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Jan 30, 2026
Good morning, Chicago. Here are the top stories you need to know to start your day.
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Jan 30, 2026
Senate leaders were scrambling to save a bipartisan spending deal and avert a partial government shutdown at midnight Friday as Democrats have demanded new restrictions on federal immigration raids across the country.
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Jan 30, 2026
Records obtained by the Tribune detail how one of CPD's most effective homicide investigators recently closed a 5-year-old cold case, helping to raise the Police Department's murder clearance rate to its highest level in more than a decade.
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Jan 30, 2026
On Jan. 30, 2017, President Donald Trump fired Acting U.S. Attorney General Sally Yates after she publicly questioned the constitutionality of his refugee and immigration ban and refused to defend it in court.
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Jan 30, 2026
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Jan. 30, according to the Tribune's archives.
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Jan 29, 2026
Three main Democratic candidates for US Senate agree in saying the nation is facing a constitutional crisis under President Donald Trump as small but distinct differences among the candidates emerge.
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Jan 29, 2026
President Donald Trump is facing a growing cultural revolt against his immigration crackdown.
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Jan 29, 2026
Several people were detained at Chicago's West Loop Target Thursday night amid a protest outside the store to demand the retailer publicly denounce U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement as it comes into the crosshairs over President Donald Trump's mass deportation campaign. The people were detained at the start of the protest as they tried to […]
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Jan 29, 2026
Families and emergency responders are marking the one-year anniversary of the deadly plane collision over the Potomac River.
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Jan 29, 2026
Dueling commercials by two Democratic candidates in Illinois' 8th Congressional District race both say former U.S. Rep. Melissa Bean is "Wall Street's favorite Democrat."
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Jan 29, 2026
Dueling commercials by two Democratic candidates in Illinois' 8th Congressional District race both say former U.S. Rep. Melissa Bean is "Wall Street's favorite Democrat."
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Jan 29, 2026
The Aurora man is accused of following his ex-wife as she entered her home and killing her with a knife, police said.
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Jan 29, 2026
President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened Canada with a 50% tariff on any aircraft sold in the U.S.
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Jan 29, 2026
CPS approved the sale of two closed schools Thursday, which will be repurposed into affordable housing and an athletic facility.
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Jan 29, 2026
A massive food and product recall has been initiated because of the presence of rodent and avian contamination, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
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Jan 29, 2026
A winter weather advisory was set to go in effect Friday, as a burst of accumulating snow sweeps through the Chicago area.
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Jan 29, 2026
While Northwest Indiana waits to see whether the Chicago Bears choose it for its new stadium, labor leaders are waiting to hear if the trades get to be involved at all.
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Jan 29, 2026
Venezuela's legislature has approved opening the nation's oil sector to privatization.
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Jan 29, 2026
The Indiana legislative session has almost reached the halfway point with major bills advancing at quick pace this week and shifting from one chamber to the other for consideration.
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Jan 29, 2026
A Michigan City man was sentenced to 70 years for beating his roommate to death with a sledgehammer at the Willows apartments in Gary.
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Jan 29, 2026
Tom Homan suggested during a news conference Thursday that an immigration drawdown could happen in Minnesota, but only after "cooperation" from state officials.
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Jan 29, 2026
A circuit court judge ruled this week that Cook County had misspent hundreds of millions of transportation dollars, a win for the organization representing construction firms.
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Jan 29, 2026
Here's a look back at a sampling of long-gone island oases we wish we could duck into from the cold this winter.
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Jan 29, 2026
Good afternoon, Chicago. Here's what is happening today.
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Jan 29, 2026
The Rev. Julie Van Til joined more than 600 religious leaders who travelled to Minneapolis to protest the federal immigration crackdown.
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Jan 29, 2026
Stephen Colbert‘s final hurrah on CBS has been set in motion.
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Jan 29, 2026
The 19-year-old brutally stabbed the pregnant mother around 70 times because he was "upset" about a truck's condition, killing her and her unborn child before setting her home on fire.
