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May 15, 2025
Good morning, Chicago. Here are the top stories you need to know to start your day.
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May 15, 2025
As the world learns about Pope Leo XIV's origins, Chicagoans find themselves resonating with his story.
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May 15, 2025
A domino effect has begun in Illinois with the race to succeed Dick Durbin in the U.S. Senate as at least four congressional seats could be open.
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May 15, 2025
Glenwood trustee candidate Rodrick Murdock, who lost a tied race decided by a coin toss, said he may contest the election result.
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May 15, 2025
On May 15, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed an act establishing the Department of Agriculture.
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May 15, 2025
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on May 15, according to the Tribune's archives.
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May 15, 2025
Census estimates show Chicago retained its position as the nation's third most populous city, after New York and Los Angeles, in 2024.
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May 15, 2025
Chicago added 22,164 residents between mid-2023 and mid-2024, new estimates from the U.S. Census show.
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May 14, 2025
A 4-year-old boy was shot and critically wounded while riding in a minivan in the McKinley Park neighborhood Wednesday evening, police said. The boy was one of seven people in the minivan traveling south near the intersection of West 31st Street and Ashland Avenue around 7:10 p.m., police said, when a passenger in another vehicle […]
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May 14, 2025
On Donald Trump's trip to the Middle East this week, the American president is sounding more than a little envious of his Arab hosts.
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May 14, 2025
A Wisconsin judge charged with helping a man who is in the country illegally evade U.S. immigration agents who were trying to detain him at her courthouse filed a motion to dismiss the case Wednesday, arguing that there's no legal basis for it.
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May 14, 2025
More than 1,000 Starbucks baristas at 75 U.S. stores have gone on strike since Sunday to protest a new company dress code, a union representing the coffee giant's workers said Wednesday.
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May 14, 2025
Chicago Public Schools officials call for additional dollars from the city and state to fill gaps in their budget for the upcoming school year.
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May 14, 2025
Six months after Missouri voters approved an abortion-rights amendment, Republican state lawmakers on Wednesday approved a new referendum that would seek the amendment's repeal and instead ban most abortions with exceptions for rape an incest.
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May 14, 2025
PFOA and PFOS have been found in the drinking water of 200 million Americans, including 6 out of 10 Illinoisans.
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May 14, 2025
Illinois Head Start officials reacted warily to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s assurances that the administration supports continued funding for the program.
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May 14, 2025
17th Ward Ald. David Moore defended Johnson's rumored pick for CTA president and told board members not to be a "backbiting snake."
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May 14, 2025
The R&B singer Cassie testified Wednesday that her ex-boyfriend Sean "Diddy" Combs kept her in a cycle of abuse and exploitation by threatening to release videos of her engaging in "freak-off" encounters with male sex workers that he orchestrated.
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May 14, 2025
The EPA plans to rescind limits for certain PFAS, or forever chemicals, and lengthen deadlines for two of the most common types.
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May 14, 2025
A jury found a Gary man guilty Wednesday of all felonies against him in a case involving a fatal shooting after a car wreck last year.
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May 14, 2025
Students at Franklin School in Dolton were scheduled to return to two classrooms Wednesday after air quality tests found no concerns.
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May 14, 2025
Aurora Mayor John Laesch was sworn in as Aurora's 60th mayor alongside newly-elected and reelected aldermen of the Aurora City Council at an inauguration ceremony at downtown Aurora's Paramount Theatre on Tuesday evening.
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May 14, 2025
The US. Department of Health and Human Services announced it is investigating Northwestern University over alleged antisemitism.
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May 14, 2025
Thornton Township Supervisor Tiffany Henyard was absent from the last regularly scheduled board meeting before new leadership is sworn in Monday, while attending trustees exchanged heartfelt goodbyes with community members. The Township Board voted to settle a lawsuit with employee Kathryn Granberry and to spend $3,000 for an "employee luncheon." The board also paid bills with […]
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May 14, 2025
A Gary woman got a total 12-year split term Tuesday for setting her court cases, including taking her crying son out of his car seat before a crash. He died.
