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Kamala Harris returning to Chicago for MLK breakfast

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CPS short thousands of applications for Local School Councils less than a week before deadline

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Photos: Chicago Cubs introduce newly signed third baseman Alex Bregman

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Editorial: A Supreme Court ruling has put Illinois' wetlands at risk. Springfield should respond.

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Editorial: If you believed the McRib was a real rib, we have some chicken nuggets to sell you

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Todd C. Smith: Who deserves credit for the drop in Cook County's opioid overdose deaths?

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Willie Wilson: What the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. would encourage us to do today

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Federal officer shoots person in leg after being attacked during Minneapolis arrest, officials say

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Family of Minnesota ICE shooting victim hires Chicago law firm to investigate killing

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Ariana Grande and Jonathan Bailey made a secret stop Tuesday at the Art Institute of Chicago

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The 100 best photos of 2025 by Chicago Tribune photographers

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Photos: Federal agents are confronted by residents in Elgin

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Photos: Secretary Kristi Noem visits Chicago's Christmas tree ship

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The Tribune got a rare look inside Broadview's ICE processing center in 2009. Here's what we saw.

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Photos: ICE detainee released and reunited with family and 16-year-old daughter fighting cancer

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US seizes another sanctioned oil tanker the Trump administration says has ties to Venezuela

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European troops arrive in Greenland as talks with US highlight 'disagreement' over island's future

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Democrat blasts HHS for creating confusion in cutting, then reinstating SAMHSA grants

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Tribune investigation into hospitals' use of guardianship system inspires new bill

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Streeterville 4-bedroom duplex with coffee and wine station: $1.3M

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Trump administration terminating nearly $6 million in grants for behavioral health, suicide prevention that went to Illinois agencies

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Chicago AM sports station The Score to add FM simulcast in February

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President Trump signs a law returning whole milk to school lunches

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AED requirement for schools restored in Indiana House bill

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Helen Keller Elementary in Tinley Park undergoing $3.6 million renovation

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Crete-Monee District 201 will 'take time' to decide on holding school on some holidays

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Crime and Public Safety

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1 dead and 2 wounded in Morgan Park shooting

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Former resident of raided South Shore building reported missing, police say

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Ohio authorities say Lincoln Park resident Michael McKee, ex-husband of Monique Tepe, is responsible for killings

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Portage man convicted in child sexual misconduct trial

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Gary residents express concerns with wet processing system proposal

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Environmental groups file petitions against U.S. Steel, BP permits

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Nearly a year after asphalt spill in Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, EPA criticized for leaving cleanup unfinished

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As Chicago Harbor Lock faces federal cuts, Illinois senators push for more funding

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Restaurants, Food and Drink

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For Dry January, hospitality industry experts discuss why they're cutting back on alcohol

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After their patriarch was deported to Pakistan, family vows to keep beloved Humboldt Park sub shop open

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Family of Harold's Chicken CEO announces death

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Before Congress, Jonathan Jackson owned a construction firm. It got $750K from Pritzker's Rebuild Illinois.

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Immigration agents' poor tactics in Chicago made for needless safety risks, experts say

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A border crosser. An execution killing. And political theater.

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When hospitals choose private guardians, patients pay the price

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Today in Chicago History: First-ever MLK Day observed in Illinois

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Homewood-Flossmoor High School closes due to power outage

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Homer Glen moves forward on $3.9 million veterans memorial

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