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Nov 17, 2025
As the Trump administration's mass deportation raids begin their third month, their impact has stretched across the Chicago region. Here's what to know.
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Nov 17, 2025
From Miami to San Diego, schools around the U.S. are seeing big drops in enrollment of students from immigrant families.
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Nov 17, 2025
President Donald Trump indicated Sunday that he plans to meet with New York City's mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani and said they'll "work something out," in what could be a detente for the Republican president and Democratic political star who have cast each other as political foils.
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Nov 17, 2025
A bill in the Illinois General Assembly would allow a harness racetrack crammed with 1,200 slot machines in Richton Park.
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Nov 17, 2025
Good morning, Chicago. Here are the top stories you need to know to start your day.
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Nov 17, 2025
District 205 bonuses go to teachers at Thornton, Thornridge and Thornwood high schools present for 95% or more of the school year.
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Nov 17, 2025
More than three weeks after Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker created the commission, there is no apparent way for the public to report misconduct by federal immigration agents.
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Nov 17, 2025
Sinking Loop office values fuel spike in Chicago residential bills, especially on South, West sides, report shows.
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Nov 17, 2025
Turkeys make up approximately 2% of the entire U.S. poultry inventory, but account for 24% of new cases in commercial and backyard flocks.
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Nov 17, 2025
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Nov. 17, according to the Tribune's archives.
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Nov 17, 2025
On Nov. 17, 1973, President Richard Nixon told a gathering of Associated Press managing editors at a televised news conference in Orlando, Florida: "People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook."
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Nov 16, 2025
The Federal Aviation Administration said Sunday it is lifting all restrictions on commercial flights that were imposed at 40 major airports during the country's longest government shutdown.
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Nov 16, 2025
A former neighbor was arrested at an airport in Lima, Peru, and and after lengthy extradition proceedings, returned to Chicago.
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Nov 16, 2025
The communist candidate of Chile's center-left government, Jeannette Jara, and a hard-right veteran politician, José Antonio Kast, will vie for the country's presidency in a runoff vote next month.
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Nov 16, 2025
One hundred years ago, the Lutheran University Association purchased a struggling Valparaiso University and made it what it is today.
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Nov 16, 2025
A top Border Patrol commander touted dozens of arrests in North Carolina's largest city on Sunday.
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Nov 16, 2025
The nation's most advanced aircraft carrier arrived in the Caribbean Sea on Sunday in a display of U.S. military power, raising questions about what the new influx of troops and weaponry could signal for the Trump administration's intentions in South America.
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Nov 16, 2025
James "Bau" Graves was the executive director of Chicago's Old Town School of Folk Music for more than 11 years, steering the venerable institution in the North Side Lincoln Square neighborhood through a major expansion.
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Nov 16, 2025
A 35-year-old man was arrested for robbing a staffer of Illinois Senate President Don Harmon at knifepoint on Friday at the Democratic lawmaker's district office in Oak Park, authorities allege.
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Nov 16, 2025
Lawmakers seeking to force the release of files related to the sex trafficking investigation into Jeffrey Epstein are predicting a big win in the House this week.
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Nov 16, 2025
Almost two weeks after Republicans lost badly in elections in Georgia, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Virginia, many GOP leaders insist there is no problem with the party's policies.
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Nov 16, 2025
Pedestrians in the German city of Nuremberg made way for hundreds of bleating sheep on Sunday as a flock of the animals was herded through downtown on its way to its winter quarters.
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Nov 16, 2025
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday vowed to oppose any attempt to establish a Palestinian state, a day before the U.N. Security Council will vote on a U.S.-drafted resolution on Gaza that leaves the door open to Palestinian independence.
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Nov 16, 2025
"Everybody is going to be hit by this," said Ann Gillespie, director of the state insurance department
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Nov 16, 2025
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Nov. 16, according to the Tribune's archives.
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Nov 16, 2025
Today is Sunday, Nov. 16, the 320th day of 2025. There are 45 days left in the year. Today in history: On Nov. 16, 2001, the first film in the Harry Potter series, "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" (U.S. title: "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone") debuted in theaters around the world. Also on this […]
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Nov 15, 2025
True commitment to "putting students first" means fully investing in our public schools so that every Hoosier child can thrive.
