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Oct 28, 2025
Medline - a massive medical supply company based in Northfield - publicly filed paperwork Tuesday for a proposed initial public offering.
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Oct 28, 2025
A federal judge was taking Border Control Cmdr. Gregory Bovino point by point through her temporary restraining order restricting the use of tear gas and other controversial tactics used by his agents in city neighborhoods.
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Oct 28, 2025
At least 12 people were arrested by federal immigration enforcement agents in Lake County over the weekend.
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Oct 28, 2025
The La Grange Board of Trustees unanimously approved changes Monday to its ordinances regarding e-bikes. Under the new rules, the battery powered cycles will be allowed on sidewalks outside the downtown area, but those under age 16 or without a driver's license are prohibited from riding them on any public street, except when accompanied by […]
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Oct 28, 2025
With the federal government shutdown nearing the one-month mark, Americans are starting to see the cascading effects of programs shuttered by lapses in federal funding.
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Oct 28, 2025
A federal judge was taking Border Control Cmdr. Gregory Bovino point by point through her temporary restraining order restricting the use of tear gas and other controversial tactics used by his agents in city neighborhoods.
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Oct 28, 2025
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that the U.S. military carried out three strikes Monday in the waters of the Eastern Pacific against boats suspected of carrying drugs, killing 14 and leaving one survivor.
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Oct 28, 2025
A man from India stabbed two teenagers with a fork, slapped a female passenger and a crew member and mimicked shooting himself during an international flight, authorities said.
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Oct 28, 2025
The U.S. stock market is ticking further into record heights. The S&P 500 rose 0.3% Tuesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 298 points, and the Nasdaq composite climbed 0.6%.
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Oct 28, 2025
Hurricane Melissa was set to pummel Jamaica on Tuesday as a catastrophic Category 5 storm, the strongest to lash the island since recordkeeping began 174 years ago.
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Oct 28, 2025
United Parcel Service posted third-quarter results that handily beat Wall Street's expectations and gave details about its turnaround efforts, including approximately 34,000 job cuts.
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Oct 28, 2025
The Trump administration is drawing up plans for a shake-up at Immigration and Customs Enforcement, according to three people familiar with the plans.
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Oct 28, 2025
Good morning, Chicago. Here are the top stories you need to know to start your day.
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Oct 28, 2025
Cmdr. Gregory Bovino is set to appear before U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis at 10 a.m. at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago.
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Oct 28, 2025
Harvey police escorted a resident out and parliamentary moves stifled debate at Harvey's first City Council meeting since furloughs.
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Oct 28, 2025
Demand for home solar has surged since Trump repealed a federal tax credit worth about $8,000 per household by the year's end.
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Oct 28, 2025
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Oct. 28, according to the Tribune's archives.
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Oct 28, 2025
On Oct. 28, 1636, the General Court of Massachusetts passed a legislative act establishing Harvard College.
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Oct 27, 2025
An officer tried to perform a traffic stop when the driver struck the officer's vehicle and fled, according to Chicago police.
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Oct 27, 2025
During the confrontation, a crowd of about 20 people gathered, with "several individuals shouting obscenities and moving toward the arresting agents," the department said.
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Oct 27, 2025
More than 400 potential candidates filed to run for public office on Monday, the official kickoff to the 2026 election season.
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Oct 27, 2025
The estranged husband of a woman found dead last year in the stairwell of a South Loop high-rise was charged with murder on Monday on the first anniversary of her death.
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Oct 27, 2025
The estranged husband of a woman found dead last year in the stairwell of a South Loop high-rise was charged with murder on Monday on the first anniversary of her death.
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Oct 27, 2025
Clarendon Hills has hired a consultant to advise on a new fire station at the site of the police department and public works sites.
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Oct 27, 2025
Big Sister Hour and Women of Excellence hosted "She Rises: Building Resilience, Confidence and Connection" at Indiana University Northwest.
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Oct 27, 2025
As the Trump administration's immigration enforcement raids continue across the Chicago area, a Kane County committee is moving forward a resolution expressing support for immigrant rights.
