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Jan 26, 2026
Indiana Senate Democrats proposed four amendments to an abortion medication bill, but all of them failed in voice votes Monday.
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Jan 26, 2026
Shooting occurred in the late afternoon Monday in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood.
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Jan 26, 2026
The three major Democratic candidates running for U.S. Senate, Juliana Stratton, Raja Krishnamoorthi and Robin Kelly, clashed Monday over who would be the strongest opponent to President Donald Trump and his aggressive deportation enforcement operations.
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Jan 26, 2026
Robert Morrison, a Lake Forest resident who led two of the nation's most recognizable food companies after a decorated career in the U.S. Marine Corps, died of natural causes Jan. 16 at his winter home in Vero Beach, Florida, according to his family. He was 83.
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Jan 26, 2026
The Archdiocese of Chicago announced five additional school closures across Illinois ahead of National Catholic Schools Week, citing low enrollment and financial strain.
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Jan 26, 2026
The Archdiocese of Chicago announced five additional school closures across Illinois ahead of National Catholic Schools Week, citing low enrollment and financial strain.
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Jan 26, 2026
A Cook County judge vacated Antonio Porter's conviction and ordered a new trial, based in part on a police officer's history.
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Jan 26, 2026
The Lyons Township High School District 204 board wants a real estate broker to help it sell property the district owns in Willow Springs.
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Jan 26, 2026
In an endorsement session with the Chicago Tribune Editorial Board, Toni Preckwinkle acknowledged the upgrade problems "have real consequences for schools and other taxing bodies."
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Jan 26, 2026
Seven families of students given nicotine gum in Dolton District 149 are considering a lawsuit after charges against teacher dropped.
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Jan 26, 2026
About 2,000 turn out for a South Elgin rally Sunday to protest ICE actions in the wake of the 2nd fatal shooting of an American citizen.
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Jan 26, 2026
Aiming to shake up the Golden State's media landscape, the California Post launched on Monday with a new tabloid newspaper and news site that brings a brash, cheeky and conservative-friendly fixture of the Big Apple to the West Coast.
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Jan 26, 2026
President Donald Trump on Monday ordered his border czar to oversee the immigration crackdown in Minnesota and declared that he was now on a "similar wavelength" as the governor following the second fatal shooting by federal immigration officers this month.
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Jan 26, 2026
The case against two former Munster school administrators accused of engineering a scheme to overpay themselves $850,000 largely in retirement annuities may be headed for a civil trial.
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Jan 26, 2026
The case against two former Munster school administrators accused of engineering a scheme to overpay themselves $850,000 largely in retirement annuities may be headed for a civil trial.
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Jan 26, 2026
Good afternoon, Chicago. Here's what is happening today.
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Jan 26, 2026
The Indiana House Ways & Means Committee rejected education bill amendments to restore funding for Dolly Parton's Imagination Library.
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Jan 26, 2026
The Chicago Harbor Lock is expected to see its federal funding cut by more than 90% this year after an effort by Illinois lawmakers to secure more money for the busy stop lock and dam failed.
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Jan 26, 2026
The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln and three accompanying warships have arrived in the Middle East, bringing a renewed potential that President Donald Trump could opt to order airstrikes on Iran.
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Jan 26, 2026
A Porter County Sheriff's deputy is in stable condition after being struck by a vehicle while responding to a snowstorm-related crash.
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Jan 26, 2026
Charlie Minn's documentary "The Tinley Park 5" opens Feb. 13 at AMC theaters in Crestwood, New Lenox and Chicago's River East.
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Jan 26, 2026
Israel said it had recovered the remains of the last hostage in Gaza, clearing the way for the next and more challenging phase of its ceasefire with Hamas.
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Jan 26, 2026
From family-run cafes to retail giants, businesses are increasingly coming into the crosshairs of President Donald Trump's mass deportation campaign.
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Jan 26, 2026
Chicago homicide data, which is updated on this page weekly, is through Jan. 23, 2026.
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Jan 26, 2026
Here's a look back at how Chicago's current snowfall compares with previous seasons.
