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Dec 29, 2025
The federal government is awarding Illinois $193 million next year to support rural health care — money that's part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, but not enough to make up for Medicaid cuts from the measure, state health leaders say.
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Dec 29, 2025
For the first time in 20 years, rain could be an intruder at the Rose Parade in Southern California.
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Dec 29, 2025
The U.S. military said Monday that it had conducted another strike against a boat accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing two people.
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Dec 29, 2025
The interim chair of the Chicago City Council's Zoning Committee is halting its meetings to try to force Mayor Brandon Johnson to appoint a permanent head of the critical committee.
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Dec 29, 2025
The Chicago Board of Education voted to slightly increase its property tax levy, to yield up to an additional $25 million for district schools.
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Dec 29, 2025
The Chicago Board of Education voted to slightly increase its property tax levy, to yield up to an additional $25 million for district schools.
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Dec 29, 2025
Barrington police are investigating the early Sunday morning burglary of a Cook Street consignment business.
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Dec 29, 2025
Mayor Brandon Johnson and Chicago police Superintendent Larry Snelling on Monday urged local parents to keep vigilant over their teens' whereabouts ahead of the city's planned New Year's Eve celebration in the Loop.
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Dec 29, 2025
The Court of Appeals of Indiana directed the trial court to dismiss the 26-year old Gary gun lawsuit, citing a state law passed last year.
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Dec 29, 2025
Chicago Public Schools is challenging the Service Employees International Union's petition to represent 1,600 miscellaneous workers, stalling the effort.
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Dec 29, 2025
A strengthening bomb cyclone barreled across the northern U.S. on Monday, unleashing severe winter weather in the Midwest as it took aim at the East Coast.
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Dec 29, 2025
Retired Valparaiso Clerk-Treasurer Sharon Swihart, 80, died unexpectedly at home on Christmas Day.
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Dec 29, 2025
Homewood-Flossmoor District 233 approved a $49.3 million tax increase while High School District 218 OK'd a $110.6 million hike.
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Dec 29, 2025
Curious kids eyed the books spread out on tables by age group and carefully made their selections on Dec. 20 at a free book fair sponsored by Gary Teachers Union Local 4.
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Dec 29, 2025
Two men who died after their helicopters collided midair in New Jersey over the weekend both received their pilot licenses later in life and would often have breakfast together at a cafe near the crash site before taking to the skies from the local airport.
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Dec 29, 2025
When turbulent weather with whipping winds and heavy snow is in the forecast, meteorologists sometimes warn that a storm could "bomb out" or become a bomb cyclone.
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Dec 29, 2025
Will County deputies heard gunshots when they responded to a call Sunday morning in the 16100 Block of Twin Oak Court, Homer Glen.
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Dec 29, 2025
Teen Self Care Slow Down at the Oak Lawn Library sometimes involves "turning off quiet music and screaming at each other over video games."
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Dec 29, 2025
Nivia Phillips, 38, and Marcus T. Jones, 45, were killed in Richton Park, and Deandre D. Golden, 32, was killed in Blue Island.
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Dec 29, 2025
Chesterton Police were greeted by a woman covered in blood and screaming on the front porch of residence early Saturday morning.
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Dec 29, 2025
A Utah judge on Monday ordered the release of a transcript from a closed-door hearing in October.
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Dec 29, 2025
President Donald Trump has indicated that the U.S. has "hit" a facility in South America as he wages a pressure campaign on Venezuela.
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Dec 29, 2025
The United States announced a $2 billion pledge for U.N. humanitarian aid as President Donald Trump's administration slashes U.S. foreign assistance.
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Dec 29, 2025
There are at least three instances in the past 150 years when opposing temperature extremes hit the area in back-to-back years.
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Dec 29, 2025
Here's a look back at how Chicago's current snowfall compares with previous seasons.
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Dec 29, 2025
Chicago homicide data, which is updated on this page weekly, is through Dec. 27, 2025.
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Dec 29, 2025
The world's new hunger for ube, the Philippine purple yam, it is starting to strain the people who farm it.
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Dec 29, 2025
The United States is offering Ukraine security guarantees for a period of 15 years as part of a proposed peace plan, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.
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Dec 29, 2025
Good morning, Chicago. Here are the top stories you need to know to start your day.
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Dec 29, 2025
President Donald Trump is scheduled to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday.
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Dec 29, 2025
Despite some headline-grabbing mayhem, Chicago's gun violence fell to levels not seen in a decade in 2025, with a homicide total roughly half what it was just four years ago.
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Dec 29, 2025
Illinois has joined 57 lawsuits against Donald Trump's administration since his term began in January. The latest involves a ban on gender-affirming care for children and adolescents.
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Dec 29, 2025
Without naming individuals, the report listed more than 100 state employees who received more than $2.8 million in PPP loans.
