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The price of a gallon of diesel fuel is shown electronically on a pump at a QuikTrip station Thursday, Oct. 1, 2026, in Greenwood Village, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Trump strikes deal with Putin to get diesel

By Michelle L. Price

October 9, 2026 at 6:26 p.m.

Trump’s shocking announcement was in stark contrast to a sweeping Russia sanctions law he signed...

Mayor Brandon Johnson speaks at a City Club of Chicago event at Maggiano's Banquets on Sept. 30, 2026. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Mayor Brandon Johnson vetoes debt issuance rule backed by aldermen

By Jake Sheridan

October 9, 2026 at 6:06 p.m.

Mayor Brandon Johnson issued a veto late Friday to an ordinance passed by aldermen to...

Passengers board a Pace bus as a CTA Green Line train pulls in near the intersection of Harlem and South Boulevard in Oak Park, Friday, June 20, 2025. Students at Oak Park and River Forest High School who don't have a ride to school will have to continue to rely on public transportation after the School District 200 board renewed an expeption from a rule requiring them to provide school bus services. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Despite petition, Oak Park and River Forest High School renews school bus exemption

By Cam'ron Hardy

October 9, 2026 at 4:40 p.m.

School buses are too expensive, board tells Oak Park and River Forest High students who...

Luigi Mangione appears for a pre-trial hearing at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York, on Aug. 11, 2026. (David Dee Delgado/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Police bodycam footage of Luigi Mangione’s arrest released

By Philip Marcelo

October 2, 2026 at 3:16 p.m.

Police bodycam footage released Friday shows the moment officers located and arrested Luigi Mangione at...

Trees fallen by August's storms sit in Coffee Creek during a walkthrough of damage caused the Aug. 11 derecho, on Friday, September 25, 2026. Environmentalists are focused on improving Northwest Indiana’s tree canopy in the wake of the storm. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

Planning commission focuses on rebuilding Northwest Indiana’s tree canopy

By Doug Ross

October 2, 2026 at 2:21 p.m.

Environmentalists are focused on improving Northwest Indiana’s tree canopy in the wake of the Aug....

Emergency vehicles leave 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 was on a ventilator and unconscious after failed Tennessee execution, attorneys say

By Kim Chandler

October 2, 2026 at 2:10 p.m.

Christa Pike was placed on a ventilator and unconscious in a hospital in the hours...

Roseland Community Hospital on July 11, 2025, in Chicago. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Roseland hospital closing labor and delivery unit, leaving patients with fewer options on the South Side

By Lisa Schencker

October 2, 2026 at 4:02 p.m.

Leaders of the Far South Side hospital did not make the decision to suspend the...

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Afternoon Briefing: Victim of shooting outside Oak Brook mall identified

By baiduhai

October 2, 2026 at 2:05 p.m.

Good afternoon, Chicago. Here's what is happening today.

Mayor Brandon Johnson takes a selfie with Jorge Alexis Jaimes, an EMT working on the CARE program, after a press conference announcing the program's expanded availability Oct. 1, 2026, on the Near West Side. (Arthur Maiorella/baiduhai)

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s 911 mental health response teams see uptick, CPD help

By Alice Yin

October 2, 2026 at 7:15 p.m.

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s campaign promise of rolling out a non-police mental health response team is...

Shirley Drewenski leads a meeting of the Harvey City Council in February. Drewenski, formerly 1st Ward alderperson, was named acting mayor following the death of Mayor Christopher Clark. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Shirley Drewenski, named interim mayor after death of Christopher Clark, will not seek election to position

By Evy Lewis

October 2, 2026 at 1:29 p.m.

Harvey Mayor Shirley Drewenski, who was elected in an interim capacity by the City Council...

Marimar Martínez shows a scar on her arm from a bullet wound as she describes the day she got shot by a U.S. Border Patrol agent during an Illinois Accountability Commission hearing at the Michael A. Bilandic Building in the Loop on April 28, 2026. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Marimar Martinez to file federal lawsuit over shooting by Border Patrol agent

By Jason Meisner

October 2, 2026 at 5:40 p.m.

Lawyers for Marimar Martinez, the Chicago woman shot five times by a Border Patrol agent...

Kratom capsules are seen on Sept. 27, 2017, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mary Esch, File)

Federal prosecutors charge shop clerk, son with selling kratom thought to be tied to Ole Miss death

By Sudhin Thanawala

October 2, 2026 at 3:16 p.m.

Federal prosecutors have charged a store clerk and his son with selling kratom that authorities...

FBI Director Kash Patel testifies during the Senate Judiciary hearing on Oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026 in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

FBI gives employees a classified ‘Patel Report’ about times when it ‘fell short’

By Eric Tucker

October 2, 2026 at 12:40 p.m.

The FBI has released a classified report to its workforce examining what it says are...