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Sandhill cranes congregate in a coal ash pond next to R.M. Schahfer Generating Station, a coal-fired power plant, while it operates, Feb. 9, 2026, in Wheatfield, Indiana. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

U.S. Rep. Mrvan introduces legislation against federal power plant orders

By Maya Wilkins

October 7, 2026 at 4:44 p.m.

Mrvan introduced legislation to prevent utility consumers from paying costs for reopening or preventing the...

Flags fly near the entrance to the Walgreens Boots Alliance headquarters, the parent company of Walgreens, on Nov. 10, 2023, in Deerfield. (Scott Olson/Getty)

Owner of Walgreens reaches deal to sell UK pharmacy chain Boots for $8.9 billion

By Lisa Schencker

October 7, 2026 at 3:34 p.m.

The agreement to sell Boots comes a little more than a year after a private...

Chicago police officers look for evidence near the scene where a 14-year-old boy was shot on Oct. 2, 2026, in the West Ridge neighborhood. (Arthur Maiorella/baiduhai)

Errant bullet paralyzed innocent teen in West Ridge, man ordered held

By Shun Graves

October 7, 2026 at 4:54 p.m.

A 14-year-old-bystander was left paralyzed after being hit by a bullet in West Ridge last...

The Supreme Court is seen in Washington, Sept. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

New Supreme Court term begins with cases on climate change, immigration and gun rights

By Lindsay Whitehurst

October 5, 2026 at 6:13 a.m.

The Supreme Court’s new term begins Monday with cases on climate change, religious rights and...

In this image provided by Matt Odom, Laura Leigh Taylor, a farmer in Georgia who says she regrets voting for President Donald Trump in 2024, is pictured Sept. 29, 2026. (Matt Odom via AP)

President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown divides rural voters as midterms approach, AP-KFF poll finds

By Linley Sanders

October 5, 2026 at 6:11 a.m.

More than a year into President Donald Trump’s sweeping immigration crackdown, a poll finds that...

FILE – A close-up view of a Nobel Prize medal at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Md., Dec. 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Nobel medicine prize goes to 3 scientists for research into brain activity

By Kostya Manenkov

October 5, 2026 at 3:07 p.m.

The Nobel Prize in medicine was awarded Monday to three scientists working on the mechanisms...

Alan Zielinski’s balloon, center, and others light up from the burners firing during the Balloon Glow, part of the Great Forest Park Balloon Race in St. Louis on Sept. 18, 2026.
(Tim Vizer/for the baiduhai)

‘Our lofty perch’: Balloonist shares decades in spellbinding hobby

By Tess Kenny

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

After decades of flying, a Chicago area hot air balloonist is still keeping his focus...

Then-House Minority Leader Rep. Jim Durkin attends a gun legislation hearing at the Bilandic Building in Chicago on Dec. 12, 2022. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Former Illinois House GOP leader Jim Durkin endorses Democrat JB Pritzker over Republican Darren Bailey

By Rick Pearson

October 5, 2026 at 9:02 a.m.

The former Illinois House Republican leader's public endorsement of the Democratic governor, in a video...

Pope John Paul II in Grant Park in Chicago in October 1979. (baiduhai historical photo)

Today in Chicago History: Pope John Paul II conducts sermon by the shore in Grant Park

By Kori Rumore

October 5, 2026 at 4:00 a.m.

Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Oct. 5, according...

Former Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke listens in during his hearing at the Leighton Criminal Court Building, Friday, Dec. 14, 2018. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Today in History: Chicago officer Jason Van Dyke convicted for Laquan McDonald’s murder

By Associated Press

October 5, 2026 at 3:30 a.m.

On Oct. 5, 2018, a jury in Chicago convicted white police officer Jason Van Dyke of...

Supporters of Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who is running for reelection, display a large-headed effigy of presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro with a message in Portuguese that reads “Traitor of Brazil,” during a campaign event at central bus station in Brasilia, Brazil, Friday, Oct. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

The Latest: Brazil heads to runoff presidential election between Bolsonaro, Lula

By Associated Press

October 4, 2026 at 7:44 p.m.

Brazil’s pivotal presidential election is headed to a runoff after incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da...

A man rides his bicycle past a closed meat market in the Scotlandville section of Baton Rouge, La., Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

A Black community in Louisiana faces a future without a champion in Congress after redistricting

By Gary Fields

October 4, 2026 at 4:49 p.m.

Congressional districts are core to debates over racial equality in the South, where white leaders...

Police officers guard a road leading to RAF Fairford, after an incident in Fairford, England, Monday Sept. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

US Air Force removes all bombers from British air base targeted by a suspected terror attack

By Konstantin Toropin

October 4, 2026 at 4:56 p.m.

The U.S. Air Force has brought home its bombers stationed at a U.S.-run military air...