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Nov 26, 2025
Students at Lincoln-Way West High School in New Lenox submitted an application last week to form a Club America, the high school affiliate of Turning Point USA, the conservative college organization founded by the late Charlie Kirk. The next step is for the application to go to the Student Council for approval, which will happen […]
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Nov 26, 2025
A new exhibit at American Writers Museum on Michigan Avenue has the words of Flannery O'Connor, Malcolm X, Harold Ramis and others about how they felt about religion and spirituality.
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Nov 26, 2025
Four patients — including two children — are suing a chiropractor for allegedly installing hidden cameras to record them while they were undressing.
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Nov 26, 2025
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Nov. 26, according to the Tribune's archives.
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Nov 26, 2025
On Nov. 26, 1917, the National Hockey League was founded in Montreal, succeeding the National Hockey Association.
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Nov 25, 2025
Actress Tara Reid of "American Pie" fame was hospitalized over the weekend after claiming she was drugged at a Rosemont hotel bar.
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Nov 25, 2025
President Donald Trump said Tuesday his plan to end the war in Ukraine has been "fine-tuned" and he's sending envoy Steve Witkoff to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Army Secretary Dan Driscoll to meet with Ukrainian officials.
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Nov 25, 2025
Conservative Republican state Sen. Andrew Chesney was the target of a Chicago city employee who threatened in emails that he would "cave your fu----- teeth in" among other menacing comments.
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Nov 25, 2025
A year ago, Hammond Morton junior Josue Pedraza, 16, couldn't get his Robotics friends to leave him alone about joining the team. Today, not only is Josue Team Hammond's biggest cheerleader, he can teach any neophyte interested in robotics the ropes via a computer app he created for the U.S. Congressional Code Challenge this fall. His creation earned him first place in Indiana's First Congressional District, which he learned during a Tech Fair event at Purdue Northwest's Challenger Learning Center Monday night.
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Nov 25, 2025
A federal prosecutor revealed in court Tuesday that despite assault charges being dismissed, a separate criminal investigation remains ongoing into an incident in Chicago's Brighton Park neighborhood last month where a woman was shot by a border patrol agent.
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Nov 25, 2025
The Indiana legislature plans to reconvene in early December to vote on mid-census redistricting, leaders for both legislative chambers said Tuesday, marking a reversal from last week. Indiana House Speaker Todd Huston, R-Fishers, said in a statement Tuesday that House Republicans will gavel in on Dec. 1, reconvening the 2026 regular session, to consider all […]
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Nov 25, 2025
The Wisconsin woman who won release from a mental institution after almost killing her sixth grade classmate in the name of horror villain Slender Man only to flee the state weeks later won't fight extradition from Illinois.
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Nov 25, 2025
Democratic lawmakers who appeared in a social media video urging U.S. troops to defy "illegal orders" say the FBI has contacted them to begin scheduling interviews, signaling a possible inquiry into the matter.
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Nov 25, 2025
After an outpouring of support following her arson attack on a CTA Blue Line train, the family of Bethany MaGee has established a GoFundMe campaign to help offset costs as she continues her recovery.
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Nov 25, 2025
After a weekend update to the social media platform X, owners of some political accounts, and many others, are located in regions such as South Asia, Africa and Eastern Europe.
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Nov 25, 2025
Former Portage Mayor James Snyder said he "has never received a fair trial" in his continued push for a new trial on an IRS charge.
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Nov 25, 2025
Spartan Sisterhood at Oak Lawn Community High School offers 'safe space' for girls to learn and grow without co-ed pressures.
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Nov 25, 2025
Former Dolton police Chief Lewis Lacey pleaded guilty in the bankruptcy case alleging he lied to hide assets and income.
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Nov 25, 2025
Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino was recently deposed as part of a lawsuit over the use of force by immigration agents during "Operation Midway Blitz."
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Nov 25, 2025
Joseph "JoBo" Colborn, who was one-half of the high-decibel "Eddie & JoBo" morning show, died on Monday. He was 70.
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Nov 25, 2025
Tests of ByHeart infant formula tied to a botulism outbreak that has sickened dozens of babies showed that all of the company's products may have been contaminated.
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Nov 25, 2025
Michael and Susan Maddox, a married couple who teach at College of DuPage, help man the Butterball turkey hotline in Naperville.