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Jan 29, 2026
Politicians still have time to throw their hats into one of the rings, but here are the top candidates for several US House districts next year in Illinois.
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Jan 29, 2026
Four men were charged Wednesday in the wake of a burglary at Kelsey Resale Boutique in Hinsdale and subsequent police chase.
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Jan 29, 2026
The Cook County chief judge's office has toughened protocols around its electronic monitoring program, making changes in the wake of high profile incidents and as the office's monitored population swells.
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Jan 29, 2026
Federal officials said Border Patrol agents had been searching for a dangerous criminal when they fatally shot Alex Pretti on a Minneapolis sidewalk.
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Jan 29, 2026
Homelessness appears to have fallen in the last year of the Biden administration, with a 60% drop in Chicago, an analysis of local data shows.
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Jan 29, 2026
U.S. life expectancy rose to 79 years in 2024 — the highest mark in American history.
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Jan 29, 2026
IDEM annouced that Indiana's water systems have submitted more than 98% of the required lead service line inventories.
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Jan 29, 2026
The competition is fierce. Kendrick Lamar's dominance continues at the 2026 Grammy Awards, where he leads the nominations with nine.
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Jan 29, 2026
Senate Democrats are threatening to block legislation that would fund the Department of Homeland Security and several other agencies Thursday, potentially bringing the government a step closer to a partial shutdown if Republicans and the White House do not agree to new restrictions on President Donald Trump's surge of immigration enforcement.
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Jan 29, 2026
The growing misery and anxiety comes amid what Mississippi officials say is the state's worst winter storm in more than 30 years. About 60 warming centers were opened across a state known as one of the nation's poorest. But for some communities, they are not enough.
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Jan 29, 2026
A woman was seriously injured in a fire involving three houses that displaced about four others in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood, officials said.
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Jan 29, 2026
Sean Grayson, a former Sangamon County sheriff's deputy, was convicted in October of second-degree murder in the 2024 killing of Sonya Massey, a shooting that generated national outrage.
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Jan 29, 2026
A 75-year-old woman was pronounced dead after she suffered burns to her body in a house fire in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood, Chicago police said.
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Jan 29, 2026
People gathered outside the Jesse Brown Department of Veteran Affairs Medical Center in Chicago to mourn Alex Pretti's death.
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Jan 29, 2026
Good morning, Chicago. Here are the top stories you need to know to start your day.
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Jan 29, 2026
U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar said she is running for governor of Minnesota, promising to take on President Donald Trump while unifying the state.
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Jan 29, 2026
Daisy Hernández's new book, Citizenship: Notes on an American Myth," is partly a family memoir and partly a world history.
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Jan 29, 2026
David Dewar and Charles (Chuck) Lay are seeking the Republican nomination to challenge Democratic incumbent Mary Gill in the 35th district.
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Jan 29, 2026
On Jan. 29, 2025, a midair collision between an Army helicopter and an American Airlines regional jet killed all 67 people aboard both aircraft as the jet was landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington, D.C. At least 28 bodies were pulled from the icy Potomac River.
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Jan 29, 2026
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Jan. 29, according to the Tribune's archives.
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Jan 28, 2026
An SUV belonging to the American National Red Cross was stolen earlier this week in the Illinois Medical District on the city's Near West Side, according to police and Red Cross officials. The 45-year-old Red Cross employee noticed the missing white 2019 Chevrolet Traverse between 4 and 5 p.m. in the 500 block of South […]
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Jan 28, 2026
With Super Bowl LX less than two weeks away, federal officials have confirmed that the Department of Homeland Security will be involved in security for the Bay Area's biggest event in years.
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Jan 28, 2026
The nominees for the 98th Academy Awards were announced January 22, with "Sinners" receiving a record-breaking 16 nominations and "One Battle After Another" not far behind with 13.
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Jan 28, 2026
The Trump administration's high-profile deployment of federal troops to six U.S. cities including Chicago has cost taxpayers roughly $496 million through the end of December.
