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President Donald Trump returns to the White House following a trip to Clarksville, Tenn., on the South Lawn of the White House, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard)

Judge orders the Trump administration to cancel taxpayer-funded promotional TV ads

By Associated Press

October 11, 2026 at 8:11 p.m.

President Donald Trump must cancel any remaining television commercials paid for with millions of dollars...

South Korean army soldiers watch the North Korean side from the Unification Observation Post in Paju, South Korea, near the border with North Korea, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

South Korea’s military says North Korea fired a projectile toward the sea

By Associated Press

October 11, 2026 at 8:13 p.m.

South Korea’s military says North Korea fired at least one projectile toward its eastern waters,...

A man places a window covering on his boat as Hurricane Simon approaches Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Hurricane Simon pounds resorts and vulnerable towns along Mexico’s Pacific coast

By Fernando Llano

October 11, 2026 at 7:45 p.m.

Hurricane Simon pounded Mexico’s Pacific coast as a Category 3 storm on Sunday, its eye...

Francis Nuamah, left to right, Jessie Wilson and Chelsea Rochman collect samples of microplastics along the shoreline, Oct. 2, 2025, at the Experimental Lakes Area, a research station in northwestern Ontario, Canada. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Great waste in the Great Lakes: How plastic pollution is clogging our waters

By Michael Hawthorne

September 27, 2026 at 5:45 a.m.

More than 40 million depend on the Great Lakes for drinking water. Yet plastic pollution...

Michiel and Shon Burnett smile in their office space in Olympia Fields on Sept. 25, 2026. (Evy Lewis/Daily Southtown)

‘The need is going to be great’: Formerly homeless couple raises funds for unhoused neighbors

By Evy Lewis

September 27, 2026 at 5:11 a.m.

In 2018, Michiel Burnett's husband Shon had a heart attack while the couple was without...

A U.S. Border Patrol agent reaches over Chicago police officers while threatening to use a canister against protesters in Brighton Park on Oct. 4, 2025. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Keeping federal agents in check still a challenge one year after Operation Midway Blitz

By Madeline Buckley

September 27, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

A year after Operation Midway Blitz, encounters involving immigration authorities continue to leave the public...

Leroy Davidson of the Cook County highway police, left, and Cook County Sheriff Peter Hoffman inspect alcohol seized during Prohibition-era raids in the 1920s. One such raid led to a shootout at a West Side distributor of sacramental wine. (Chicago Herald and Examiner)

Vintage Tribune: ‘Dry’ state senator won election during Prohibition despite charges in sacramental wine scam

By Paul Dailing

September 27, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Wine dealers and crooked Prohibition Bureau agents created fictional Orthodox Jewish congregations to exploit the...

Melissa Duhaime, center, an associate professor at the University of Michigan, hand-processes recently harvested flax straw to prepare fibers for engineering experiments with farmer Kyle Thom, left, and graduate student Shiho Apperson, on Sept. 22, 2026, at her home farm in Dexter, Michigan. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

The overwhelming problem of plastic

By Michael Hawthorne

September 27, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

From flax that can be used in clothing and cars to robotic skimmers to stricter...

A highly concentrated byproduct of the kratom plant, 7-OH can be even more potent than classical opioids like morphine, according to the FDA. (Jake May/MLive.com)

With potential federal 7-OH ban looming, Illinois providers prepare for influx of patients seeking treatment

By Lisa Schencker

September 28, 2026 at 4:02 p.m.

A federal proposal that would ban 7-OH has sent Illinois business owners scrambling to clear...

White Sox reliever Fraser Ellard sits in the dugout after being pulled from the game in the seventh inning against the Tigers on Sept. 27, 2024, at Comerica Park in Detroit. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

Today in Chicago History: White Sox reach record-breaking 121st loss

By Kori Rumore

September 27, 2026 at 4:00 a.m.

Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Sept. 27, according...

Musician R. Kelly, center, leaves the Daley Center after a hearing in his child support case on May 8, 2019, in Chicago. Closing arguments are scheduled Monday, Sept. 12, 2022 for R. Kelly and two co-defendants in the R&B singer's trial on federal charges of trial-fixing, child pornography and enticing minors for sex, with jury deliberations to follow.

Today in History: R. Kelly convicted in a sex trafficking trial

By Associated Press

September 27, 2026 at 3:30 a.m.

On Sept. 27, 2021, R&B singer R. Kelly was convicted in a sex trafficking trial in...

People hold a rally to protest a proposed ComEd substation in the 1100 block of West Diversey Parkway Saturday, Sept. 26, 2026, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Lakeview needs more power, but neighbors say a new substation doesn’t belong

By Lila Hempel-Edgers

September 26, 2026 at 5:53 p.m.

Dozens of Lakeview protestors say they don’t dispute the need for more electrical infrastructure, just...

Surf breaks along the rocky coastline, with the twin lighthouses of Thatcher Island visible in the distance, during the early stages of a nor’easter Friday, Sept. 25, 2026, in Gloucester, Mass. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Powerful nor’easter causes coastal flooding and knocks out power to parts of the northeast US

By Leah Willingham

September 26, 2026 at 3:31 p.m.

A slow-moving, powerful storm crept along the coast of the U.S. Northeast on Saturday.