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Nov 25, 2025
Markham city officials alleges the Markham Park District has mismanaged its funds and violated a 2012 intergovernmental agreement.
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Nov 25, 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 25, 2025
Oak Lawn Mayor Terry Vorderer said insurance companies forced a $825,000 with a Bridgeview teen regarding an violent arrest in 2022.
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Nov 25, 2025
A Bolingbrook man is charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of a Joliet woman in South Holland.
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Nov 25, 2025
South Holland says a suspect is in custody in the Sunday shooting death of Miranda Grocesley, 34, of Joliet.
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Nov 25, 2025
Three teenage boys now face charges in the killing of a homeless man in the Loop over the weekend, Chicago Police announced Tuesday.
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Nov 25, 2025
President Donald Trump plans to bestow ceremonial pardons on two turkeys and fly to his private Florida resort on Tuesday to celebrate Thanksgiving, a holiday interlude during what has been a turbulent and uncertain chapter of his second term.
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Nov 25, 2025
The Paris prosecutor announced four more arrests Tuesday in connection with the stunning heist at the Louvre Museum in October by a gang that made off with $102 million worth of jewels.
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Nov 25, 2025
A full transcript of Cmdr. Gregory Bovino's deposition has been made part of the court record as attorneys in an ongoing lawsuit accuse immigration agents with Border Patrol and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement of routinely violating a restraining order on tactics.
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Nov 25, 2025
Good morning, Chicago. Here are the top stories you need to know to start your day.
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Nov 25, 2025
The Trump administration plans a review of all refugees admitted to the U.S. during the Biden administration, according to a memo obtained Monday by The Associated Press.
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Nov 25, 2025
The barn in Mississippi where 14-year-old Emmett Till was tortured and killed will open to the public as a "sacred" memorial site by 2030.
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Nov 25, 2025
Two snowy owls have been spotted at Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary and a third briefly at Rainbow Beach.
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Nov 25, 2025
As longtime vendors quietly disappear from the corners they've held for years, community organizations and neighbors are scrambling to support those taken, their families and those still working on the streets.
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Nov 25, 2025
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Nov. 25, according to the Tribune's archives.
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Nov 25, 2025
On Nov. 25, 1961, the USS Enterprise was commissioned; it was the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and remains the longest naval vessel ever built, at 1,123 feet.
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Nov 24, 2025
The two people who died during a fatal shooting at Two Brothers Roundhouse in Aurora Saturday have been identified, according to the Aurora Police Department and Kane County Coroner's Office.
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Nov 24, 2025
The civil rights leader and Rainbow/PUSH coalition founder had been under observation since Nov. 12 for progressive supranuclear palsy.
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Nov 24, 2025
During an unusual evidentiary hearing Monday at the Leighton Criminal Court Building, former Guantanamo detainee Mohamedou Ould Slahi described abuse by a former CPD detective while giving testimony from the Netherlands via video.
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Nov 24, 2025
The Chicago Teachers Union has agreed to submit financial audits to the House Committee on Education and Workforce following a probe.
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Nov 24, 2025
After a rare visit inside ICE's processing facility in Broadview, U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood said the agency is looking to "probably triple" the size of the staff at Broadview and Chicago field office.
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Nov 24, 2025
Nearly two months after the militarized raid that roused them from their sleep and made international headlines, residents who remain at 7500 South Shore Drive are fighting back.
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Nov 24, 2025
The White House is circulating a proposal that would extend subsidies to help consumers pay for coverage under the Affordable Care Act for two more years.
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Nov 24, 2025
A copy of the first Superman issue netted $9.12 million this month at a Texas auction house which says it is the most expensive comic book ever sold.
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Nov 24, 2025
The Justice Department on Monday renewed its request to unseal grand jury transcripts from Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell's sex trafficking cases, arguing they should be made public under a new law requiring the government to open its files on the late financier and his longtime confidante.
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Nov 24, 2025
Chicago Police continue to investigate a pair of shootings that unfolded in the Loop Friday night, leaving a 14-year-old boy dead and eight other teens wounded in the latest "teen takeover" that marred the city's start of the holiday season.
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Nov 24, 2025
Viola Ford Fletcher, one of the last survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre in Oklahoma, has died. She was 111.
