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Chicago Public Media special correspondent

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Mayor Johnson signs executive order to protect the rights of adults 60 years and older

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Pope Leo XIV

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4 Chicago area congressional offices receive suspicious letters amid wave of preelection threats

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Chicago man charged with grooming teen

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Private event venue planned for 96th floor of former Hancock building

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How we photographed the Chicago Marathon

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Jake Nawrot and Jackson Travis help Hersey pile up more than 600 yards to beat Prospect

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Nic Claxton expected to be only Bull not available to start season

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First frost of season possible Saturday morning

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Social Security recipients will get 3.6% cost-of-living boost, an average of $75 a month

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IHSA puts Lincoln-Way East on probation for two incidents of racial harassment involving Homewood-Flossmoor

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Former Providence football coach Tyler Plantz joins Mount Carmel as a volunteer assistant

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Northwestern moves into AP Top 25; Georgia takes over at No. 1

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Illinois holds off Michigan State in OT

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Artyom Levshunov's goal gives Blackhawks much-needed overtime win over Jets

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Teen shooter kills 4 at Oregon elementary school before being shot by a witness

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Raging Bull coaster at Six Flags Great America closed after death at Georgia location

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Vatican says the pope has lung cancer, and the lower lobe of his right lung was removed

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Trump denies Illinois disaster relief request for summer storms

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Former Itasca, West Chicago police officers charged with felony misuse of Flock cameras

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Gun jammed when neo-Nazi attempted mass shooting at Hindu temple in Aurora, prosecutors say

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Evanston/Skokie School District 65 proposes closure of 2 elementary schools

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No arrests in wake of reported sexual assault at University of Chicago frat house, police say

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University of Chicago reported assault puts fraternity safety problems in spotlight

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A letter to the late Lindsey Graham

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Lee Bey's Open House Chicago must-see sights

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Chicago's older adults deserve answers, action about home repair funds

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Chicago cop accused of firing 2 guns during off-duty shooting is stripped of his police powers

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Friday, October 16, 2026

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Say More's 2026 fall theater guide, plus the theater of the mind with David Byrne

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