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Jan 26, 2026
The U.S. workweek opened with yet more snow dumping on the Northeast under the tail end of a colossal winter storm.
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Jan 26, 2026
A private aircraft carrying eight people crashed on takeoff at Maine's Bangor International Airport, the Federal Aviation Administration said.
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Jan 26, 2026
The FAA says seven people were killed and a crew member survived with serious injuries when a private business jet crashed at Maine's Bangor International Airport.
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Jan 26, 2026
The Minnesota Timberwolves returned to the court after the postponement of their game against the Golden State Warriors the day before, the focus clearly distracted by a community in crisis.
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Jan 26, 2026
The European Union opened a formal investigation into Elon Musk's social media platform X after his artificial intelligence chatbot Grok started spewing nonconsensual sexualized deepfake images.
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Jan 26, 2026
So many things went wrong last Jan. 29 to contribute to the deadliest plane crash on American soil since 2001 that the National Transportation Safety Board isn't likely to identify a single cause.
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Jan 26, 2026
Good morning, Chicago. Here are the top stories you need to know to start your day.
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Jan 26, 2026
A federal judge will hear arguments Monday on whether she should at least temporarily halt the immigration crackdown in Minnesota that has led to two fatal shootings.
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Jan 26, 2026
An Illinois law is letting public officials redact their personal information. Press advocates are raising alarms about government transparency and free speech.
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Jan 26, 2026
Brookfield Zoo, which has cared for generations of polar bears, hopes to offer guidelines for an area where mothers den at high densities.
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Jan 26, 2026
A University of Chicago study found that school climate is perhaps the most powerful predictor of how many students show up to class.
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Jan 26, 2026
On Jan. 26, 1905, the Cullinan Diamond, at 3,106 carats the largest diamond ever found, was discovered in South Africa.
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Jan 26, 2026
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Jan. 26, according to the Tribune's archives.
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Jan 25, 2026
The fatal shooting of a Minneapolis protester by a federal immigration officer prompted some fellow Republicans to question President Donald Trump's hard-line immigration crackdown.
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Jan 25, 2026
Thousands faced snow and below-freezing temperatures in the Loop Sunday afternoon to protest the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by a federal immigration agent in Minnesota.
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Jan 25, 2026
As Minneapolis mourned the intensive care nurse killed by Border Patrol officers in a hail of gunfire, those who knew Alex Pretti came forward Sunday to dispute the narrative of top Trump administration officials.
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Jan 25, 2026
Between midnight and noon on Monday, Cook County will again experience "dangerously cold" wind chills as low as minus 20 degrees.
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Jan 25, 2026
A person of interest is in custody, authorities say.
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Jan 25, 2026
A person of interest is in custody, authorities say.
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Jan 25, 2026
A growing number of Republicans are pressing for a deeper investigation into federal immigration tactics in Minnesota after a U.S. Border Patrol agent fatally shot a man in Minneapolis.
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Jan 25, 2026
A massive winter storm made for a brutal travel day Sunday, with widespread cancellations and delays at some of the nation's busiest airports.
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Jan 25, 2026
A massive winter storm made for a brutal travel day Sunday, with widespread cancellations and delays at some of the nation's busiest airports.
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Jan 25, 2026
Democratic senators are vowing to oppose a funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security following the shooting death of a 37-year-old Minnesota man, a stand that increases the prospect of a partial government shutdown.
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Jan 25, 2026
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday that a U.S. security guarantees document for Ukraine is "100% ready" after two days of talks involving representatives from Ukraine, the U.S. and Russia.
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Jan 25, 2026
American rock climber Alex Honnold ascended the Taipei 101 skyscraper on Sunday without any ropes or protective equipment.
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Jan 25, 2026
Democrats demanded that federal immigration officers leave Minnesota after a U.S. Border Patrol agent fatally shot a man in Minneapolis.
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Jan 25, 2026
In dueling news conferences, federal and state officials offered starkly different messages Sunday about the immigration crackdown that has swept across Minneapolis and surrounding cities.