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Nov 24, 2025
Governor State University student Jonathan Cooper was named the school's 2025 Lincoln Laureate for his leadership and service.
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Nov 24, 2025
Justin Bell, 18, of Lynwood, was killed in Evergreen Park, Loretta Davis, 56, was killed in Lansging and Sean Boyd II, 30, in Harvey.
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Nov 24, 2025
Zach Bryan is set to embark on his biggest international tour yet, "With Heaven on Tour," a U.S. and European run of dates kicking off March 7, 2026 in St. Louis at the Dome at America's Center.
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Nov 24, 2025
Good afternoon, Chicago. Here's what is happening today.
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Nov 24, 2025
After years of delays, a Chicago man is on trial this week for his alleged role as an accomplice in a November 2021 Hammond home invasion. Garrett Whittenburg, 42, is charged with four counts of rape, one count of criminal confinement, armed robbery, burglary, sexual battery, robbery, carrying a handgun and unlawful possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon.
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Nov 24, 2025
A Dolton woman who was discharged while in labor at Franciscan Health Crown Point is receiving care for post-birth issues, a family member said. Mercedes Wells is receiving care at Community Hospital in Munster, said Lance Thompson, Wells' brother-in-law. Wells was told that her body is suffering from trauma following the birth of her fourth […]
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Nov 24, 2025
A federal judge on Monday dismissed the criminal cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, concluding that the prosecutor who brought the charges at President Donald Trump's urging was illegally appointed by the Justice Department.
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Nov 24, 2025
The Pentagon announced Monday it is investigating Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona over possible breaches of military law after the former Navy pilot joined a handful of other lawmakers in a video that called for troops to defy "illegal orders."
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Nov 24, 2025
Here's a look back at how Chicago's current snowfall compares with previous seasons.
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Nov 24, 2025
The turbulence caused by the longest government shutdown on record may still be fresh on travelers' minds this Thanksgiving, but experts say preparing for the usual holiday crush of winter weather, heavy traffic and crowded airports can help ease those jitters.
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Nov 24, 2025
European officials said Monday they were comforted by the outcome of discussions on U.S. peace proposals for Ukraine that they had viewed as tilted in Russia's favor, but they didn't disclose details of the weekend talks and warned of a long road to peace.
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Nov 24, 2025
Chicago homicide data, which is updated on this page weekly, is through Nov. 22, 2025.
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Nov 24, 2025
Jimmy Cliff, the charismatic reggae pioneer and actor who starred in the landmark movie "The Harder They Come," has died at 81.
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Nov 24, 2025
Portland Trail Blazers coach and basketball Hall of Famer Chauncey Billups pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges he profited from rigged poker games involving several Mafia figures and at least one other former NBA player.
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Nov 24, 2025
Portland Trail Blazers coach and basketball Hall of Famer Chauncey Billups is set to appear in a New York court to face charges he profited from rigged poker games involving several Mafia figures and at least one other former NBA player.
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Nov 24, 2025
Good morning, Chicago. Here are the top stories you need to know to start your day.
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Nov 24, 2025
A Wisconsin woman who admitted to nearly stabbing a classmate to death at age 12 to please the online horror character Slender Man has been found in Illinois.
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Nov 24, 2025
A statement shows Calumet City Mayor Thaddeus Jones spent more than $44,000 in one month via his municipal credit card.
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Nov 24, 2025
Highs will hover in the low to mid-30s during the day and might get as low as 16 degrees on Thursday.
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Nov 24, 2025
The labor fight has implications for the whole city, with billions of dollars in property taxes and other money from residents' pockets in play for the 2026 budget.
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Nov 24, 2025
It is the 10th endorsement the five-term congressman from Schaumburg has gained from labor in his campaign.
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Nov 24, 2025
A Tribune analysis of 27 of the state's largest universities found that total foreign enrollment dipped at all but five institutions.
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Nov 24, 2025
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Nov. 24, according to the Tribune's archives.
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Nov 24, 2025
As Border Patrol chief Gregory Bovino and his agents move on to other cities, those affected by the immigration crackdown in the Chicago area face a new normal in its aftermath.
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Nov 24, 2025
On Nov. 24, 1991, Queen singer Freddie Mercury died in London at age 45 of AIDS-related pneumonia.