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Nov 15, 2025
U.S. immigration agents are targeting Charlotte, North Carolina, despite objections from local leaders, prompting activists, elected officials and community groups to monitor any sweeps and support vulnerable residents.
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Nov 15, 2025
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas turns 90 on Saturday, still holding authoritarian power in tiny pockets of the West Bank, but marginalized and weakened by Israel, deeply unpopular among Palestinians, and struggling for a say in a postwar Gaza Strip.
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Nov 15, 2025
A former Federal Reserve governor who retired in August listed several stock trades in her financial disclosure documents for 2024 that violated the central bank's ethics rules.
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Nov 15, 2025
A northwest suburban couple that allegedly engaged in "inappropriate sexual contact with a dog" and filmed it are facing felony charges.
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Nov 15, 2025
A teen boy was critically injured in a Saturday afternoon shooting in the Roseland neighborhood, according to Chicago police.
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Nov 15, 2025
A teen was transported to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn where he was pronounced dead, authorities said.
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Nov 15, 2025
Federal officials confirmed Saturday that a surge of immigration enforcement in North Carolina's largest city had begun as agents were seen making arrests in multiple locations.
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Nov 15, 2025
President Donald Trump has issued two pardons related to the investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021 riot, including for a woman convicted of threatening to shoot FBI agents.
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Nov 15, 2025
The Vatican on Saturday returned 62 artifacts from its vast ethnographic collection to Indigenous peoples from Canada.
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Nov 15, 2025
The longest U.S. government shutdown in history is officially over, but the fallout will continue to hit two groups particularly hard for months to come: federally funded defense lawyers and the people they represent.
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Nov 15, 2025
Brazilian Vice President Geraldo Alckmin said Saturday that Brazilian exported goods to the U.S. including coffee, beef and tropical fruits would still be tariffed 40%, despite President Donald Trump's decision to remove some import taxes.
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Nov 15, 2025
In justifying American military strikes on boats suspected of smuggling drugs, President Donald Trump has asserted that the longtime U.S. strategy of interdicting such vessels at sea has been a major failure.
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Nov 15, 2025
Pope Leo XIV welcomed Spike Lee, Cate Blanchett, Greta Gerwig and dozens of other Hollywood luminaries to a special Vatican audience Saturday celebrating cinema and its ability to inspire and unite.
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Nov 15, 2025
Police said the offender, David Barklow, fled the country in late 2019 and was extradited Friday and charged with felony first degree murder.
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Nov 15, 2025
Police said the offender, David Barklow, fled the country in late 2019 and was extradited Friday and charged with felony first degree murder.
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Nov 15, 2025
Just like the president who came before him, Trump is trying to sell the country on his plans to create factory jobs and lower prescription drug costs.
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Nov 15, 2025
The winner overcame Mega Millions' astronomical odds of 1 in 290.5 million by matching all six numbers. The next drawing will be on Tuesday.
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Nov 15, 2025
The end of the longest government shutdown in U.S. history exposed partisan divides in Washington and left Democrats hoping, again, that Republicans will keep their word of addressing expiring healthcare subsidies in the coming months, political science experts said.
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Nov 15, 2025
Evergreen Park High School plans an eight-lane bowling alley. Its teams now practice and compete at Arena Lanes in Oak Lawn.
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Nov 15, 2025
The Tribune spoke to U.S. citizens and green card holders who have either been questioned or detained during Trump's Operation Midway Blitz.
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Nov 15, 2025
Columbia College Chicago's new president, Shantay Bolton, said she plans to boost the school's attendance and solve its financial problems.
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Nov 15, 2025
On Nov. 15, 2022, the world population reached 8 billion, based on United Nations projections.
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Nov 15, 2025
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Nov. 15, according to the Tribune's archives.
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Nov 14, 2025
The White House Historical Association has reclaimed a series of sketches by American painter and illustrator Norman Rockwell, spending a whopping $7.25 million at auction on Friday.
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Nov 14, 2025
The BBC has issued a public apology to President Donald Trump over a misleading edit of his speech on Jan. 6, 2021, but said it "strongly disagreed there is a basis for a defamation claim."