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Jan 25, 2026
Democrats demanded that federal immigration officers leave Minnesota after a U.S. Border Patrol agent fatally shot a man in Minneapolis.
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Jan 25, 2026
A massive winter storm continued Sunday morning, dumping sleet, freezing rain and snow across the South and up through New England, bringing frigid temperatures, widespread power outages and treacherous road conditions.
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Jan 25, 2026
A Michigan City man said he was injured on Dec. 16, and police body camera footage shows another man was injured on Oct. 9.
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Jan 25, 2026
Those whose livelihoods depend on ice and the fish and microorganisms in the lakes are experiencing havoc wrought by fluctuations fueled by climate change.
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Jan 25, 2026
While Marina Lopez was in ICE detention for seven months, parishioners in her church stepped up to help care for her family.
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Jan 25, 2026
Residents worried about gentrification in Woodlawn and South Shore are concerned the Obama organization is pitching short-term rentals as a way to deal with tourism.
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Jan 25, 2026
On Jan. 25, 1945, Grand Rapids, Michigan, became the first city to add fluoride to its public water supply.
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Jan 25, 2026
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Jan. 25, according to the Tribune's archives.
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Jan 24, 2026
The South Loop Farmers Market, featuring local produce and artisanal foods, drew about 1,200 shoppers Saturday morning.
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Jan 24, 2026
Japanese panda fans are gathering Sunday for the final public viewing at Tokyo's Ueno zoo before twins Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei return to China.
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Jan 24, 2026
The NBA game between the Minnesota Timberwolves and Golden State Warriors was postponed on Saturday afternoon following another fatal shooting by a federal officer in Minneapolis.
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Jan 24, 2026
Winter weather can upend even the best-laid travel plans, but one less thing to worry about is losing money if your flight is canceled: U.S. airlines are required to provide refunds.
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Jan 24, 2026
President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened to impose a 100% tariff on goods imported from Canada if America's northern neighbor went ahead with its China trade deal.
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Jan 24, 2026
Federal officers shot and killed a 37-year-old man in Minneapolis amid the Trump administration's immigration crackdown, according to a hospital record obtained by the Associated Press.
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Jan 24, 2026
There will be a do-over meeting about the East Lake Fire Protection Territory for Lake Station and East Chicago on Feb. 13.
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Jan 24, 2026
Illinois Democratic leaders speak out after federal immigration officers fatally shot a 37-year-old man in Minneapolis, where Republican President Donald Trump's latest deportation campaign has unfolded.
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Jan 24, 2026
Two Gary projects, including the demolition of an elementary school that's been closed for 17 years, were included in U.S. Rep. Frank Mrvan's Transportation and Housing Community Project Funding requests approved Thursday by the U.S. House.
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Jan 24, 2026
Federal immigration officers shot and killed a man Saturday in Minneapolis, drawing hundreds of protesters in a city already shaken by another fatal shooting weeks earlier.
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Jan 24, 2026
A federal immigration officer shot and killed a man Saturday in Minneapolis, drawing hundreds of protesters onto the frigid streets and ratcheting up tensions in a city already shaken by another fatal shooting weeks earlier.
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Jan 24, 2026
A bill aiming to preemptively shape how nuclear facility permits are awarded passed the Indiana Senate and will move to the House.
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Jan 24, 2026
A German soccer federation executive committee member says it's time to consider a World Cup boycott because of the actions of U.S. President Donald Trump.
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Jan 24, 2026
Multiple organizations will clean up contminated sediments at Lake George Canal and Junction Reaches project areas in Northwest Indiana.
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Jan 24, 2026
A man was fatally wounded Friday night inside of his parked car in the Humboldt Park neighborhood, Chicago police said.
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Jan 24, 2026
Roughly 140 million people were under a winter storm warning from New Mexico to New England.
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Jan 24, 2026
Chicago police wounded a man armed with a knife and a gun who shot a woman Friday night during a domestic-disturbance in the Chatham neighborhood.
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Jan 24, 2026
McCorld Gallery & Cultural Center in Palos Park helps veterans tell their stories in the exhibit The Veterans Experience Through Art.