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Oct 27, 2025
Illinois residents to see 78% average increase in cost of Affordable Care Act exchange plans, if Congress allows subsidies to expire
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Oct 27, 2025
Dragging petition papers to get on the March ballot, candidates for Cook County offices filled the hallway beneath the county's administrative building early Monday.
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Oct 27, 2025
Barstool Sports personality and former golf pro Cody "Beef" Franke has died after a "sudden medical issue."
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Oct 27, 2025
A local Republican leader in Kentucky shared a social media video depicting former President Barack Obama and his wife as apes, a historically racist trope that has ignited a backlash and a strong rebuke from the state GOP for the since-deleted post.
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Oct 27, 2025
Hinsdale Central High students turned an idea into an organization that helps student athletes bridge the gap between sports and academics.
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Oct 27, 2025
As the Trump administration's mass deportation raids begin their second month, their impact has stretched across the Chicago region. Here's what to know.
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Oct 27, 2025
Federal immigration agents have again been accused of violating a federal restraining order during a fracas in the Old Irving Park neighborhood of Chicago over the weekend.
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Oct 27, 2025
Moraine Valley Community College received $1 million from the National Science Foundation for artificial intelligence training.
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Oct 27, 2025
Lake County courts roundup
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Oct 27, 2025
Good afternoon, Chicago. Here's what is happening today.
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Oct 27, 2025
A man is no longer a Burns Harbor firefighter as he faces a felony sexual battery charge accusing him of groping another firefighter.
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Oct 27, 2025
Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin resumed scheduling abortions on Monday after a nearly monthlong pause due to federal Medicaid funding cuts in President Donald Trump's tax and spending bill that took effect at the beginning of October.
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Oct 27, 2025
The Tribune is tracking 11 everyday costs for Americans — eggs, milk, bread, bananas, oranges, tomatoes, chicken, ground beef, gasoline, electricity and natural gas — and how they are changing, or not, under the second Trump administration. This tracker is updated monthly using CPI data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Oct 27, 2025
Mayor Brandon Johnson's Springfield lobbyist plans to lead a group of the mayor's City Council allies to lobby the Illinois General Assembly on Tuesday for a corporate income tax hike and other longshot demands for new revenue. The proposals entail raising the corporate tax rate by 0.92%, imposing a new levy on digital ads and […]
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Oct 27, 2025
Eight years after he was acquitted of a murder charge, South Side drill rapper "THF Bayzoo," who had close ties to Chicago musician Lil Durk, was shot to death in Little Village over the weekend.
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Oct 27, 2025
The manager of a Lakeview comedy club has been charged with assaulting a federal immigration officer during a melee on Friday that quickly went viral on social media. Nathan Griffin, 24, who manages the Laugh Factory at 3175 N. Broadway, was charged in a criminal complaint made public Monday with one count of forcibly assaulting […]
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Oct 27, 2025
A federal spokesperson accused Sam Hamdi of "support(ing) terrorism and undermin(ing) American national security" without evidence.
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Oct 27, 2025
Chicago homicide data, which is updated on this page weekly, is through Oct. 25, 2025.
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Oct 27, 2025
Two U.S. Border Patrol agents threatened a Skokie woman with arrest when she followed and filmed them in Evanston.
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Oct 27, 2025
Stocks are climbing toward more records on Monday ahead of a week packed with potentially market-moving events for Wall Street.
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Oct 27, 2025
The first caller on a telephone town hall with Maryland Rep. Andy Harris, leader of the House's conservative Freedom Caucus, came ready with a question about the Affordable Care Act. Her cousin's disabled son is at risk of losing the insurance he gained under that law, the caller said.
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Oct 27, 2025
Indiana Republican Gov. Mike Braun called Monday for state lawmakers to return to Indianapolis for a special session to redraw the state's congressional boundaries, escalating a national fight over midcycle redistricting.
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Oct 27, 2025
Good morning, Chicago. Here are the top stories you need to know to start your day.
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Oct 27, 2025
Hurricane Melissa intensified to Category 5 strength as it neared Jamaica with up to 30 inches of rain and a life-threatening storm surge.
