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Emery Lehman, right, celebrates with his parents, David and Marcia, after winning the men’s 1500-meter competition and qualifying for the Milan Olympics on Jan. 4, 2026, during the U.S. Olympic Team Trials Long Track at the Pettit National Ice Center in Milwaukee. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Entering his 4th Olympics, Oak Park speedskater Emery Lehman nears the finish line

January 10, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Since winning a Bronze medal at the 2022 Olympics, Oak Park's Emery Lehman has spent most of the past four years working toward an ending. The Milan Cortina Games will...

Sarah Warren hugs her father, Morrison Warren, as she celebrates making her first Olympics by finishing second in the women's 500-meter event Jan. 5, 2026, during the U.S. Olympic Team Trials Long Track at the Pettit National Ice Center in Milwaukee. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

After torn ACLs and 10 surgeries, Chicago’s Sarah Warren makes the US Olympic speedskating team

January 6, 2026 at 6:29 p.m.

Bears President Kevin Warren said he was overcome with emotion when speedskater Sarah Warren made her first Olympic team this week. Like any good uncle would.

Clouds from the day’s rain linger over hockey fans walking near the United Center before a game between the Blackhawks and Pittsburgh Penguins at the center on Dec. 28, 2025. (Dominic Di Palermo/baiduhai)

As severe weather threat ends, temperature plummets and wind increases in Chicago

December 28, 2025 at 7:36 p.m.

The National Weather Service on Sunday warned of an incoming cold front and possible wind speeds that could approach 50 mph by Monday.

Federal agents detain a person while members of the community and activists protest near the 3900 block of South Kedzie Avenue in Chicago on Oct. 4, 2025. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

64 days in Chicago: The story of Operation Midway Blitz

March 14, 2026 at 11:46 a.m.

President Donald Trump's federal immigration enforcement operation led to most surreal autumn in Chicago history. What happened during those 64 days will be remembered for a long time.

Southside Together member Alajah Wills, center, holds a sign while participating in a chant with tenants and community members in front of the recently raided South Shore apartment building on Nov. 24, 2025. The news conference announced the formation of the 7500 South Shore Tenants Union. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Federal agents raided a Chicago apartment building two months ago. Now its residents have formed a union.

December 3, 2025 at 9:35 a.m.

Nearly two months after the militarized raid that roused them from their sleep and made international headlines, residents who remain at 7500 South Shore Drive are fighting back.

U.S. Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., listens to Panaderia Coral bakery owner Gloria Canchola as he tours the streets and shops of Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood, Nov. 21, 2025. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

US Sen. Ruben Gallego, a Chicago native, denounces immigration raids in return home

November 21, 2025 at 4:20 p.m.

U.S. Sen. Ruben Gallego of Arizona can't do much to shield the Little Village from Trump’s immigration crackdown, but the Chicago native wanted to bear witness to his hometown's resilience.

Baltazar Enriquez, president of the Little Village Community Council, blows a whistle as federal immigration officers depart, Oct. 23, 2025, after a raid at the Discount Mall on West 26th Street. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Inside Chicago’s growing resistance movement against Operation Midway Blitz: ‘Small acts have huge consequences’

November 10, 2025 at 3:06 p.m.

In Chicago, the resistance to President Donald Trump's mass deportation mission has taken many forms. A movement has grown through acts large and small.

A WSIU relay transmitter near Olney in Richland County, Sept. 13, 2025. The station’s range is amplified by towers in Carbondale and Mount Vernon and Olney (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

In rural southern Illinois, an NPR affiliate tries to fight on amid federal cuts

October 5, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

In southern Illinois, a public radio station was already operating at the margins when Donald Trump called for NPR's defunding. Now it needs to fill a $1.4 million hole.

A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent chases a protester into a residential yard near the ICE holding facility in Broadview on Sept. 26, 2025. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Broadview residents are scared as ICE facility becomes a battleground for Trump immigration blitz

October 3, 2025 at 5:19 p.m.

Broadview has become the epicenter of Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement, leaving some locals hiding in fear from ICE and others loathing the smell of tear gas in the morning.

Army veteran Tony Walker and his wife, Rosemary, put a jacket on daughter Kamari, 2, before day care on Sept. 4, 2025, at their home in Plainfield. (Dominic Di Palermo/ baiduhai)

Records show the VA failed to treat a Plainfield father’s common infection. Now he’s paying the price.

September 8, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

At Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital, lab tests a Plainfield veteran's blood test detected the presence a common bacterial infection. Doctors failed to treat it – and the mistake has...

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