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Nov 23, 2025
A 14-year-old boy who was killed in downtown Chicago during one of two Friday night shootings that also injured eight others has been identified, and his death ruled a homicide.
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Nov 23, 2025
The road to a peace deal has been fraught with changing dynamics involving President Donald Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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Nov 23, 2025
A Wisconsin woman who admitted to nearly stabbing a classmate to death in 2014 to please the online horror character Slender Man is missing after she cut off an electronic monitoring device and left a group home, authorities said Sunday.
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Nov 23, 2025
Instead of being remembered as historic, the conference will likely further erode confidence in a process that many environmentalists and even some world leaders have argued isn't up to the challenge of confronting global temperature rise.
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Nov 23, 2025
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani didn't back down in an interview that aired Sunday from past criticism that President Donald Trump acted like a despot and a fascist after a surprisingly friendly White House meeting between the two men.
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Nov 23, 2025
Shifting priorities of the Trump administration, staffing reductions and budget cuts have many election officials concerned about how engaged the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency will be next year, when control of Congress will be at stake in those elections.
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Nov 23, 2025
Top Ukrainian envoys met with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Geneva Sunday to discuss President Donald Trump's proposal to end Russia's war on Ukraine.
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Nov 23, 2025
Israel's military says it has killed senior Hezbollah militant Haytham Tabtabai in its strike in Beirut on Sunday.
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Nov 23, 2025
A 14-year-old boy was shot twice in his leg Saturday night in the Grand Boulevard neighborhood on the South Side, Chicago police reported.
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Nov 23, 2025
Two people were killed and one wounded during a shooting Saturday night at Two Brothers Roundhouse restaurant in Aurora, police said.
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Nov 23, 2025
Pressure is increasing for the former Prince Andrew to give evidence to a U.S. congressional committee investigating the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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Nov 23, 2025
Leyden East High School in Franklin Park will host 200 Navy recruits from Great Lakes Naval Station on Thanksgiving day.
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Nov 23, 2025
Two critics watching movie clips and debating the strengths and weaknesses of movies currently in theaters — who wouldn't want to watch that?
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Nov 23, 2025
Chicago-area hospitals recently initiated hundreds of guardianship petitions in just 18 months, a Chicago Tribune investigation has found.
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Nov 23, 2025
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Nov. 23, according to the Tribune's archives.
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Nov 23, 2025
On Nov. 23, 1996, a hijacked Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 767 ran out of fuel and crashed into the Indian Ocean near the Comoro Islands, killing 125 of the 175 people on board, including all three hijackers.
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Nov 22, 2025
President Donald Trump's chaotic political universe has at least one consistent law that rises above any other: The president has no permanent friends and no permanent enemies.
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Nov 22, 2025
After two weeks of negotiations, this year's United Nations climate talks ended Saturday with a compromise that some criticized as weak and others called progress.
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Nov 22, 2025
The peace plan was crafted by U.S. President Donald Trump's administration and the Kremlin, without Ukraine's involvement. It acquiesces to many Russian demands.
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Nov 22, 2025
By ROB GILLIES HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (AP) — U.S. senators critical of President Donald Trump's approach to ending the Russia-Ukraine war said Saturday that the peace plan he is pushing Kyiv to accept would only reward Moscow for its aggression and send a message to other leaders who have threatened their neighbors. The 28-point peace […]
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Nov 22, 2025
Brazil's police on Saturday arrested ex-president Jair Bolsonaro over suspicion he was plotting to escape and avoid starting a 27-year prison sentence.
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Nov 22, 2025
Gunmen abducted 303 schoolchildren and 12 teachers during an attack on a Catholic school in north-central Nigeria, a Christian group said Saturday.
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Nov 22, 2025
Officials said six babies who consumed ByHeart formula were treated for botulism between November 2024 and June 2025, months before the reported outbreak.
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Nov 22, 2025
President Vladimir Putin said a 28-point plan that President Donald Trump is pressuring Ukraine to accept could "serve as a foundation for a final peace agreement."
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Nov 22, 2025
Some Democrats aren't being coy about considering running in 2028. With no clear party leader, some could-be candidates are declaring their intentions early.
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Nov 22, 2025
Israel's military on Saturday launched airstrikes against Hamas fighters in Gaza in the latest test of the ceasefire that began on Oct. 10.
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