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Dec 29, 2025
As he runs for an open Illinois House seat representing part of Chicago's North Side, Karim Lakhani promotes being a small business owner. But the family business powering his campaign has drawn scrutiny in the past.
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Dec 29, 2025
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Dec. 29, according to the Tribune's archives.
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Dec 29, 2025
On Dec. 29, 2021, Ghislaine Maxwell was convicted in New York of helping lure teenage girls to be sexually abused by the late Jeffrey Epstein; the verdict capped a monthlong trial featuring accounts of the sexual exploitation of girls as young as 14. (Maxwell would be sentenced to 20 years in prison.)
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Dec 28, 2025
An argument inside the St. Sabina Church gym during a basketball tournament led to a shooting that wounded three men Sunday afternoon outside the well-known Auburn Gresham church, police sources said. All three of the victims were attending the basketball tournament when an argument broke out and a crowd made its way outside around 4:10 […]
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Dec 28, 2025
The National Weather Service on Sunday warned of an incoming cold front and possible wind speeds that could approach 50 mph by Monday.
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Dec 28, 2025
The Tribune in 1989 characterized Kadet as having a "sultry voice and easy style." Kadet, 96, died Nov. 9 in her Streeterville home, her daughter said.
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Dec 28, 2025
Hollywood wrapped up a turbulent year with big ticket sales for "Avatar: Fire and Ash" and a box-office hit for Timothée Chalamet with "Marty Supreme" over a busy holiday weekend in movie theaters.
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Dec 28, 2025
Two helicopters crashed in New Jersey in what federal authorities say was a midair collision.
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Dec 28, 2025
Two helicopters crashed in New Jersey in what federal authorities say was a midair collision.
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Dec 28, 2025
The victims were getting into a vehicle on the 400 block of North La Salle Drive around 2:35 a.m. when four men approached and opened fire.
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Dec 28, 2025
President Donald Trump will host his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, on Sunday to try to close out a peace agreement that would end nearly four years of war sparked by Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.
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Dec 28, 2025
President Donald Trump will host his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, on Sunday to try to close out a peace agreement that would end nearly four years of war sparked by Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.
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Dec 28, 2025
President Donald Trump will host his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, on Sunday to try to close out a peace agreement that would end nearly four years of war sparked by Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.
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Dec 28, 2025
The moon and sun share top billing in 2026.
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Dec 28, 2025
A powerful winter storm was sweeping east from the Plains on Sunday, driven by what meteorologists describe as an intense cyclone, setting off a chain reaction of snow, ice, rain and severe weather.
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Dec 28, 2025
Senate Bill 79 and House Bill 1043 aim to set limitations for data centers statewide.
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Dec 28, 2025
A man accused of allegedly shooting a woman in the head was arrested at a Chesterton residence, where he was hiding Saturday morning.
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Dec 28, 2025
Brigitte Bardot, the French 1960s sex symbol who became one of the greatest screen sirens of the 20th century and later a militant animal rights activist and far-right supporter, has died. She was 91.
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Dec 28, 2025
Incomplete or delayed permit proposals and IEPA budget cuts are stalling approvals, prolonging Illinois communities' exposure to hazardous sludge.
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Dec 28, 2025
Mayor Brandon Johnson released his most recent tax returns, showing the freshman chief executive remains less wealthy than his predecessors and does not earn outside income.
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Dec 28, 2025
President Donald Trump's federal immigration enforcement operation led to most surreal autumn in Chicago history. What happened during those 64 days will be remembered for a long time.
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Dec 28, 2025
Beginning Jan. 1, roughly 300 new laws will take effect regarding public safety, reproductive rights, higher education, environmental protection and the role of emerging technologies.
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Dec 28, 2025
Steven Gonzalez says he took up the red suit to spread cheer after Operation Midway Blitz.
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Dec 28, 2025
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Dec. 28, according to the Tribune's archives.
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Dec 28, 2025
On Dec. 28, 1973, the Endangered Species Act was signed by President Richard Nixon, a law designed to protect plants and animals from extinction.
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Dec 27, 2025
Park Forest police Officer Tim Jones was remembered Saturday by about 1,000 people, including officers from 30 area departments.
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Dec 27, 2025
Barefoot children played on chilly sand as Gaza's thousands of displaced people prepared threadbare tents for another round of winter rain.
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Dec 27, 2025
As the Chicago Bears play the field over where to play, the episode brings to mind many long shots that played out in Northwest Indiana.
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Dec 27, 2025
More than 17 million people in Afghanistan now face crisis levels of hunger in the winter, the World Food Program warned last week, 3 million more than were at risk more than a year ago.
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Dec 27, 2025
At least 1,500 flights were canceled from Friday night, according to flight-tracking service FlightAware.
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Dec 27, 2025
Explosions boomed across Kyiv for hours as ballistic missiles and drones hit the city in the early morning hours Saturday.