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Nov 14, 2025
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said Friday that she has ordered a top federal prosecutor to investigate sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's ties to Trump political foes.
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Nov 14, 2025
New data the Agriculture Department released Friday created serious doubts about whether China will really buy millions of bushels of American soybeans like the Trump administration touted last month.
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Nov 14, 2025
There's no difference anymore between how a junior in AP English and a junior analyst at Goldman Sachs gets the job done: both use AI to write, edit, summarize, polish, and present.
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Nov 14, 2025
The Chicago Police Department on Friday released 13 heavily redacted body camera videos depicting the initial response to a crash and shooting in Brighton Park involving federal immigration agents that ended in tear gas.
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Nov 14, 2025
Illinois' retiring senior senator also acknowledged backing a Republican-led measure ending the nation's longest government shutdown could exacerbate divisions between Democratic Party progressives and moderates.
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Nov 14, 2025
Walmart CEO Doug McMillon plans to retire early next year, the company said Friday in a surprise announcement.
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Nov 14, 2025
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday to get rid of tariffs on a broad swath of commodities, including beef, coffee and tropical fruits.
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Nov 14, 2025
The U.S. Postal Service can't fix its finances through cuts alone, Postmaster General David Steiner said Friday.
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Nov 14, 2025
The Indiana Senate will forgo a two-week session to discuss mid-census redistricting because of a lack of votes, defying orders from the Trump Administration to change the state's Congressional maps.
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Nov 14, 2025
The Labor Department will release its numbers on September hiring and unemployment next Thursday, a month and a half late.
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Nov 14, 2025
The Federal Aviation Administration said Friday it plans to roll back some of the restrictions on commercial flights it implemented at 40 major U.S. airports during the shutdown.
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Nov 14, 2025
Scientists are trying a revolutionary new approach to treat rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, lupus and other devastating autoimmune diseases — by reprogramming patients' out-of-whack immune systems.
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Nov 14, 2025
Good afternoon, Chicago. Here's what is happening today.
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Nov 14, 2025
Following Riverdale Mayor Lawrence Jackson's conviction, village trustees will select an acting mayor until April 2027.
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Nov 14, 2025
George Knue spent his entire career with the Tribune, starting in suburban high school sports in the 1970s.
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Nov 14, 2025
After minor changes, a man faces from six months to 2.5 years in prison in a revised plea deal for crashing into a mother's vehicle at 117 mph near U.S. 30. Stuart Roane, 59, of Marion, Indiana, pleaded guilty Nov. 12 to criminal recklessness, a Level 6 felony, and misdemeanor reckless driving. Court documents allege […]
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Nov 14, 2025
After a lengthy debate, Batavia's City Council in a split vote recently approved an ordinance banning federal immigration enforcement actions on city property, as President Donald Trump's administration's immigration crackdown stretches into its third month.
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Nov 14, 2025
Pope Leo XIV released a list of his favorite films ahead of a planned meeting with luminaries from the world of cinema.
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Nov 14, 2025
Using DNA evidence, authorities identified a body recovered along the shoreline of Lake Michigan near New Buffalo, Michigan in April 1988 as Dorothy Glanton, 71, of Chicago.
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Nov 14, 2025
Attorneys in Los Angeles for the Chicago rapper allege a series of threats made against the judge and lead prosecutor in the case was improperly withheld from the defense.
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Nov 14, 2025
Attorneys in Los Angeles for the Chicago rapper allege a series of threats made against the judge and lead prosecutor in the case was improperly withheld from the defense.
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Nov 14, 2025
A state trooper's traffic stop on Ind. 49 in Valparaiso turned into a drug trafficking case with the discovery of 11.64 pounds of cocaine.
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Nov 14, 2025
At Illinois AFL-CIO and Chicago Federation of Labor forum, Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton and U.S. Reps. Raja Krishnamoorthi and Robin Kelly each blamed Trump for voter concerns over affordability.
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Nov 14, 2025
Ald. Pat Dowell told reporters she advised Mayor Brandon Johnson's administration not to proceed with a budget vote in her Finance Committee.
