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Dec 08, 2025
Two strangulation charges were dropped for the executive director and CEO of the Gary Housing Authority.
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Dec 08, 2025
Members of Lake County's immigrant and Latino communities remain cautious after experiencing 70 days of DHS's Operation Midway Blitz.
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Dec 08, 2025
Timeless Gifts Performing Arts Program award Gloria Chatman the Juanita Passmore Legacy Award for her work at Southland College Prep.
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Dec 08, 2025
Months after Chicago firefighters first discovered a North Lawndale man dismembered inside the remains of his burning home, authorities have charged the man's live-in caretaker with shooting the man to death, trying to cut his body into pieces and burning the home that they shared to conceal his killing.
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Dec 08, 2025
Adan Caseres recounts his quest for asylum in the U.S. many years ago, and his recent deportation.
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Dec 08, 2025
Good afternoon, Chicago. Here's what is happening today.
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Dec 08, 2025
Corkery's creative spark was on display for more than three decades as one of the writers and performers in the Chicago Bar Association's "Christmas Spirits" show.
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Dec 08, 2025
Mayor Brandon Johnson castigated the 26 aldermen, and said if they are so confident in their counterproposal to his $16.6 billion spending plan for next year, then prove it.
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Dec 08, 2025
A powerful 7. 6-magnitude earthquake struck late Monday off northern Japan, triggering a tsunami of up to 27 inches in Pacific coast communities and warnings of potentially higher surges, the Japanese Meteorological Agency said.
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Dec 08, 2025
New car prices didn't spike after President Donald Trump announced sweeping tariffs in the spring, as some experts and dealers projected.
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Dec 08, 2025
Billy Morgan, a graduate of Crete-Monee High School and elected Democrat was chosen to lead the Will County Democratic Party.
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Dec 08, 2025
Perhaps the "Wicked" team should have called on Madame Morrible to enact some dark magic on Golden Globe voters before nominations were announced Monday. "Wicked: For Good" wasn't nominated for best picture or best director, one of several surprising exclusions.
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Dec 08, 2025
A 31-year-old passenger was ejected from a car she was in on early Monday morning after it crashed into two vehicles.
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Dec 08, 2025
Evanston Mayor and congressional candidate Daniel Biss is calling on the Trump administration to explain how its recent agreement with Northwestern University could affect protests, community partnerships and immigration enforcement in the city.
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Dec 08, 2025
Chicago homicide data, which is updated on this page weekly, is through Dec. 1, 2025.
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Dec 08, 2025
President Donald Trump is planning a $12 billion farm aid package, according to a White House official — a boost to farmers who have struggled to sell their crops while getting hit by rising costs after the president raised tariffs on China as part of a broader trade war.
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Dec 08, 2025
President Donald Trump is planning a $12 billion farm aid package, according to a White House official — a boost to farmers who have struggled to sell their crops while getting hit by rising costs after the president raised tariffs on China as part of a broader trade war.
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Dec 08, 2025
Paramount has gone hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, challenging Netflix which reached a $72 billion takeover deal with the company just days ago.
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Dec 08, 2025
State and federal authorities are closely tracking online criticism and protests against the immigration crackdown in New Orleans, monitoring message boards around the clock for threats to agents while compiling regular updates on public "sentiment" surrounding the arrests, according to law enforcement records reviewed by The Associated Press.
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Dec 08, 2025
Good morning, Chicago. Here are the top stories you need to know to start your day.
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Dec 08, 2025
Glenview's mayor and some trustees heard residents' requests for an ordinance to ban ICE from village property, took no action.
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Dec 08, 2025
Hilltop Neighborhood House officials can talk almost endlessly about the horrors they witnessed from the house across the street.
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Dec 08, 2025
Board of Review Commissioner George Cardenas is fighting to prove he has enough valid petition signatures to make it on the March Democratic primary ballot.
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Dec 08, 2025
Miscanthus has a smaller carbon footprint than corn and soybeans, and experts say it has the potential to strengthen U.S. energy independence.
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Dec 08, 2025
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Dec. 8, according to the Tribune's archives.
