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Officials are looking into a possible new ransom note related to Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance chicagotribune.com/2026/09/2…

Officials are looking into a possible new ransom note related to Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance

Authorities are looking into the possibility of a new ransom note related to the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, nearly eight months after she went missing from her home outside Tucson, the Pima...

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News organizations ask court to bar White House enforcement of access ban until case is resolved chicagotribune.com/2026/09/2…

News organizations ask court to bar White House enforcement of access ban until case is resolved

Three news outlets that President Donald Trump abruptly banished from White House grounds this month asked a federal court to block the ban until the case is resolved.

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About 9,300 immigrants in Illinois to lose Medicaid this week because of One Big Beautiful Bill chicagotribune.com/2026/09/2…

About 9,300 immigrants in Illinois to lose Medicaid this week because of One Big Beautiful Bill

Immigrants including refugees, human trafficking survivors and people who’ve been granted asylum but don’t have green cards are slated to lose their Medicaid coverage after Sept. 30.

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Chicago homicides in 2026: 319 people slain. Here’s how that compares with previous years. chicagotribune.com/2026/09/2…

Chicago homicides in 2026: 319 people slain. Here’s how that compares with previous years.

Chicago homicide data, which is updated on this page weekly, is through Sept. 25, 2026.

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How a Chicago educator uses food to teach science thanks to Pilot Light, a local chef-led nonprofit chicagotribune.com/2026/09/2…

How a Chicago educator uses food to teach science thanks to Pilot Light, a local chef-led nonprofit

The nonprofit Pilot Light, which started in a single Chicago classroom with notable local chefs, now partners with administrators, schools and teachers in 26 states.

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Fall Chicago River bridge lifts to start Wednesday chicagotribune.com/2026/09/2…

Fall Chicago River bridge lifts to start Wednesday

Bridges along the Chicago River will lift nearly a dozen times this fall to allow sailboats and other recreational vessels to return to their winter storage yards.

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Trump’s mail voting crackdown tests Postal Service leader who says he’s ‘not political’ chicagotribune.com/2026/09/2…

Trump’s mail voting crackdown tests Postal Service leader who says he’s ‘not political’

During a lengthy interview, David Steiner seemed surprised at points by his reception in Washington. He insisted he wasn’t a “political person” and said he had no intention of stepping down despite...

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City Council majority warns Mayor Brandon Johnson against proposing head tax again chicagotribune.com/2026/09/2…

City Council majority warns Mayor Brandon Johnson against proposing head tax again

A majority of City Council members came out Monday in opposition to Mayor Brandon Johnson taking another go at a corporate employee head tax in the upcoming 2027 budget.

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President Trump disputes his ambassador’s account that he asked China’s president if he wanted to buy US arms chicagotribune.com/2026/09/2…

President Trump disputes his ambassador’s account that he asked China’s president if he wanted to...

President Donald Trump disputed that he asked Chinese leader Xi Jinping if he wanted to buy weapons from the United States, contradicting an account from the U.S. ambassador to China.

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Woman killed in DuSable Lake Shore Drive wrong-way crash late Sunday night, police say chicagotribune.com/2026/09/2…

Woman killed in DuSable Lake Shore Drive wrong-way crash late Sunday night, police say

The woman was taken to Northwestern Hospital with serious injuries and later died, police said. The other drivers involved were not injured.

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44 applicants vie to become next CPD Superintendent chicagotribune.com/2026/09/2…

44 applicants vie to become next CPD Superintendent

Forty-four prospective candidates have submitted applications to become the next permanent superintendent of the Chicago Police Department, according to the city agency tasked with vetting those bids.

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Contradicting Trump, Pope Leo says artificial intelligence safety concerns not ‘fake news’ chicagotribune.com/2026/09/2…

Contradicting Trump, Pope Leo says artificial intelligence safety concerns not ‘fake news’

Pope Leo XIV said Monday that concerns about artificial intelligence going rogue are not “fake news” and should be taken seriously, insisting that safety issues raised by AI experts should be...

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Tribune’s 2026 Holiday Cookie Contest: Submit your recipes now chicagotribune.com/2026/09/2…

Tribune’s 2026 Holiday Cookie Contest: Submit your recipes now

Chicago may be easing into autumn, but it’s already time to launch the Tribune Holiday Cookie Contest, which is marking its 40th edition.

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President Trump announces a new $15B Iowa steel plant and claims it will be the nation’s biggest chicagotribune.com/2026/09/2…

President Trump announces a new $15B Iowa steel plant and claims it will be the nation’s biggest

President Trump is announcing a new $15 billion steel plant in Iowa being built with backing from an Indian conglomerate, creating what the White House says will become the largest steel plant in...

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Hurricane Polo could cause life-threatening flooding in Mexico’s Baja California chicagotribune.com/2026/09/2…

Hurricane Polo could cause life-threatening flooding in Mexico’s Baja California

Residents of Mexico’s Baja California boarded up homes and workers hauled dirt and rubble to shore up embankments as Hurricane Polo bore down on the peninsula Monday, threatening high winds, floods...

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Grand Crossing shooting that killed expectant father may be tied to rapper’s funeral chicagotribune.com/2026/09/2…

Grand Crossing shooting that killed expectant father may be tied to rapper’s funeral

Naseem Stevens had a lot to look forward to before he was shot and killed at a Grand Crossing gas station Friday evening, a few hours after the funeral for Mi’KQuale Cooper, better known as the...

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SpaceX’s supersized Starship launches into orbit for the first time but flight ends early chicagotribune.com/2026/09/2…

SpaceX’s supersized Starship launches into orbit for the first time but flight ends early

SpaceX launched its enormous Starship into orbit for the first time Monday and successfully delivered the most advanced Starlink satellites yet, but cut the flight short to ensure safety.

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Mediators are working to broker a US-Iran deal, but major hurdles remain chicagotribune.com/2026/09/2…

Mediators are working to broker a US-Iran deal, but major hurdles remain

Mediators are working with Iran and the United States on trying to broker a deal to end the fighting and open the Strait of Hormuz, three regional officials and two U.S. officials told The Associated...

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About 9,300 immigrants in Illinois to lose Medicaid this week because of One Big Beautiful Bill chicagotribune.com/2026/09/2…

About 9,300 immigrants in Illinois to lose Medicaid this week because of One Big Beautiful Bill

Immigrants including refugees, human trafficking survivors and people who’ve been granted asylum but don’t have green cards are slated to lose their Medicaid coverage after Sept. 30.

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Democrats keep going to South Carolina to stump for midterm candidates. It’s all about 2028. chicagotribune.com/2026/09/2…

Democrats keep going to South Carolina to stump for midterm candidates. It’s all about 2028.

In the next few weeks, five Democrats who are believed to be mulling 2028 campaigns — California Rep. Ro Khanna, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and...

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