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Jan 28, 2026
The investigation remains ongoing, police officials said, but they emphasized that the incident was isolated and that there is no danger to the public.
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Jan 28, 2026
At a speech just blocks from the White House Wednesday, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson said he would prepare the city for the future prosecution of Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino for creating "chaos" during the Trump administration's surge of immigration agents in Chicago last year.
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Jan 28, 2026
Rose Byrne, fresh off her Golden Globe Award win and Oscar nomination for the leading role in "If I Had Legs I'd Kick You," was named as the 2026 Woman of the Year by Harvard University's Hasty Pudding Theatricals on Wednesday.
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Jan 28, 2026
House Bill 1001, which addresses housing matters, a House Republican priority for this session, passed the House Tuesday.
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Jan 28, 2026
Board of Elections says it rejected the Quantum Shore question because it contained too many propositions.
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Jan 28, 2026
Fugitive former Loretto Hospital executive Anosh Ahmed, who fled to Dubai before his indictment on massive fraud charges, has been arrested in Serbia and is awaiting extradition to stand trial in Chicago, federal prosecutors disclosed in a court filing Wednesday.
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Jan 28, 2026
The Indiana Senate approved a stadium authority bill that would help bring the Chicago Bears to Northwest Indiana Wednesday.
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Jan 28, 2026
A judge granted bail in December for a woman in a fatal East Chicago apartment shooting.
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Jan 28, 2026
Two suppliers provided dried milk powder that could be a culprit in the outbreak of botulism tied to ByHeart infant formula that has sickened dozens of babies.
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Jan 28, 2026
Sarah Mullally, 63, became the archbishop of Canterbury on Wednesday, making her the first woman to lead the Church of England.
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Jan 28, 2026
The FBI on Wednesday searched the election office of a Georgia county that has been central to right-wing conspiracy theories over President Donald Trump's 2020 election loss.
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Jan 28, 2026
Technical talks between the U.S., Denmark and Greenland over hatching an Arctic security deal are now underway, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Wednesday.
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Jan 28, 2026
A man faces multiple counts of first-degree murder in connection to the shooting deaths of a woman and her young son in Joliet over the weekend, authorities said. Joseph Johnson, 29, of Joliet, has been charged with six counts of first-degree murder, according to a news release from Joliet police. Officers and detectives responded to […]
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Jan 28, 2026
As a partial government shutdown looms at week's end, Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer has laid out a list of demands for the Department of Homeland Security.
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Jan 28, 2026
The Trump administration soon will allow Venezuela to sell oil now subject to U.S. sanctions, with the revenue initially dedicated to basic government services such as policing and health care and subject to Washington's oversight, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday.
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Jan 28, 2026
Charlie Minn is no longer scheduled to speak at Andrew and Tinley Park high schools about his Lane Bryant shootings documentary.
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Jan 28, 2026
The Senate made an amendment to legislation that would allow for more local regulation on carbon sequestration projects before its third reading.
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Jan 28, 2026
Catherine's Cause makes and donates items to grieving parents, including blankets, cards, bracelets, keychains and other keepsakes.
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Jan 28, 2026
Good afternoon, Chicago. Here's what is happening today.
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Jan 28, 2026
The Elgin Civilian Review Board says police Officer Jason Lentz should be fired for a Facebook post about undocumented immigrants.
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Jan 28, 2026
Two federal agents were reportedly placed on leave after the deadly shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis.
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Jan 28, 2026
Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez launched an independent run for Congress Wednesday against the chief of staff for U.S. Rep. Jesus "Chuy" Garcia in the November general election.
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Jan 28, 2026
Defense attorneys in the politically charged case accusing a group of Democrats and other protesters of conspiring to impede immigration agents argued in a court hearing Wednesday that events in Minneapolis have augmented the need to keep evidence in the case public.
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Jan 28, 2026
Facing painful budget realities, the East Chicago School Board voted 3-2 Tuesday to close the Carrie Gosch Early Learning Center.
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Jan 28, 2026
On Wednesday morning, former basketball player and coach Sylia Crawley Spann gave a motivational talk at Indiana University Northwest.