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Dec 08, 2025
On Dec. 8, 2022, Russia freed WNBA star Brittney Griner in a high-profile prisoner exchange with the U.S. that released Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout. Griner had been detained for nearly 10 months.
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Dec 07, 2025
Bears fans braved the biting cold to descend on Chicago sports bars Sunday and see their team take on the Green Bay Packers.
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Dec 07, 2025
Chicago Bears lose the NFC North division lead but still have their first winning season since 2018.
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Dec 07, 2025
President Donald Trump on Sunday claimed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy "isn't ready" to sign off on a U.S-authored peace proposal aimed at ending the Russia-Ukraine war.
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Dec 07, 2025
Democratic governors met this weekend in Arizona, looking to parlay last month's big victories for the party in New Jersey and Virginia into campaigns for next year's midterms.
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Dec 07, 2025
Here's a look back at how Chicago's current snowfall compares with previous seasons.
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Dec 07, 2025
A Chicago police officer and two men were shot Sunday in the Morgan Park neighborhood after officers responded to a disturbance call.
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Dec 07, 2025
The U.S. Department of Transportation is waiving part of a fine assessed against Southwest Airlines after the company canceled thousands of flights during a winter storm in 2022.
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Dec 07, 2025
The commander of sea-drone operations for Ukraine's military intelligence agency says more complex strikes against Russian forces are expected next year.
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Dec 07, 2025
Donald Trump is angry that Rep. Henry Cuellar is running again as a Democrat rather than switch parties after the president pardoned the Texas congressman.
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Dec 07, 2025
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Israel and Hamas are "very shortly expected to move into the second phase of the ceasefire," after Hamas returns the remains of the last hostage held in Gaza.
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Dec 07, 2025
Only 12 survivors of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor are still alive — all centenarians — and this year no one is able to make the pilgrimage to Hawaii to mark the event, scheduled for Sunday.
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Dec 07, 2025
Northwest Indiana attorneys are facing a trail of unresolved cases and vanished clients following Operation Midway Blitz's sweep across state lines.
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Dec 07, 2025
Housed in an old stable, Pullman Tech Workshop works to bring stability to area's historic housing stock as well as its residents.
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Dec 07, 2025
All three major Democratic Senate candidates hail from the Chicago region, potentially ending the upstate-downstate balance maintained by retiring Sen. Dick Durbin for 28 years.
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Dec 07, 2025
Autoworker Frank McNally said his wife Hazel got away with killing their twin babies by concocting a story too ridiculous to doubt.
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Dec 07, 2025
Autoworker Frank McNally said his wife Hazel got away with killing their twin babies by concocting a story too ridiculous to doubt.
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Dec 07, 2025
White Eagle banquet hall was the social center of Chicago's Polish community for decades. Now it has served its last pierogi.
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Dec 07, 2025
A Tribune review found Immigration agents routinely broke urban policing protocols meant to limit danger to themselves and others.
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Dec 07, 2025
A Tribune review found Immigration agents routinely broke urban policing protocols meant to limit danger to themselves and others.
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Dec 07, 2025
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Dec. 7, according to the Tribune's archives.
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Dec 07, 2025
On Dec. 7, 2024, the newly-restored Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris was reopened to the public after a devastating blaze nearly destroyed the beloved Gothic masterpiece in 2019. World leaders attended the reopening ceremony amid great fanfare and celebration.
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Dec 06, 2025
Two to 6 inches of snow is expected to blanket the Chicago region by Sunday morning, according to the National Weather Service.
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Dec 06, 2025
Two to 6 inches of snow were expected to blanket the Chicago region by Sunday morning, according to the National Weather Service.
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Dec 06, 2025
U.S. Secretary of the Department of Homeland Secret Service, Kristi Noem, made an appearance at annual Christmas
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Dec 06, 2025
U.S. Secretary of the Department of Homeland Secret Service and Kristi Noem made an appearance at the 26th annual Christmas tree ship ceremony at Navy Pier.
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Dec 06, 2025
Federal immigration agents deployed tear gas and pepper spray Saturday on a crowd that gathered to protest a prolonged arrest in a northwest Chicago suburb.