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May 14, 2025
The youngest of nine children and the third to earn a college degree, Cindy Torres stood before hundreds of fellow graduates and their families Wednesday to share her insight.
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May 14, 2025
Officials instituted a 'hold,' keeping students locked in classrooms for a short time to avoid exposing them to the pepper spray.
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May 14, 2025
Matteson Mayor Sheila Chalmers-Currin, MWRD Commissioner Yumeka Brown and state Sen. Robert Peters eye 2nd Congressional District race.
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May 14, 2025
A hotline between military and civilian air traffic controllers in Washington, D.C., that hasn't worked for more than three years may have contributed to another near miss shortly after the U.S. Army resumed flying helicopters in the area for the first time since January's deadly midair collision between a passenger jet and a Black Hawk helicopter, Sen. Ted Cruz said at a hearing Wednesday.
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May 14, 2025
Good afternoon, Chicago. Here's what is happening today.
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May 14, 2025
Grandmother of Jayden Perkins describes phone call and rushing to her daughter's apartment to find a violent scene.
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May 14, 2025
The Trump administration's refocusing of federal resources on immigration has landed at the Chicago office of the IRS's criminal investigation bureau.
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May 14, 2025
A Lowell man got four years in prison Wednesday for shooting at a semi in April 2023 on a rural highway near Lake County's southern border. No one was hurt.
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May 14, 2025
The impact of tariffs amid a trade war is already showing up in travel from Canada to Michigan. The number of people crossing into the Great Lakes State from Canada fell 11% in February and March.
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May 14, 2025
The 1919 Chicago White Sox — considered by some historians as one of the greatest teams ever — were heavy favorites to beat the Cincinnati Reds in the World Series.
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May 14, 2025
A judge rejected a Munster man's plea deal Wednesday for downloading child porn, implying it was too lenient.
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May 14, 2025
A 2-year-old girl separated from her parents by deportation arrived in Venezuela where her mother was deported from the United States.
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May 14, 2025
House Republicans have included in President Donald Trump's big priority bill a 5% excise tax on remittance transfers.
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May 14, 2025
Jack Picciolo, of Lockport, funded a $63,500 library in a Vietnamese community where he served during the Vietnam War.
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May 14, 2025
Crime reports from south and southwest suburban agencies from police and court reports and news releases.
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May 14, 2025
Republicans in Congress are moving with rapid speed to advance President Donald Trump's big bill of tax breaks, spending cuts and beefed-up border security funding as leaders work to enact many of his campaign promises.
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May 14, 2025
On Tuesday, the brothers were granted their first chance at freedom in decades. A Los Angeles judge reduced the brothers' sentences from life in prison without parole to 50 years to life, making them immediately eligible for parole.
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May 14, 2025
The Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday that it plans to weaken limits on some so-called forever chemicals in drinking water that were finalized last year, while maintaining standards for two common ones.
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May 14, 2025
There were 30,000 fewer U.S. drug overdose deaths in 2024 than the year before — the largest one-year decline ever recorded.
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May 14, 2025
An Evanston developer is facing community pushback after proposing a 31-story, 333 foot tall apartment building that would rank third tallest in suburban Chicagoland. The proposed residential tower would have the same number of floors as suburban Chicago's tallest building, Oakbrook Terrace Tower in DuPage County, though that building rises 418 feet, according to information […]
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May 14, 2025
Gov. Gavin Newsom wants California to stop enrolling more low-income immigrants without legal status in a state-funded health care program starting in 2026 and begin charging those already enrolled a monthly premium the following year.
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May 14, 2025
Mexico's security chief confirmed Tuesday that 17 family members of cartel leaders crossed into the U.S. last week as part of a deal between a son of the former head of the Sinaloa Cartel and the Trump administration.
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May 14, 2025
The recent chronic delays and cancellations at New Jersey's largest airport have highlighted the shortage of air traffic controllers and the aging equipment they use, which President Donald Trump's administration wants to replace.
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May 14, 2025
The talks have taken place in the warring capitals of Moscow and Kyiv, from Washington and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to countries across Europe. Now, all eyes are finally turning to Istanbul to seek an end to Russia's 3-year-old, full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
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May 14, 2025
Six months after Donald Trump's presidential victory, Democrats remain deeply pessimistic about the future of their party, although neither the Democratic Party nor the Republican Party is viewed favorably by a majority of U.S. adults.