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Nov 14, 2025
By the time Jeffery Epstein pleaded guilty in 2008 to soliciting prostitution from an underage girl, he had established an enormous network of wealthy and influential friends. Emails made public this week show the crime did little to diminish the desire of that network to stay connected to the billionaire financier.
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Nov 14, 2025
More Americans are injecting themselves with unapproved chemicals that are pitched as ways to build muscle, rejuvenate skin and extend life, the latest example of the nation's fascination with alternative therapies and wellness hacks.
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Nov 14, 2025
Good morning, Chicago. Here are the top stories you need to know to start your day.
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Nov 14, 2025
A small group of Democrats made a deal with Republican senators who promised a vote by mid-December on extending Affordable Care Act subsidies.
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Nov 14, 2025
The wave of youth activists who have been galvanized into action by "Operation Midway Blitz" follow a long tradition paved around the world by young activists.
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Nov 14, 2025
The wave of youth activists who have been galvanized into action by "Operation Midway Blitz" follow a long tradition paved around the world by young activists.
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Nov 14, 2025
A legislative defeat of a bill requiring insurance companies to justify homeowners' insurance rate hikes marked a rare setback for Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker.
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Nov 14, 2025
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Nov. 14, according to the Tribune's archives.
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Nov 14, 2025
On Nov. 14, 1889, journalist Nellie Bly began an attempt to travel around the world in 80 days; she would successfully complete the journey in a little more than 72 days via ships, trains and other means of transport.
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Nov 13, 2025
Travares O. Mitchell, 51, is in custody at the Kane County jail awaiting sentencing, according to the State's Attorney's Office.
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Nov 13, 2025
The Federal Aviation Administration announced Wednesday that airlines won't have to cut more than 6% of flights because air traffic controller staffing has improved significantly in the last few days.
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Nov 13, 2025
A crowd estimated in the dozens gathered outside Village Hall in Morton Grove Wednesday - ahead of the Village Board meeting - for a rally where demonstrators hoped to urge town leaders to adopt anti-ICE resolutions. Demonstrators chanted and hoisted signs during the nearly hourlong rally, pushing for legislation that activists say would help protect […]
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Nov 13, 2025
When it was time for George Alpogianis to give his mayoral report to the Village Board at the Oct. 28 meeting, he spent the bulk of his time addressing concerns about federal immigration enforcement activity that residents have expressed, and tried to quell tensions by explaining the village's role in the federal activity. "Yes, there […]
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Nov 13, 2025
A federal judge on Thursday said she will hold a hearing on a permanent injunction to limit the use of force by federal immigration agents ahead of any potential future enforcement mission.
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Nov 13, 2025
The rare site visit was ordered by U.S. Magistrate Judge Laura McNally in the wake of a class-action lawsuit alleging dirty, unsafe conditions.
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Nov 13, 2025
Vital federal funding is on the way for Head Start centers that were thrown into crisis by the government shutdown, but it could take time before some children who rely on the federal program can return to preschool.
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Nov 13, 2025
The longest government shutdown in U.S. history is over — on paper, at least. But the American public isn't done with it yet: Getting everything back up and running doesn't happen all at once.
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Nov 13, 2025
A Hammond man on Thursday was sentenced to four months in prison after pleading guilty to one count of felony reentry to the United States.
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Nov 13, 2025
It was not clear whether the agents had secured a warrant for the man's arrest.
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Nov 13, 2025
U.S. Army veteran and retired teacher Thomas Clark was honored for his service as a veteran, retired teacher and curator of the Lake County Veterans Museum during a Veterans Day ceremony Thursday in the Lake County Government Center.
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Nov 13, 2025
Sam "Simo" Krneta's name first surfaced in a search warrant executed by the FBI in 2019 at the village hall in McCook as part of the investigation into then-McCook Mayor Jeff Tobolski.
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Nov 13, 2025
The Aurora City Council on Wednesday unanimously approved a measure banning civil immigration enforcement efforts on city property, an idea which has seen significant community support.
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Nov 13, 2025
Oak Lawn area teens are getting a look at careers at the police and fire departments through a program at the public library.
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Nov 13, 2025
The next city bracing for the Trump administration's immigration crackdown is Charlotte, North Carolina, which could see an influx of federal agents as early as this weekend, a county sheriff said Thursday.
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