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Jan 24, 2026
Illinois preserved two chairs Barack Obama used in the state Senate, hoping they'd be displayed, but now must decide what to do as the Obama Presidential Center is declining to take them.
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Jan 24, 2026
Experts discuss whether any local trees can 'explode' following a social media post.
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Jan 24, 2026
Exploding trees? Extreme cold snaps in Chicago can cause trees to crack and burst from freezing stress. Tree experts explain the science behind the shocking sounds.
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Jan 24, 2026
A day after a Chicago construction worker was acquitted by a federal jury of charges he offered money to kill Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino he found himself back in custody.
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Jan 24, 2026
On Jan. 24, 1989, confessed serial killer Ted Bundy was executed in Florida's electric chair.
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Jan 24, 2026
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Jan. 24, according to the Tribune's archives.
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Jan 23, 2026
A Gary Police officer has been placed on unpaid leave following a Jan. 17 arrest for operating a vehicle while intoxicated.
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Jan 23, 2026
Members of a motorcycle club and a street gang worked together in an attempt to kill an Indiana judge in hopes of derailing a domestic abuse case against one of their own, prosecutors alleged Friday, hours after police announced they had arrested five people in connection with the investigation.
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Jan 23, 2026
News from Lake County courts news
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Jan 23, 2026
The Pentagon released a priority-shifting National Defense Strategy late Friday that chastised U.S. allies to take control of their own security and reasserted the Trump administration's focus on dominance in the Western Hemisphere above a longtime goal of countering China.
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Jan 23, 2026
An attorney and activist who said an immigration agent threw him to the ground as he filmed on his phone told the Tribune on Friday he learned from police that the agent has been charged with a misdemeanor in Cook County.
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Jan 23, 2026
Terry Boers, a former Sun-Times columnist who was one of the founding talkers of Chicago's first sports radio station WSCR-AM 670, died Friday afternoon. He was 75.
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Jan 23, 2026
But even by Trump's standards, the tumult of the past week stood out because it crystallized his determination to erase the rules-based order that has governed U.S. foreign policy — and by extension most of the Western world — since World War II.
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Jan 23, 2026
The man killed in an officer-involved shooting Wednesday in Aurora has been identified as 27-year-old Temesgen Welendreyas of Aurora, the Kane County Coroner's Office said on Friday.
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Jan 23, 2026
Vice President JD Vance on Friday encouraged anti-abortion activists to "take heart in how far we've come" on the quest to limit the practice, listing the Trump administration's accomplishments including an expansion of a ban on U.S. foreign aid for groups supporting abortion services.
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Jan 23, 2026
Clothes have become symbols of the battle over Trump administration immigration and deportation policies, their enforcement and the debate about whether those policies are a tool of authoritarianism or a justified reaction to an untenable situation.
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Jan 23, 2026
The U.S. military said Friday that it has carried out a deadly strike on a vessel accused of trafficking drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, the first known attack since the raid that captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro earlier this month.
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Jan 23, 2026
A jury convicted a Gary man Friday for shooting a man dead inside a Little Caesar's on Garfield Street in Gary.
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Jan 23, 2026
One person is dead after a fire broke out in an Avondale residence on the city's Northwest Side Friday afternoon, fire officials said. Fire crews responded to reports of a working fire in the 3000 block of West George Street just before 3:10 p.m., according to Larry Merritt, a Chicago Fire Department spokesperson. Merritt confirmed […]
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Jan 23, 2026
An elderly man died Friday afternoon after a fire broke out in an Avondale residence on the city's Northwest Side, authorities said. Officers responded to calls of a fire in a basement residence in the 3000 block of West George Street just before 3 p.m., according to Chicago police. A 75-year-old man was found unresponsive […]
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Jan 23, 2026
A federal judge ruled Friday that President Donald Trump's administration must keep federal funds flowing to child care subsidies and other social service programs in five Democratic-controlled states — at least for now.
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Jan 23, 2026
VNA Health Care is planning to expand one of its busiest health centers in Aurora with the help of a recently-announced $750,000 award from Endeavor Health.
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