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The Chicago Public Schools Board of Education emblem is illuminated during a board meeting at CPS headquarters on July 30, 2026. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

What to know before you vote in Chicago’s elected school board races

By Kate Armanini

October 8, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

In November, Chicago voters will head to the polls to elect all 21 members of...

Collin Corbett, center, stands next to his wife, Abbey, and speaks with supporters Michael Berthold, left, and Marilynn and Bruce Plaxton during a fundraising event at the Long Story Short Pub on Sept. 30, 2026, in Barrington. Corbett is running for governor as an Independent. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

Illinois governor’s race: Collin Corbett, an ex-GOP strategist, hopes to find votes from those in the middle

By Dan Petrella

October 8, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Collin Corbett, a former Republican strategist from Palatine, is the first independent on the Illinois...

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle looks on during a press conference Sept. 23, 2026. (Arthur Maiorella/baiduhai)

Preckwinkle proposes stop-gap fixes, shrinking budget to address Cook County’s $550M shortfall

By A.D. Quig

October 7, 2026 at 10:30 p.m.

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle will propose “sweeping the cupboards bare” to close a...

Republican nominee for governor Darren Bailey gives a thumbs-up as he leaves a press conference near McCormick Place on Sept. 4, 2026. (Arthur Maiorella/baiduhai)

Illinois Democrats accuse Darren Bailey of failing to disclose who provides rent-free Chicago apartment

By Dan Petrella

October 6, 2026 at 5:25 p.m.

The Illinois Democratic Party has accused Darren Bailey, the Republican nominee for governor, of violating...

FILE—Eva Marie Saint arrives at the Oscars on March 4, 2018, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Eva Marie Saint, star of ‘North by Northwest’ and ‘On the Waterfront,’ dies at 102

By Bob Thomas

October 6, 2026 at 5:15 p.m.

Eva Marie Saint, the pale, willowy actor who won an Academy Award for her first...

The line was getting longer around noon as voters and election officials go about their business on the first day of early voting at the Lake County Government Center in Crown Point on Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026. (John Smierciak/for the Post-Tribune)

Early voting off to a strong start in Lake, Porter counties

By Maya Wilkins

October 6, 2026 at 4:41 p.m.

Lake County voters kicked off election season bright and early Tuesday morning, giving Elections and...

Emergency vehicles arrive at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution after the execution of Christa Pike was halted Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2026, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

Christa Pike is awake and speaking ‘limitedly’ after execution attempt in Tennessee, lawyer says
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By Kim Chandler

October 7, 2026 at 11:55 a.m.

Christa Pike, a Tennessee inmate who survived Tennessee’s attempt to execute her, is awake and...

A Skydance billboard is displayed outside Paramount Global office in Times Square, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

What Paramount’s Warner Bros. takeover means for streaming, movies and news

By Matt Sedensky

October 6, 2026 at 4:38 p.m.

What the Skydance deal between Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery will mean for streaming, movies,...

The 310,000-square-foot IKEA store in Bolingbrook, seen here on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026, will be closing in 2027 to make way for a new location in Naperville as part of the Block 59 development in Naperville, located off Route 59. (Brian Hill/Daily Herald)

IKEA to close its Bolingbrook store for new, smaller location in Naperville

By Carolyn Stein

October 6, 2026 at 4:30 p.m.

IKEA is closing its Bolingbrook store and building a new one in Naperville’s Block 59...

Shawndel Brown, who owns a shop on the block and witnessed the attack, brings a balloon and stuffed animal to a memorial for 7-year-old Eddimar Hernandez Chacon in the 8600 block of South Cottage Grove Avenue in Chicago’s Chatham neighborhood, Oct. 5, 2026. Hernandez Chacon was stabbed to death Saturday while walking with her sister. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

‘It could have been anybody’: Chatham neighbors flock to show support for family of slain girl

By Caroline Kubzansky

October 6, 2026 at 4:18 p.m.

When Tashonda Porter first heard that 7-year-old Eddimar Hernandez Chacon had been stabbed to death...

FILE – The Paramount Pictures water tower is seen in Los Angeles, Dec. 18, 2025, with the Hollywood sign in the distance. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Paramount completes its takeover of Warner Bros to become one Hollywood giant known as Skydance

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By Wyatte Grantham-Philips

October 6, 2026 at 4:39 p.m.

Skydance-owned Paramount closed its $81 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery on Tuesday, ushering in...

FILE – The main stage appears during the 68th Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on Sept. 18, 2016. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

Emmy Awards to move to Prime Video in 2027 in 6-year deal between Amazon and the Television Academy

By Andrew Dalton

October 6, 2026 at 3:49 p.m.

The Emmy Awards are moving to Prime Video starting in 2027 in a six-year deal...

McDonald’s Golden Arches signs are seen, March 31, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

McDonald’s sued over AI tool that recommends prices to US franchisees

By Dee-Ann Durbin

October 6, 2026 at 3:46 p.m.

McDonald’s is facing a federal lawsuit that alleges its AI-enhanced pricing tool violates antitrust laws...