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Oct 27, 2025
Hurricane Melissa intensified to Category 5 strength as it neared Jamaica with up to 30 inches of rain and a life-threatening storm surge.
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Oct 27, 2025
Plans for the exhibit were formed after high school students from Pilsen questioned the lack of Latino representation at the museum.
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Oct 27, 2025
A tree planting event in Blue Island was a way the community came together despite fear of federal immigration officers.
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Oct 27, 2025
The Trump administration has cast uncertainty over Head Start, which acts as a lifeline to some Chicago families.
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Oct 27, 2025
The Trump administration has cast uncertainty over Head Start, which acts as a lifeline to some Chicago families.
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Oct 27, 2025
Instead of targeting factories and businesses in large-scale raids, federal agents are arresting Chicagoans who work out in the open.
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Oct 27, 2025
These ecosystems alleviate flooding intensified by climate change and support unique biodiversity.
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Oct 27, 2025
On Oct. 27, 2018, a gunman shot and killed 11 congregants and wounded six others at Pittsburgh's Tree of Life synagogue in the deadliest domestic attack on Jews in U.S. history; authorities said the suspect, Robert Bowers, raged against Jews during and after the rampage. (Bowers was convicted and sentenced to death in 2023.)
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Oct 27, 2025
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Oct. 27, according to the Tribune's archives.
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Oct 26, 2025
Tenants say new landlord is demanding they pay on average 60% higher rent.
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Oct 26, 2025
The two detainees later released by authorities had seen alerts about suspicious vehicles parked at Allen Elementary School.
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Oct 26, 2025
Paris prosecutors announced Sunday the first arrest of suspects in connection with the theft of crown jewels from the Louvre, a week after the heist at the world's most visited museum.
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Oct 26, 2025
President Donald Trump arrives Monday in Japan where new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is banking on building a friendly personal relationship with the U.S. leader to ease trade tensions.
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Oct 26, 2025
Boeing workers at three Midwest plants where military aircraft and weapons are developed voted Sunday to reject the company's latest contract offer and to continue a strike that started almost three months ago.
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Oct 26, 2025
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has posted a notice on its website saying federal food aid will not go out Nov. 1, raising the stakes for families nationwide as the government shutdown drags on.
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Oct 26, 2025
A U.S. warship docked in Trinidad and Tobago ‘s capital Sunday as the Trump administration boosts military pressure on neighboring Venezuela and its President Nicolás Maduro.
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Oct 26, 2025
Nick Mangold, one of the New York Jets' most popular and decorated players, died from complications of kidney disease. He was 41.
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Oct 26, 2025
Betty Ford reportedly said that if the White House West Wing is the "mind" of the nation, then the East Wing — the traditional power center for first ladies — is the "heart."
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Oct 26, 2025
Have you ever tossed and turned under a full moon and wondered if its glow was keeping you awake? For generations, people have believed that the Moon has the power to stir up sleepless nights and strange behavior - even madness itself. The word "lunacy" comes directly from luna, Latin for Moon.
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Oct 26, 2025
Hormel Foods is recalling nearly 4.9 million pounds of frozen boneless chicken products it sold to restaurants, cafeterias and other outlets, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service announced Saturday.
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Oct 26, 2025
Suspects have been arrested in connection with the theft of crown jewels from Paris' Louvre museum, the Paris prosecutor said on Sunday, a week after the heist that stunned the world.
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Oct 26, 2025
It's difficult to be outraged over the Los Angeles Dodgers' megaspending or the NBA betting scandal with all the real outrage going on in the streets of Chicago.
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Oct 26, 2025
A book by students at Lemont High School includes tidbits of history, such as teachers' homes being destroyed by a deadly tornado.
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Oct 26, 2025
Allies and opponents of Mayor Brandon Johnson are voicing reservations about his idea to pull money out of tax-increment financing districts around the city.
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Oct 26, 2025
On at least two occasions, CPD personnel responding to standoffs between neighbors and federal agents have found themselves tear-gassed alongside residents as agents react to thrown objects and shouted insults.