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Dec 06, 2025
A man was found fatally stabbed inside a residence in the city's West Loop, according to Chicago police. The victim, 54, was found unresponsive with multiple stab wounds to his chest inside the home in the 700 block of West Jackson Boulevard just after 1 p.m., police said. The man, Brant R. Dykehouse, of the […]
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Dec 06, 2025
Federal immigration agents deployed tear gas and pepper spray Saturday on a crowd that gathered to protest a prolonged arrest in a northwest Chicago suburb, angering neighbors who said it's "uncalled for" and "tremendously disappointing."
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Dec 06, 2025
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth defended strikes on alleged drug cartel boats during remarks Saturday at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.
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Dec 06, 2025
The National Park Service will offer free admission to U.S. residents on President Donald Trump's birthday next year — which also happens to be Flag Day — but is eliminating the benefit for Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth.
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Dec 06, 2025
U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem makes an appearance as the 25th Anniversary Voyage of Chicago's Christmas Ship, USCGC Mackinaw, stops in Chicago.
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Dec 06, 2025
A United Nations delegation visting Lebanon said Saturday they came to Beirut to explore options for territory along the border with Israel after a U.N. peacekeeping force's term ends at the end of next year.
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Dec 06, 2025
Justice Department leaders who announced the arrest were silent about the violence that had taken place when supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol and clashed with police one day after those bombs were placed.
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Dec 06, 2025
A federal judge has rejected a request from the Trump administration to toss a lawsuit challenging the detention of migrants at the U.S. Navy base at Guantanamo Bay.
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Dec 06, 2025
President Donald Trump on Saturday presented medals to the 2025 Kennedy Center honorees during a ceremony in the Oval Office.
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Dec 06, 2025
President Donald Trump on Saturday was hosting the 2025 Kennedy Center honorees in the Oval Office for what the White House described as a medal presentation ceremony.
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Dec 06, 2025
Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani told a conference in the Qatari capital that international mediators, led by the U.S., are working "to force the way forward" to the second phase to cement the deal.
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Dec 06, 2025
Russia has launched a significant missile and drone attack on Ukraine, coinciding with ongoing U.S.-mediated peace talks.
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Dec 06, 2025
Gov. Mike Braun announced a "Family First Workplace" policy that would allow some state employees to bring their babies to work until they're six months old.
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Dec 06, 2025
A Valparaiso man who pleaded guilty but mentally ill in the February 2024 death of his mother was sentenced Dec. 1 to 48 years in prison.
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Dec 06, 2025
A 45-year-old man was pronounced dead late Friday night after he was found lying unresponsive on a sidewalk with multiple gunshot wounds in the Garfield Park neighborhood. Shortly before 11:30 p.m., Chicago police responded to a call of a person shot in the 3800 block of West Adams Street and found the victim with multiple […]
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Dec 06, 2025
He was principal at Wheaton North High School for 9 years and helped mend frayed relations between Wheaton's two high schools.
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Dec 06, 2025
CPS settled a sexual abuse lawsuit with a man who alleges his gym teacher abused him for years in the 1990s at Linné Elementary in the 1990s.
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Dec 06, 2025
Recent cases of a driver allegedly on TikTok who struck a pedestrian, and a drunk driver who killed a brother and sister, highlight the dangers of impaired driving.
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Dec 06, 2025
Once a common schoolyard insult, the R-word had largely vanished from mainstream speech until recently. Donald Trump has helped its resurgence.
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Dec 06, 2025
Chase Bandolik caught everyone's attention when he ran 31 miles, in a row, for every point lost by the Chicago Bears against the Detroit Lions in early September.
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Dec 06, 2025
Chase Bandolik caught everyone's attention when he ran 31 miles, in a row, for every point lost by the Chicago Bears against the Detroit Lions in early September.
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Dec 06, 2025
On Dec. 6, 2017, President Donald Trump officially recognized Jerusalem as Israel's capital, announcing plans to move the U.S. Embassy there from Tel Aviv.
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Dec 06, 2025
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Dec. 6, according to the Tribune's archives.
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Dec 05, 2025
Members of Congress now know that the U.S. military fired upon two people clinging to the wreckage of a boat allegedly carrying drugs — and they want answers.
