 26, 2026
Robert Morrison, a Lake Forest resident who led two of the nation's most recognizable food companies after a decorated career in the U.S. Marine Corps, died of natural causes Jan. 16 at his winter home in Vero Beach, Florida, according to his family. He was 83.
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Jan 26, 2026
The Archdiocese of Chicago announced five additional school closures across Illinois ahead of National Catholic Schools Week, citing low enrollment and financial strain.
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Jan 26, 2026
The Archdiocese of Chicago announced five additional school closures across Illinois ahead of National Catholic Schools Week, citing low enrollment and financial strain.
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Jan 26, 2026
A Cook County judge vacated Antonio Porter's conviction and ordered a new trial, based in part on a police officer's history.
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