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Oct 26, 2025
In the wake of the Civil War, Spiritualism offered a comforting belief in an afterworld populated by the dead but accessible to the living.
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Oct 26, 2025
On October 26, 1861, the legendary Pony Express officially ceased operations, giving way to the transcontinental telegraph. (The last run of the Pony Express was completed the following month.)
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Oct 26, 2025
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Oct. 26, according to the Tribune's archives.
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Oct 25, 2025
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Saturday that Israel, the U.S. and the other mediators of the Gaza ceasefire deal are sharing information to disrupt any threats and that allowed them to identify a possible impending attack last weekend.
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Oct 25, 2025
President Donald Trump said on Saturday that he plans to hike tariffs on imports of Canadian goods by an extra 10% because of an anti-tariff television ad aired by the province of Ontario.
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Oct 25, 2025
The fate of SNAP is a concern as it gets closer to Nov. 1, when the benefits could dry up without resolution of the government shutdown.
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Oct 25, 2025
Congressional and community members held a "shadow" hearing where witnesses voiced concern over the Trump administration's immigration enforcement in Chicago.
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Oct 25, 2025
June Lockhart, who became a mother figure for a generation of television viewers whether at home in "Lassie" or up in the stratosphere in "Lost In Space," has died. She was 100.
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Oct 25, 2025
The government shutdown, already the second-longest in history, with no end in sight, is quickly becoming a way for President Donald Trump to exercise new command over the government.
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Oct 25, 2025
Most countries do not observe daylight saving time. And for those that do — mostly in Europe and North America — the date of the clock change varies, partly because of how time-related laws were developed in difference places.
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Oct 25, 2025
President Donald Trump headed for Asia for the first time this term, a trip where he's expected to work on investment deals and peace efforts before meeting face-to-face with Chinese President Xi Jinping to try to de-escalate a trade war.
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Oct 25, 2025
In an interview with the BBC posted Saturday, Harris said she expects a woman will be president in the coming years, and it could "possibly" be her.
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Oct 25, 2025
Local Hispanic business owners on Friday told elected officials of challenges their businesses are facing because of immigration enforcement actions and asked for help.
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Oct 25, 2025
Federal immigration agents again deployed tear gas on Chicago streets Saturday morning, despite mounting scrutiny from a federal judge over their use of the chemical weapons.
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Oct 25, 2025
Federal immigration agents again deployed tear gas on Chicago streets Saturday morning, despite mounting scrutiny from a federal judge over their use of the chemical weapons.
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Oct 25, 2025
Federal immigration agents again deployed tear gas on Chicago streets Saturday morning, despite mounting scrutiny from a federal judge over their use of the chemical weapons.
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Oct 25, 2025
Donald Trump has seized a central role on the global stage, leaving European allies on the sidelines.
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Oct 25, 2025
A Naperville man was hauled away by federal immigration agents Thursday as his two sons cried and begged for him not to be hurt.
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Oct 25, 2025
Four children are missing after police say a man unrelated to them took a car they were in, prompting an alert Saturday morning.
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Oct 25, 2025
Four children are missing after police say a man unrelated to them took a car they were in, prompting an alert Saturday morning.
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Oct 25, 2025
Nickolas Barbato, 32, is charged with dealing in a controlled substance resulting in death, and dealing in cocaine and in a narcotic drug.
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Oct 25, 2025
An Amber alert was sent out Saturday morning targeting a silver Acura MDX in South suburban Riverdale. The alert asks the community to call 911 if a vehicle is spotted with plates FE60619. No further information was provided in the alert.
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Oct 25, 2025
When Anthony Rivera spoke on the witness stand to his son'skiller, he told Christian Maldonado of his hurt, grief and betrayal.
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Oct 25, 2025
A Pentagon spokesman said Friday that the USS Gerald R. Ford and its strike group would deploy to the U.S. Southern Command region.
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Oct 25, 2025
Ruben Torres Maldonado is 40-year-old Portage Park man detained by federal immigration agents while his 16-year-old daughter, Ofelia, is undergoing cancer treatment.
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