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Dec 05, 2025
U.S. airlines were notified this week that an investigation is underway into whether they complied with an emergency order requiring flight cuts at 40 major airports during the record government shutdown, the Federal Aviation Administration said Friday.
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Dec 05, 2025
A push to reshape congressional voting districts, instigated by President Donald Trump, is sweeping across states as political parties vie for an edge in next year's elections.
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Dec 05, 2025
Federal immigration agents detained at least three people in the western suburbs Friday in a sudden burst of aggressive action.
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Dec 05, 2025
President Donald Trump's advisers and Ukrainian officials said Friday they'll meet for a third day of talks after making progress on creating a security framework for postwar Ukraine and are urging Russia to commit to peace.
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Dec 05, 2025
The Trump administration has built up a fleet of warships near Venezuela, including the largest U.S. aircraft carrier, as American forces keep blowing up small boats accused of smuggling narcotics for drug cartels.
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Dec 05, 2025
The Indiana House passed new Congressional maps Friday and sent them to the Senate, where the bill's future is unclear since Senate leadership has stated multiple times since October it doesn't have the votes. House Bill 1032, which addresses mid-census redistricting and gives Republicans an advantage in all nine congressional districts, passed 57-41, with 12 […]
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Dec 05, 2025
Autumn Ridge tenants spoke out about building issues for months, and the owners owe Park Forest more than $200,000 in fines.
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Dec 05, 2025
The Social Security Administration is hoping to cut visits to its field offices in half next year, a move that advocates for the agency fear signals more closures are coming.
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Dec 05, 2025
President Donald Trump has finally met with his Mexican counterpart, Claudia Sheinbaum, and their long-delayed first face-to-face discussion focused on next year's World Cup.
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Dec 05, 2025
An international body tasked with governing the Gaza Strip under the next phase of the U.S.-brokered ceasefire is expected to be announced by the end of the year, an Arab official and a Western diplomat said Friday.
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Dec 05, 2025
Chicago Public Schools district has surpassed the recommended threshold for measles vaccinations, with 96% of its student population now immunized.
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Dec 05, 2025
Former Cook County Judge Patricia Martin on Friday was sentenced to four years probation after she admitted to stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from the bank accounts of an elderly former Tuskegee Airman to purchase cryptocurrency.
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Dec 05, 2025
A man convicted of shooting a trucker in a busy intersection three years ago plans to appeal the sentence handed down to him Thursday.
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Dec 05, 2025
Valparaiso University's incoming president, Rev. Brian Konkol, said growing up in a tiny Wisconsin town, Valpo was always on his radar.
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Dec 05, 2025
The Lake County Council is posied to pass a resolution that would ask for 911 services to be added to the Indiana General Assembly's legislative agenda.
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Dec 05, 2025
Frank Gehry, who designed some of most imaginative buildings ever constructed and achieved a level of worldwide acclaim seldom afforded any architect, has died. He was 96.
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Dec 05, 2025
Good afternoon, Chicago. Here's what is happening today.
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Dec 05, 2025
The United States was drawn Friday to start against Paraguay at Inglewood, California, on June 12, a day after Mexico hosts the opener against South Africa.
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Dec 05, 2025
The government has long advised that babies be vaccinated against hepatitis B right after birth to prevent serious liver damage that can be caused by the infection.
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Dec 05, 2025
President Donald Trump was awarded the new FIFA peace prize on Friday at the 2026 World Cup draw — giving the soccer spectacle to set matchups for the quadrennial tournament even more of a Trumpian flair.
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Dec 05, 2025
A federal vaccine advisory committee voted on Friday to end the longstanding recommendation that all U.S. babies get the hepatitis B vaccine on the day they're born.
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Dec 05, 2025
President Donald Trump's administration set forth a new national security strategy that paints European allies as weak and aims to reassert America's dominance in the Western Hemisphere.
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Dec 05, 2025
U.S. Southern Command announced that it had conducted another strike against a small boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Thursday, following a pause of almost three weeks.
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Dec 05, 2025
When President Donald Trump suspended the refugee program on day one of his current administration, thousands of people around the world who'd been so close to a new life in America found themselves abandoned.
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