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Dec 27, 2025
A 49-year-old man was found fatallywounded Friday night inside a residence in the Grand Crossing neighborhood.
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Dec 27, 2025
Multiple organizations filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's proclamation that would allow coke oven exemptions.
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Dec 27, 2025
A 23-year-old man was fatally wounded overnight in the Uptown neighborhood, Chicago police said.
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Dec 27, 2025
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Dec. 27, according to the Tribune's archives.
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Dec 27, 2025
On Dec. 27, 1932, New York City's Radio City Music Hall opened to the public.
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Dec 26, 2025
A woman was fatally shot in the head in a Chatham alley. No one is in custody.
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Dec 26, 2025
The lone winner in Wednesday's Christmas Eve drawing matched all five winning numbers and the Powerball to capture the second-largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history.
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Dec 26, 2025
Abrego Garcia has become a centerpiece of the debate over immigration after the Trump administration deported him in March to a notorious prison in El Salvador.
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Dec 26, 2025
Kane County State's Attorney Jamie Mosser wants Elgin police to further investigate two complaints filed from an ICE operation.
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Dec 26, 2025
Cook County taxing bodies that have waited months to get their cut of property tax revenues will receive a partial payment in the coming days.
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Dec 26, 2025
A fight between two women, who are friends, resulted in one firing a bullet into the radiator of her friend's Jeep in Portage on Christmas Day, court documents show.
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Dec 26, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump announced late Thursday that the United States had launched a "powerful and deadly strike" against IS militants in Nigeria.
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Dec 26, 2025
Potential projects range from probing how the city manages its cash and street sweeping schedule to whether the blue cart recycling program has improved.
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Dec 26, 2025
A land swap between a prominent landowner and the Crown Point Community Schools stirred discussion between residents and board members.
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Dec 26, 2025
The outdoor creche had drawn mixed reactions, with some praising the anti-immigration enforcement message as "powerful art" and others criticizing it as "blasphemy."
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Dec 26, 2025
Aurora Fire Department paramedics transported the women, ages 34, 36 and 55, to a local hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
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Dec 26, 2025
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has an early favorite in the city's name-a-snowplow contest. He's has signaled his support for "Abolish ICE" on social media.
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Dec 26, 2025
Hours before Christmas, fire crews in north suburban Zion responded to reports of a fire in a two-story house on the 3100 block of Ezekiel Ave. just after 8 p.m.
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Dec 26, 2025
Buying vapes might not seem like ministry work, but for Robert Petro, it's all in the line of duty to make seafarers comfortable.
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Dec 26, 2025
The Lake County Coroner's Office identified the victim of a Tuesday fatal crash in Crown Point as a 31-year-old man from Hebron.
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Dec 26, 2025
Good afternoon, Chicago. Here's what is happening today.
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Dec 26, 2025
It's been a rollercoaster of a year for U.S. trade policy.
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Dec 26, 2025
A Bensenville man is charged with grabbing a young woman with special needs while she working at a suburban Jewel-Osco and attempting to kidnap her, DuPage County prosecutors said.
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Dec 26, 2025
When the ball drops on New Year's Eve in New York City, it will sparkle in red, white and blue, ushering in 2026 and kicking off months of celebrations for the nation's upcoming 250th birthday.
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Dec 26, 2025
Returns come with an environmental cost, but there's a lot consumers and companies are doing to minimize it.
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Dec 26, 2025
Jimmy Kimmel took aim at President Donald Trump as he warned about the rise of fascism in an address to U.K. viewers.
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Dec 26, 2025
Good morning, Chicago. Here are the top stories you need to know to start your day.
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Dec 26, 2025
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday that he will meet over the weekend with U.S. President Donald Trump in Florida.
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Dec 26, 2025
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday that he will meet over the weekend with U.S. President Donald Trump in Florida.
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Dec 26, 2025
President Donald Trump said Thursday that the U.S. launched a "powerful and deadly" strike against Islamic State forces in Nigeria.
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Dec 26, 2025
California, soaked from days of relentless rain and recovering from mudslides in mountain towns, was hit with another powerful storm Christmas Day.
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Dec 26, 2025
Heavy rains and strong winds from powerful winter storms this week brought the wettest Christmas season to Southern California in years.
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Dec 26, 2025
The race to replace retiring U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin has struggled to break through a crowded news cycle this fall, but signs of chippiness have emerged.
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Dec 26, 2025
Innovative practices — from diet additives to regenerative grazing — can offer quick wins in the fight against global rising temperatures.
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Dec 26, 2025
And rapper Bad Bunny spotlights the gentrification displacing many islanders, with about 3,000 coming to the Chicago area after a 2017 hurricane.
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Dec 26, 2025
Riders on CTA buses and trains have a low chance of being a violent crime victim, a Tribune review shows, despite high-profile crimes this year.
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