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The Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago on Sept. 5, 2025. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

All defendants in former D65 Superintendent Horton case have pleaded guilty, averting trial

By Claire Murphy

October 15, 2026 at 10:15 a.m.

Remaining defendants Alfonzo Lewis and Antonio Ross pleaded guilty to fraud charges in federal court,...

People walk across the Main Quad on the University of Chicago campus on Oct. 14, 2026. (Arthur Maiorella/baiduhai)

‘We were extremely careful that night,’ says witness to alleged sexual assault at fraternity party near U. of C.

By Lila Hempel-Edgers

October 14, 2026 at 8:50 p.m.

As the sexual assault allegation makes national news, a witness recounted the precautions she and...

A demonstrator holds a sign reading “WE ARE JANE DOE” during a protest against Cornell University’s handling of the 2024 fraternity-house gang rape allegations at the campus, Monday, Oct. 5, 2026, in Ithaca, N.Y. (AP Photo/Adrian Kraus)

A gang rape allegation at Cornell highlights how Title IX guides campus sex assault cases

By Heather Hollingsworth

October 14, 2026 at 7:54 p.m.

The focus on Title IX, which prohibits sexual discrimination in education, comes after a woman...

Northwestern doctoral student Lichao James Tang, left, and research associate Eric Rytkin at The Efimov Lab inside the Robert H. Lurie Medical Research Center of Northwestern University in Chicago on May 30, 2025. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

Worried Northwestern lab directors describe ‘bleak’ atmosphere in wake of Trump research funding freeze

By Zareen Syed

June 14, 2025 at 10:54 a.m.

The Trump administration’s freezing of $790 million in federal research funding for Northwestern University has...

Dr. Michael McGee, Medical Director of University of Chicago Hospital in Crown Point (center) explains the use of pressure and tourniquets to stop severe bleeding. McGee gets help from students Gabriel Ortiz from Gary Lighthouse Upper Campus (left), and Isaiah Jones, East Chicago Lighthouse Charter (right), during a symposium for the Northwest Indiana Youth Leadership Training Program at IUN on teen leadership with hands-on training to stop bleeding during serious injuries on Thursday, March 13, 2025. (John Smierciak / Post-Tribune)

POP Foundation hosts walks against gun violence in Northwest Indiana

By Maya Wilkins

June 6, 2025 at 5:48 p.m.

At Hidden Lake Park in Merrillville, POP Foundation hosted its “Wear Orange March” for Gun...

FILE – The Supreme Court is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, Dec. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Trump administration asks Supreme Court to leave mass layoffs at Education Department in place

By Mark Sherman

June 6, 2025 at 10:40 a.m.

The Trump administration on Friday asked the Supreme Court to pause a court order to...

FILE – A relief sculpture rests on a gate to the entrance of Harvard University, in Cambridge, Mass., March 13, 2016. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Judge puts temporary hold on President Donald Trump’s latest ban on Harvard’s foreign students

By Collin Binkley

June 6, 2025 at 7:48 a.m.

A federal judge late Thursday temporarily blocked a proclamation by President Donald Trump that banned...

Paul Hruby, center, wearing a baseball cap, gathers with members of the 40-and-up hockey league on a recent Wednesday at the Paul Hruby Ice Arena at Ridgeland Common Park in Oak Park. (Bob Skolnik/Pioneer Press)

At 90, Oak Park’s ‘Mr. Hockey’ Paul Hruby still coaching the sport he loves

By Bob Skolnik

June 9, 2025 at 5:24 p.m.

Paul Hruby's impact on hockey in Oak Park has been so significant that the ice...

Yonas Nuguse, 21 years old, destined for Harvard University working on a computer at Wemezeker National Library in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Friday, May 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Amanuel Birhane)

Harvard files legal challenge over President Trump’s ban on US entry for incoming foreign students

By Annie Ma

June 5, 2025 at 5:57 p.m.

Harvard University is challenging President Donald Trump’s move to block foreign students from coming to...

Mayor Lori Lightfoot and then-Principal Macquline King greet students and parents as they arrive on Aug. 30, 2021, for the first day of school at Mary E. Courtenay Language Arts Center. King is under consideration for the CPS interim CEO position. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

CPS narrows interim CEO search as negligence allegations surface in top candidate’s record

By Nell Salzman

June 5, 2025 at 6:29 p.m.

The Chicago Board of Education has narrowed its list for the interim schools' chief down...

Merrillville High School students cut a ribbon on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024, on the new $21 million Career, Technical and Education building. The state is changing its school accountability metrics with more focus on career readiness. (Carole Carlson/for Post-Tribune)

Indiana weighs new academic accountability rules; test results less important

By Carole Carlson

June 6, 2025 at 10:27 a.m.

State education officials are laying groundwork for an accountability system they say aligns with characteristics...

Marist High School teacher Tim Mulcahy stands behind the IDEA team, from left, Sean Carroll, Sameer Tadros, Colin Vucko, Danny Kelly and Devin Feliciano, who won this year’s pitch night with their product, OmniShake. (Marist High School)

Marist entrepreneurs win $10K toward their new OmniShake business

By Melinda Moore

June 5, 2025 at 5:12 a.m.

Marist High School students will get up to $10,000 toward developing the product they pitched...

Oriette D’Angelo pets her cat, Rush, in her home in Iowa City, Iowa, on Feb. 27, 2025. Rush came to the U.S. with D’Angelo in 2015 after living with her in Venezuela. “He has a beautiful soul,” D’Angelo said about Rush. “I don’t know what I would do without him.” (Audrey Richardson/baiduhai)

‘I’m really not safe’: A Venezuelan poet’s fight to stay and write in the US

By Nell Salzman

June 5, 2025 at 7:40 a.m.

A Venezuelan poet who came to Chicago on a student visa over a decade ago...