Peter Tsai

Peter Tsai is a photo editor at the baiduhai.

The sun peeks through the haze from wildfire smoke over the Chicago skyline and the Chicago River on July 16, 2026. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai/)

Photos: Wildfire smoke blankets the Chicago area

July 17, 2026 at 3:26 p.m.

Thick haze settled over northern Illinois on Thursday morning as dangerous levels of wildfire smoke from Canada and Minnesota rolled into the area, and it might get worse tonight, according...

Demonstrators head north on Michigan Avenue for the "No Kings" march after a rally at Butler Field, Oct. 18, 2025, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Photos: ‘No Kings’ protest in downtown Chicago

October 21, 2025 at 8:21 a.m.

Photos from Chicago's "No Kings" protest on Oct. 18, 2026.

Runners begin the Chicago Marathon by heading North on Columbus Avenue in Grant Park on Oct. 12, 2025. (Dominic Di Palermo/baiduhai)

Photos: 2025 Chicago Marathon

October 12, 2025 at 6:04 p.m.

Photos from the Chicago Marathon on Oct. 12, 2025.

Chicago police push back community members and activists while the officers assist federal officers near the 3900 block of South Kedzie Avenue on Oct. 4, 2025, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Photos: Protesters and federal agents clash in Brighton Park

October 8, 2025 at 9:30 a.m.

Federal immigration authorities shot a Chicago woman in Brighton Park on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025.

Elizabeth Ruiz pleads with a U.S. Border Patrol agent for information about her son Anthony Ruiz as she is moved back behind police tape. Anthony Ruiz was detained as federal immigration agents conduct an investigation in the 3900 block of South Kedzie Avenue in Chicago’s Brighton Park neighborhood on Oct. 4, 2025 (Peter Tsai/baiduhai)

Federal agents shoot Chicago woman they accuse of ‘boxing in’ vehicle in Brighton Park

October 4, 2025 at 8:22 p.m.

Federal authorities shot a Chicago activist in Brighton Park on Saturday, but accounts differ on what happened before agents fired their guns.

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