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May 14, 2025
A 75-year-old man was fatally injured when he was struck by a vehicle in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood.
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May 14, 2025
Pope Leo XIV has made peace with Jannik Sinner. The top-ranked tennis player visited the new pope, gave him a tennis racket and offered to play.
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May 14, 2025
Good morning, Chicago. Here are the top stories you need to know to start your day.
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May 14, 2025
R&B singer Cassie returns to the witness stand after a day spent recounting grotesque and humiliating details of life with Sean "Diddy" Combs.
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May 14, 2025
The Trump Truth Store has been cited for several code violations, but the owner claims she's being unfairly targeted for her political beliefs.
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May 14, 2025
The South Side is a flooding hot spot without being a rain hot spot, indicating other forces are at work.
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May 14, 2025
Despite the islands' seclusion and conservation-related restrictions, a trip to the archipelago is within reach of many travelers.
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May 14, 2025
On May 14, 1804, the Lewis and Clark expedition, organized to explore the Louisiana Territory as well as the Pacific Northwest, began its journey near present-day Hartford, Illinois.
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May 14, 2025
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on May 14, according to the Tribune's archives.
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May 13, 2025
A Mather High School student was shot near the West Ridge school during Tuesday afternoon dismissal, according to Chicago police and the local alderman. The student, a 17-year-old boy, was sitting in a car near Mather Park on the 5900 block of North California Avenue when a group of people approached the car around 3:20 […]
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May 13, 2025
Erik and Lyle Menendez will have a new shot at freedom after 35 years behind bars for murdering their parents, a judge ruled Tuesday.
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May 13, 2025
A federal grand jury on Tuesday indicted a Wisconsin judge accused of helping a man evade immigration authorities, allowing the case against her to continue.
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May 13, 2025
A federal judge says President Donald Trump can use the Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelan citizens who are shown to be members of the Tren de Aragua gang.
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May 13, 2025
Valparaiso University went before the Valparaiso City Council about a $117 million bond issue and faced questions about the art sale.
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May 13, 2025
A Gary man is on trial for allegedly killing his marijuana dealer.
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May 13, 2025
Sean "Diddy" Combs' former girlfriend, the R&B singer Cassie, took the witness stand in his sex trafficking trial on Tuesday, a day after prosecutors showed jurors video of the music mogul beating her in a hotel in 2016.
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May 13, 2025
A Thursday public forum hosted by the League of Women Voters of Porter County will discuss the impact of redistricting the geographical boundaries of the Valparaiso City Council seats.
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May 13, 2025
A Merrillville man was sentenced to 15 years in prison for crimes committed while he was involved with a Gary-based motorcycle gang. Roger "Bo" Burton was sentenced after pleading guilty to a RICO conspiracy charge in May 2024. Burton also allegedly shot and killed Sin City Desciples member London "Short Dogg" Clayton, during a May […]
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May 13, 2025
After leaving nearly a year ago, George Koczwara was rehired as Orland Park village manager by a 4-2 vote of the new Village Board.
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May 13, 2025
A coalition of 20 state Democratic attorneys general filed two federal lawsuits on Tuesday, claiming that the Trump administration is threatening to withhold billions of dollars in transportation and disaster-relief funds unless state's agree to certain immigration enforcement actions.
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May 13, 2025
Good afternoon, Chicago. Here's what is happening today.
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May 13, 2025
Teen Philanthropy Network, a nonprofit formed by DuPage County residents, was inspired by Oak Park's Three Pillars Initiative.
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May 13, 2025
It's information the city needs to address problems like parties in rented homes getting out of control or an influx of such units taking up housing stock, Ald. Bennett Lawson said.
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May 13, 2025
Microsoft began laying off nearly 3% of its entire workforce Tuesday, its largest mass layoff in more than two years.
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May 13, 2025
Neighbor of Laterria Smith testifies about horrific scene in Smith's apartment during trial of Crosetti Brand, who is on trial for injuring Smith and killing her young son.
