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A handgun and loaded magazine were found inside a backpack in an Evanston Township High School student’s gym locker on Oct. 9, 2026, according to school administrators. The 17-year-old student who possessed the gun has since been taken to the Cook County Juvenile Detention Center. (Brian Cox/for the Pioneer Press).

Handgun, loaded magazine found in Evanston Township High School student’s backpack

By Claire Murphy

October 12, 2026 at 1:37 p.m.

Evanston police said the 17-year-old male student who had the gun has since been taken...

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs taken for medical treatment with head injury

By Theresa Braine

October 12, 2026 at 1:19 p.m.

Sean "Diddy" Combs was reportedly taken by ambulance for medical treatment early Saturday for a...

FILE – Military Services Archbishop Timothy Broglio, the president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, speaks during a press conference at a plenary assembly in Baltimore on Nov. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough, File)

Archbishop of the US military says Catholic soldiers should not serve on firing squad

By Associated Press

October 12, 2026 at 1:17 p.m.

Archbishop Timothy Broglio, who oversees the Catholic Church’s pastoral services to Catholics in the U.S....

Oswego man charged with murder in connection with fatal Yorkville hit-and-run, police say

By Aurora Beacon-News

September 23, 2026 at 12:23 p.m.

A 21-year-old Oswego man has been charged with first-degree murder following a hit-and-run crash on...

President Donald Trump walks from Marine One to board Air Force One at John F. Kennedy International Airport, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Judge hears arguments without immediately ruling in lawsuit over White House ban on 3 news outlets

By Jocelyn Noveck

September 23, 2026 at 3:46 p.m.

The extraordinary showdown between President Donald Trump and media outlets whose coverage he dislikes moves...

Volunteer Kathy Micka hands a box of crackers to a visitor during the Meals on Wheels of Northwest Indiana storm relief meal distribution event at Porter County Aging & Community Services in Valparaiso, Indiana, Tuesday, September 22, 2026. Micka, of Valparaiso, said she enjoys volunteering since recently retiring in July. (Andy Lavalley/for the Post-Tribune)

‘A lot of heartbreak’: Porter County residents get post-storm food assistance

By Shelley Jones

September 23, 2026 at 11:53 a.m.

Valparaiso resident Teresa Smith changed the way she shops for food in the aftermath of...

Then-Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski, center right, speaks with assistant coaches Steve Wojciechowski, left, Johnny Dawkins, center left, Chris Collins, center, and graduate assistant Chris Spatola, right, during practice Oct. 26, 2007, in Durham, N.C. (AP Photo/Jim Bounds)

Chris Spatola, a college basketball analyst and Mike Krzyzewski’s son-in-law, dies at 47

By Associated Press

September 23, 2026 at 11:49 a.m.

Chris Spatola was a two-time All-Patriot League player at Army and later earned commendation medals,...

Southland crime: Naked hiker spotted in Oak Lawn, and more

By Dennis Sullivan

September 23, 2026 at 11:17 a.m.

Crime reports from south and southwest suburban agencies from police and court reports and news...

Kyle Bickham, 29, who was allegedly pushed out of a CTA train car to his death on Sept. 7. Three teens have been charged so far in his death. (Christopher Bickham Sr.)

Third person charged with first-degree murder in death of man who was allegedly pushed off Red Line train

By Allison Kiehl

September 23, 2026 at 4:02 p.m.

A third person has been charged with first-degree murder for allegedly pushing a 29-year-old man...

FILE – Harvey Weinstein appears in Manhattan Supreme Court Thursday, June 25, 2026 in New York. (Adam Gray/Pool Photo via AP,File)

Harvey Weinstein is sentenced to 15 years in prison for 2006 sex crime in New York

By Michael R. Sisak

September 23, 2026 at 10:48 a.m.

Harvey Weinstein has been sentenced to 15 years in prison in a #MeToo reckoning redux...

"Broadview Six" defendants Katherine Abughazaleh, clockwise from upper left, Andre Martin, Michael Rabbitt, Joselyn Walsh, Brian Straw and Catherine Sharp. (baiduhai)

Judge sets high-stakes arguments in ‘Broadview Six’ sanctions request for Oct. 1

By Jason Meisner

September 23, 2026 at 6:01 p.m.

A federal judge on Wednesday said she'll hear high-stakes oral arguments next week in the...

Mayor Brandon Johnson speaks to media after the Chicago City Council meeting Sept. 23, 2026. (Arthur Maiorella/baiduhai)

Mayor Brandon Johnson proposes Chicago data center moratorium: ‘We can’t wait’

By Jake Sheridan

September 23, 2026 at 6:19 p.m.

Mayor Brandon Johnson proposed a data center moratorium ordinance Wednesday aimed at blocking the controversial...

Pope Leo XIV arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope Leo XIV praises US radio and TV preacher Fulton Sheen ahead of beatification

By Nicole Winfield

September 23, 2026 at 7:20 a.m.

Pope Leo XIV, who grew up listening to popular American television preacher Archbishop Fulton Sheen,...