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Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., listens during a Congressional spotlight hearing on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Federal agents searched Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home as part of criminal investigation, AP sources say

By Alanna Durkin Richer

October 12, 2026 at 7:36 a.m.

Federal agents searched Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home on Monday morning as part of...

Russell Brand appears in a London court for trial on rape and sexual assault charges

By Associated Press

October 12, 2026 at 7:38 a.m.

British comedian and actor Russell Brand appeared in a London court on Monday for the...

Pope Leo XIV delivers the Angelus prayer in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope Leo XIV will be admitted to hospital for lung nodule surgery, Vatican says

By Nicole Winfield

October 12, 2026 at 7:17 a.m.

The Vatican said Pope Leo XIV will be admitted to the hospital on Tuesday in...

State Rep. Theresa Mah and Cook County Commissioner John Daley attend a community meeting to discuss a proposed Amtrak maintenance facility in the Bridgeport neighborhood on Sept. 17, 2026, at the Carpenter Training Center in Chicago. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Preckwinkle and Cook County Board, most aldermen oppose Amtrak-Ishbia plan

By A.D. Quig

September 24, 2026 at 7:55 p.m.

The Cook County Board Thursday opposed a proposed new Amtrak maintenance facility in Bridgeport tied...

Heidi Overton testifies during her nomination to be Commissioner of Food and Drugs at the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

President Trump’s FDA nominee voices support for vaccines at Senate hearing

By Matthew Perrone

September 24, 2026 at 3:02 p.m.

President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Food and Drug Administration is voicing support for...

Chicago Board of Education member Michilla Blaise joins activists to call to extend the moratorium on school closures, consolidations and phase-outs before it expires, during a news conference outside Chicago Public School headquarters on Sept. 24, 2026. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

CPS enrollment falls by 11,500 students, continuing decades-long decline

By Kate Armanini

September 24, 2026 at 3:38 p.m.

Chicago Public Schools enrollment dropped 11,537 students this year, continuing a decades-long decline amid a...

Ald. Anthony Beale, 9th, speaks at the Chicago City Council meeting on Sept. 23, 2026. (Arthur Maiorella/baiduhai)

Aldermen advance Chicago parking meter system sale

By Jake Sheridan

September 24, 2026 at 5:17 p.m.

Aldermen gave initial approval Thursday to the sale of Chicago’s infamously privatized parking meter system...

An Aurora Police Department shoulder patch. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Multiple arrests made, firearms and drugs recovered in separate investigations this week, Aurora police say

By Aurora Beacon-News

September 24, 2026 at 2:10 p.m.

Felony charges have been approved for four people in connection with the investigations, the Aurora...

The ArcelorMittal steel mill (now owned by Cleveland-Cliffs) and permanently closed Bailly Generating plant, left, in Burns Harbor are seen from Indiana Dunes National Park in 2019. A nuclear power plant was proposed for the Bailly site in the 1970s, but never came to fruition. (Zbigniew Bzdak / baiduhai)

Indiana Gov. Braun announces new state-led nuclear energy program

By Maya Wilkins

September 24, 2026 at 2:09 p.m.

The governor and NRC chair announced that Indiana will be considered a Nuclear Regulatory Commission...

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Afternoon Briefing: Frankfort mother pleads not guilty in death of 2-year-old son

By baiduhai

September 24, 2026 at 2:04 p.m.

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

Tim Blackburn, a board member and historian for the Ridge Historical Society, holds a bronze plaque rescued in 1979 from the Gardener-Wilcox house near 99th and Beverly streets that recognizes the help Mary Lavinia Wilcox and Erastus Barnard gave freedom seekers. The former tavern and house no longer exists. The plaque was created in 1937 when Chicago celebrated its 100th anniversary as a city. (Melinda Moore/Daily Southtown)

Ridge Historical Society hopes to hire archivist to get ‘full grasp’ of backlog of thousands of items

By Melinda Moore

September 24, 2026 at 1:19 p.m.

The Ridge Historical Society in Chicago has thousands of artifacts and boxes of unsorted material...

In this photo taken with a smartphone, Karla Barberi, left, and Gema Lowe demand justice Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026, for Mario David Coronado Juarez, who died in a car crash while fleeing ICE officers Sunday, Sept. 20 in Grand Rapids, Ill. (John Agar/The Grand Rapids Press via AP)

Homeland Security defends officers in immigrant’s fatal car crash in Michigan

By Ed White

September 24, 2026 at 1:43 p.m.

Federal immigration officers were a half-mile away when a man who was illegally in the...

Police tape surrounds a home Sept. 2, 2026, on the 22700 block of Brook Stone Court in Frankfort where officials said a 2-year-old was found unresponsive and later died at a hospital in an apparent domestic-related homicide. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Frankfort mother charged with murder in hanging death of 2-year-old son pleads not guilty

By Evy Lewis

September 24, 2026 at 12:45 p.m.

Frankfort resident Corie Walsh, who is accused of fatally hanging her 2-year-old son Barrett Walsh,...