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May 13, 2025
A man wanted in his home country of Moldova was found to be in unlawful possession of 131 credit cards that didn't match his identity following a traffic stop on the Indiana Toll Road in Porter County this past weekend.
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May 13, 2025
A small nodule was found in the prostate of former President Joe Biden during a routine physical exam, a spokesperson said Tuesday.
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May 13, 2025
An Illinois man faces multiple sexual assault charges after he was recently found in the company of an underage girl in a tent on the Indiana Dunes National Park campground.
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May 13, 2025
U.S. retail egg prices fell in April from the record-high prices they hit earlier this year, according to government data released Tuesday.
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May 13, 2025
U.S. health regulators announced plans Tuesday to phase out ingestible fluoride supplements sometimes used to strengthen children's teeth, opening a new front in Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s effort against a mainstay of dental care.
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May 13, 2025
Officials and residents welcomed Elmhurst's new fire engine with 'wet down' and 'push in' traditions during a recent ceremony.
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May 13, 2025
Harvey Mayor Christopher Clark cleared the City Council room Monday amid pushback about Ald. Colby Chapman's recent arrest.
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May 13, 2025
Olympic gold medalist Kyle Snyder, one of the most successful wrestlers in U.S. history, was arrested in a prostitution sting, according to police in Columbus.
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May 13, 2025
President Donald Trump's administration is cutting another $450 million in grants to Harvard University a day after the Ivy League school pushed back against government allegations that it's a hotbed of liberalism and antisemitism.
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May 13, 2025
A $25,000 matching grant will help bring more than 50 trees to public property in Indian Head Park.
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May 13, 2025
UnitedHealth CEO Andrew Witty is stepping down for personal reasons and the nation's largest health insurer suspended its full-year financial outlook due to higher-than-expected medical costs.
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May 13, 2025
All northbound lanes near 127th Street on I-57 were shut down after an accident involving a pedestrian and a vehicle, Illinois state police said.
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May 13, 2025
Wall Street is on track to open with losses Tuesday as the initial euphoria over the 90-day truce in the U.S.-China trade war faded and markets turned their attention to corporate earnings and new inflation data.
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May 13, 2025
The R&B singer Cassie could testify as soon as Tuesday in Sean "Diddy" Combs sex trafficking trial, as the Bad Boy Records founder faces charges that he orchestrated a deviant empire of exploitation that forced women into drugged-up sex parties called "freak-offs."
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May 13, 2025
Sean "Diddy" Combs' former girlfriend, the R&B singer Cassie, took the witness stand in his sex trafficking trial on Tuesday, a day after prosecutors showed jurors video of the music mogul beating her in a hotel in 2016.
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May 13, 2025
The contrast between President Donald Trump and Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV couldn't be more stark — politically, personally or in their world views. They lead in different roles and realms.
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May 13, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump kicked off a four-day Middle East trip on Tuesday in Saudi Arabia, putting the focus on sealing economic agreements with a key Mideast ally while shared concerns about Iran's nuclear program and the war in Gaza dragging on in the background.
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May 13, 2025
Inflation cooled for the third straight month in April even after some of President Donald Trump's tariffs took effect, though economists and many business owners expect inflation will climb in the coming months.
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May 13, 2025
Chicago police have opened a death investigation after a male victim fell to the CTA tracks overnight in the Loop neighborhood.
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May 13, 2025
Kim Kardashian is testifying at a Paris courthouse against the men accused of robbing her at gunpoint in 2016.
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May 13, 2025
Good morning, Chicago. Here are the top stories you need to know to start your day.
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May 13, 2025
French movie star Gérard Depardieu was found guilty of sexually assaulting two women on the set of a movie in which he starred in 2021.
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May 13, 2025
Affordable housing professionals say they are happy conversations are happening but are still waiting to see if the Johnson administration follows through on its promises.
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May 13, 2025
A number of therapists have stopped accepting private insurance, saying health insurers don't reimburse them enough money for their services and force them to jump through too many hoops.
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May 13, 2025
A tight fiscal picture and uncertainty over federal funding have complicated negotiations over a budget for Illinois lawmakers.
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