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Rescue workers carry a body after pulling from the rubble of a residential building destroyed by a Russian airstrike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Kateryna Klochko)

Pres. Donald Trump says Ukraine should get a new president as he blames Zelenskyy for US diesel prices

By Susie Blann

October 10, 2026 at 12:44 p.m.

President Donald Trump says it’s time for Ukraine to get a new president, suggesting current...

In this image from video provided by WJET, police gather outside the scene of a shooting in Erie, Pa., on Friday evening, Oct. 9, 2026. (Matt Barnum/WJET via AP)

9 dead, including gunman, after shooting in Erie, Pennsylvania: ‘I have not seen anything like this’

By Jacqueline Ganun

October 10, 2026 at 12:02 p.m.

Eight people were killed Friday in a shooting in Erie, Pennsylvania, police said.

Murid Akhziq, 43, lights a fire for cooking inside his home, which was destroyed during the Israel-Hamas war, in Gaza City, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

A US-brokered ceasefire was supposed to end the war in Gaza. A year later, progress has stalled.

By Joseph Krauss

October 10, 2026 at 11:58 a.m.

Israel and Hamas agreed to a U.S.-brokered ceasefire deal a year ago, raising hopes of...

President Donald Trump, from right, and first lady Melania Trump attend a tea with China’s President Xi Jinping, from left, and his wife Peng Liyuan in the Red Room of the White House, Friday, Sept. 25, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

President Trump disputes his ambassador’s account that he asked China’s president if he wanted to buy US arms

By Ben Finley

September 28, 2026 at 4:01 p.m.

President Donald Trump disputed that he asked Chinese leader Xi Jinping if he wanted to...

Fenwick High School evacuated after fire in parking garage in Oak Park

By Cam'ron Hardy

September 28, 2026 at 3:46 p.m.

Fenwick High School was evacuated after a fire occurred on the third floor of a...

Gary man facing attempted murder charge for allegedly beating woman

By Meredith Colias-Pete

September 28, 2026 at 3:27 p.m.

A Gary man is facing an attempted murder case after a beating left his girlfriend...

Pope Leo XIV speaks to journalists aboard the flight from Metz, France, to Rome, at the end of his four-day visit to France, Monday, Sept. 28, 2026. (Alberto Pizzoli/Pool Photo via AP)

Contradicting Trump, Pope Leo says artificial intelligence safety concerns not ‘fake news’

By Nicole Winfield

September 28, 2026 at 3:40 p.m.

Pope Leo XIV said Monday that concerns about artificial intelligence going rogue are not “fake...

Group files motion in Kane County court appealing electoral board decision on Aurora recall referendum

By Addison Wright

September 28, 2026 at 3:03 p.m.

The referendum question was approved to be placed on the ballot earlier this month by...

ComEd wants to make substantial improvements to its substation at 14546 S. Bell Road in Homer Glen Utility company officials said the plan includes construction of a new enclosure to house modernized equipment and remove and replace obsolete infrastructure. (Michelle Mullins/Daily Southtown)

Homer Glen delays OK for modernized ComEd substation plan

By Michelle Mullins

September 28, 2026 at 2:53 p.m.

Homer Glen officials have concerns with a plan by ComEd to modernize its substation along...

President Donald Trump walks on the South Lawn of the White House after arriving on Marine One, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert)

President Trump announces a new $15B Iowa steel plant and claims it will be the nation’s biggest

By Collin Binkley

September 28, 2026 at 5:10 p.m.

President Trump is announcing a new $15 billion steel plant in Iowa being built with...

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Afternoon Briefing: City Council majority warns Mayor Brandon Johnson against proposing head tax again

By baiduhai

September 28, 2026 at 1:30 p.m.

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

Tinsley Moffitt, 7, plants one of the nearly 100 marram grasses during the National Public Lands Day event at the Indiana Dunes State Park campground in Chesterton, Indiana, Sept. 26, 2026. Moffitt, of Plainfield, Indiana, was camping with her mother and father and decided to join other volunteers for the event. (Andy Lavalley/for the Post-Tribune)

Volunteers transplant marram grass at Indiana Dunes State Park

By Doug Ross

September 28, 2026 at 4:56 p.m.

Marram grass growing in a parking lot was transplanted into a more appropriate spot Saturday...

Aurora police officers cleared of wrongdoing in fatal January shooting, Kane State’s Attorney’s Office says

By Aurora Beacon-News

September 28, 2026 at 1:06 p.m.

The State’s Attorney’s Office says its determination is that the fatal shooting was justified as...