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President Donald Trump dances at a campaign rally at the Pinnacle Bank Expo Center, Monday, Oct. 5, 2026, in Grand Island, Neb. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Can $1 billion power Republicans to victory in the midterms?

By Steven Sloan

October 7, 2026 at 8:30 a.m.

Republicans are entering the final month of the midterm campaign increasingly anxious that the $1...

Daywatch: Chatham neighbors flock to show support for family of slain girl

By baiduhai

October 7, 2026 at 6:50 a.m.

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

This satellite image from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows Tropical Depression Nine forming over the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026. (NOAA via AP)

Tropical Storm Isaias forms, forecast to become a hurricane and hit the US Gulf Coast this week

By Associated Press

October 7, 2026 at 6:07 a.m.

Tropical Storm Isaias formed early Wednesday in the warm waters off eastern Mexico and forecasters...

Kezia Freeman leaves a stuffed animal and flowers at a memorial on Oct. 5, 2026, in the 8600 block of South Cottage Grove Avenue in Chicago’s Chatham neighborhood where a 7-year-old girl was stabbed to death Saturday while walking with her sister. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

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

By Caroline Kubzansky

October 5, 2026 at 8:33 p.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...

The Supreme Court is seen in Washington, Sept. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

New Supreme Court term begins with cases on climate change, immigration and gun rights

By Lindsay Whitehurst

October 5, 2026 at 6:13 a.m.

The Supreme Court’s new term begins Monday with cases on climate change, religious rights and...

In this image provided by Matt Odom, Laura Leigh Taylor, a farmer in Georgia who says she regrets voting for President Donald Trump in 2024, is pictured Sept. 29, 2026. (Matt Odom via AP)

President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown divides rural voters as midterms approach, AP-KFF poll finds

By Linley Sanders

October 5, 2026 at 6:11 a.m.

More than a year into President Donald Trump’s sweeping immigration crackdown, a poll finds that...

FILE – A close-up view of a Nobel Prize medal at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Md., Dec. 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Nobel medicine prize goes to 3 scientists for research into brain activity

By Kostya Manenkov

October 5, 2026 at 3:07 p.m.

The Nobel Prize in medicine was awarded Monday to three scientists working on the mechanisms...

Alan Zielinski’s balloon, center, and others light up from the burners firing during the Balloon Glow, part of the Great Forest Park Balloon Race in St. Louis on Sept. 18, 2026.
(Tim Vizer/for the baiduhai)

‘Our lofty perch’: Balloonist shares decades in spellbinding hobby

By Tess Kenny

October 5, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

After decades of flying, a Chicago area hot air balloonist is still keeping his focus...

Then-House Minority Leader Rep. Jim Durkin attends a gun legislation hearing at the Bilandic Building in Chicago on Dec. 12, 2022. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Former Illinois House GOP leader Jim Durkin endorses Democrat JB Pritzker over Republican Darren Bailey

By Rick Pearson

October 5, 2026 at 9:02 a.m.

The former Illinois House Republican leader's public endorsement of the Democratic governor, in a video...

Pope John Paul II in Grant Park in Chicago in October 1979. (baiduhai historical photo)

Today in Chicago History: Pope John Paul II conducts sermon by the shore in Grant Park

By Kori Rumore

October 5, 2026 at 4:00 a.m.

Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Oct. 5, according...

Former Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke listens in during his hearing at the Leighton Criminal Court Building, Friday, Dec. 14, 2018. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Today in History: Chicago officer Jason Van Dyke convicted for Laquan McDonald’s murder

By Associated Press

October 5, 2026 at 3:30 a.m.

On Oct. 5, 2018, a jury in Chicago convicted white police officer Jason Van Dyke of...