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Jan 28, 2026
The Indiana Senate gave final approval to a gender definition bill Tuesday along party lines. Senate Bill 182 defines female, male, gender, and sex for all Indiana statutes. The bill states that the Department of Correction has to assign an offender to a facility or program that is based on the inmate's biological sex at birth.
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Jan 28, 2026
Southland crime items compiled from police and court reports and news releases.
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Jan 28, 2026
A Chicago police officer is facing more than a dozen felony charges for allegedly accepting bribes in exchange for allowing a civilian to use his encrypted CPD radio.
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Jan 28, 2026
Secretary of State Marco Rubio gave a full-throated defense Wednesday of President Donald Trump's military operation to oust and arrest then-Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, while also using his wide-ranging congressional testimony to touch on Greenland, NATO, Iran and China.
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Jan 28, 2026
Lurie Children's new hospital would be the system's first hospital with inpatient beds outside of its main facility in Streeterville.
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Jan 28, 2026
The Indiana Senate passed an abortion medication ban bill Tuesday, largely along party lines, with one Republican joining all Democrats present to vote against the bill. Senate Bill 236, authored by State Sen. Tyler Johnson, R-Leo, that states a person who manufactures, distributes, mails, transports, delivers, prescribes or provides an abortion inducing drug is jointly […]
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Jan 28, 2026
During Tuesday's session, the Indiana House heard various amendments to a bill that aims to make electric utility bills more affordable statewide.
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Jan 28, 2026
Nearing the deadline for bills to be heard in committee, the Senate Environmental Affairs Committee looked at legislation that would allow for more local regulation on carbon sequestration projects.
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Jan 28, 2026
The Illinois Racing Board has suspended the operating license for harness racing at Hawthorne Race Course, citing ongoing financial difficulties.
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Jan 28, 2026
The Illinois Racing Board has suspended the operating license for harness racing at Hawthorne Race Course, citing ongoing financial difficulties.
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Jan 28, 2026
When the Supreme Court granted an unusually quick hearing over President Donald Trump's tariffs, a similarly rapid resolution seemed possible.
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Jan 28, 2026
Iranian officials reached out to the wider Middle East on Wednesday over the threat of a possible U.S. military strike on the country, a month since the start of protests in Iran that soon spread nationwide and sparked a bloody crackdown.
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Jan 28, 2026
Federal Reserve officials are expected to keep their short-term interest rate unchanged Wednesday after three cuts last year, ignoring huge pressure for lower borrowing costs from the White House in favor of waiting to see how the economy evolves.
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Jan 28, 2026
Amazon is slashing about 16,000 corporate jobs in the second round of mass layoffs for the ecommerce company in three months.
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Jan 28, 2026
Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates gave a sweeping address to a sea of supporters at the union's headquarters on the Near West Side.
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Jan 28, 2026
Two critically injured teenage boys were placed into police custody after they struck a viaduct with a stolen vehicle overnight in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood.
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Jan 28, 2026
Chicago police are investigating the homicide of a 46-year-old woman found unresponsive on the floor of a residence in the Roseland neighborhood.
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Jan 28, 2026
Good morning, Chicago. Here are the top stories you need to know to start your day.
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Jan 28, 2026
A third round of "No Kings" protests is coming this spring, with organizers saying they are planning their largest demonstrations yet across the United States.
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Jan 28, 2026
On Jan. 28, 1813, the novel "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen was first published, anonymously, in London.
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Jan 28, 2026
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Jan. 28, according to the Tribune's archives.
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Jan 27, 2026
Nedas Revuckas is scheduled to make an initial court appearance on Wednesday.
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Jan 27, 2026
A man sprayed an unknown substance on Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar and was tackled to the ground Tuesday during a town hall she was hosting in Minneapolis.
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Jan 27, 2026
Dozens of health care workers, union leaders and veterans held a vigil for Alex Pretti outside the Veterans Affairs Medical Center Tuesday afternoon.
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