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Woman charged in ‘unprovoked’ stabbing death of 7-year-old girl

By Caroline Kubzansky

October 5, 2026 at 7:37 a.m.

Authorities have accused a 48-year-old woman of stabbing a 7-year-old girl to death, unprovoked, on...

Daywatch: Demand is high for luxury apartments as downtown Chicago reinvents itself

By baiduhai

October 5, 2026 at 6:55 a.m.

Good morning, Chicago. Here are the top stories you need to know to start your...

FILE – Britain’s Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly known as Prince Andrew, looks round as he leaves after attending the Easter Matins Service at St. George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, England, April 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)

Former Prince Andrew files a legal action to quash warrants that led to searches of his residence

By Danica Kirka

October 5, 2026 at 6:20 a.m.

The former Prince Andrew has filed a legal action challenging the warrants that authorized searches...

Sue Hendrickson is with Peter Larson and dog Gypsy with the T. rex skull during excavation in August 1990. (Sue Hendrickson)

Today in Chicago History: Sue the T. rex heads to the Field Museum after $8 million auction purchase

By Kori Rumore

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

Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Oct. 4, according...

Blues/rock singer Janis Joplin performs at the Newport Folk Festival with her band Big Brother and the Holding Company, July 29, 1968. (AP Photo)

Today in History: Janis Joplin dies

By Associated Press

October 4, 2026 at 3:30 a.m.

On Oct. 4, 1970, rock singer Janis Joplin was found dead in her Hollywood hotel room...

Photos of Sierra Evans adorn posters during a vigil in her memory in an alley near the 9500 block of South Avenue N, Oct. 2, 2024, in Chicago. Evans, 19, was found fatally shot in the alley on the morning of Sept. 28. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Man linked to two East Side killings charged with fatally shooting third

By William Lee

October 3, 2026 at 7:53 p.m.

Anthony Nunnally, 21, who is already facing separate first-degree murder charges for two teenage girls...

Players warm up as fans start to take their seats before a game between Northwestern and Penn State at the new Ryan Field in Evanston on Friday, Oct. 2, 2026. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

100 years reborn, Northwestern’s Ryan Field opens to wows and a deafening din

By Shun Graves

October 3, 2026 at 7:25 p.m.

The journey from when Northwestern's Ryan Field hosted its first game on the same day...

Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., takes questions from reporters as senators depart a classified briefing on President Donald Trump’s directed strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities last weekend, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, June 26, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Pres. Donald Trump urges calls to Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton in push for permanent daylight saving time

By Melissa Goldin

October 3, 2026 at 5:34 p.m.

President Donald Trump on Saturday pressured Republican Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas to support a...

President Donald Trump listens as Sen. Jon Husted, R-Ohio, speaks while holding up a signed resolution in the Oval Office of the White House, May 9, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Pres. Donald Trump rallies in Ohio to boost Jon Husted in a tight Senate race against Sherrod Brown

By Seung Min Kim

October 3, 2026 at 5:34 p.m.

After a few days campaigning in safe conservative territory, President Donald Trump on Saturday is...

UAW Local 402 member Kyle Bos, right, has beer with Hal “Tank” Dunithan, left, and fellow UAW Local 402 members at Fricker’s restaurant and bar in Springfield, Ohio, on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2026, on old Navistar’s last day at its Springfield plant. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Nearly 1,400 laid off at truck factory just days before Trump rally

By Josh Boak

October 3, 2026 at 5:39 p.m.

The layoffs — occurring just three days before Donald Trump’s rally at a nearby high...

Nicholas Hohns shows off a tray of strawberry-lemon CBD gummies at his Deutermann Farms kitchen in Clayton, N.C., on Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed)

A $28B hemp THC industry is fighting to save itself from a looming federal ban

By Gene Johnson

October 3, 2026 at 5:15 p.m.

The ban “threatens to reduce retail revenues by $28.3 billion, displacing 225,000 jobs and reducing...

Woman in custody after girl, 7, fatally stabbed in Chatham, police say

By Allison Kiehl

October 3, 2026 at 7:10 p.m.

A woman is in police custody Saturday after bystanders saw her fatally stab a 7-year-old...

Smoke rises over a bridge spanning the Dnieper River following a drone attack in Kyiv on Oct. 2, 2026, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Serhii Okunev/AFP/Getty Images North America/TNS)

Russia strikes major Kyiv bridge as drones cross into Moldova

By Tribune News Service

October 3, 2026 at 3:54 p.m.

Russian forces hit a major bridge in Kyiv that connects the left and right banks...