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Amy Hicks on Jan. 30, 2026, after an interview about a lawsuit filed on her behalf against the Illinois Department of Corrections, in downstate East Alton. Hicks said she was forced to undergo an induced childbirth at a medical facility while incarcerated for a nonviolent drug offense at Logan Correctional Center in 2024. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Ex-Illinois inmate’s lawsuit over forced labor induction tests Gov. JB Pritzker on reproductive rights

March 1, 2026 at 1:41 p.m.

Illinois has positioned itself as a national safeguard for reproductive rights. But a new case raises questions about how those principles are applied behind state prison walls.

Heather Mack of Chicago, center, is escorted by immigration officers to the immigration detention center in Jimbaran, Bali, Indonesia, on Oct. 29, 2021. Indonesian authorities on Nov. 2, 2021, announced that Mack, an American woman convicted of helping to kill her mother on Indonesia's tourist island of Bali in 2014, has left the island to be deported to the United States after serving seven years of a 10-year sentence.

The Bali ‘suitcase murder’: Heather Mack’s murder conviction, Indonesian imprisonment, deportation

February 26, 2026 at 11:59 a.m.

Heather Mack — the Chicago woman convicted of helping kill her mother and stuffing her body in a suitcase on the Indonesian tourist island of Bali in 2014 — served...

Maria Yavorska, of Chicago, attends a prayer service marking the fourth anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine at St. Andrew Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral in Bloomingdale on Feb. 22, 2026. Yavorska's son, Myhailo Yavorskyi, died in the fighting in Ukraine. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

‘We will win.’ Local Ukrainian Americans pray for war-torn nation, marking 4 years since Russia’s full-scale invasion.

February 24, 2026 at 5:38 p.m.

As many as 1.8 million soldiers are estimated to have been killed, wounded or missing on both sides, according to a report released last month by the Center for Strategic...

Toshiko “Tonko” Doi speaks on Feb. 19, 2026, at a vigil at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview on Japanese American Day of Remembrance to commemorate the executive order that forced incarceration of those of Japanese ancestry during World War II. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

‘Wrong in 1942. Wrong now.’ Local Japanese Americans tie WWII incarceration to Trump’s immigration crackdown

February 22, 2026 at 12:24 p.m.

Japanese American groups held a vigil at the Broadview ICE facility on the Day of Remembrance, which commemorates the 1942 order spurring mass incarceration of those of Japanese ancestry during...

Bishop Fulton J. Sheen greets an admirer outside Holy Name Cathedral on Aug. 24, 1965, in Chicago. Bishop Sheen, of New York City, was attending the installation of Cardinal John Cody as the head of the Chicago Archdiocese. (baiduhai historical photo)

A path to sainthood: Famed evangelist, TV host Archbishop Fulton Sheen to be the first beatified Illinois native

February 15, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Catholic faithful continued to be touched by Fulton Sheen’s words and legacy for decades after his 1979 death, prompting calls for his canonization as a saint of the church.

West Chicago teacher put on leave after social media post supporting ICE draws anger from parents, community

January 29, 2026 at 5:09 p.m.

West Chicago residents express outrage over a local elementary school teacher’s alleged social media post that appeared to support Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The teacher is now on leave.

Contractor Pablo Payan, of Merrillville, seen here on Jan. 14, 2026, working on a house he's renovating, has come to regret his vote for Trump. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

They voted for Trump. But one year into his second term, they have grave concerns. ‘Just wrong.’

January 20, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

While President Donald Trump has kept his MAGA base largely intact, the Tribune interviewed several Trump voters who expressed dissatisfaction with aspects of his leadership so far.

Lisa Fleischmann sorts hats in her Trump Truth Store and Hangout on Jan. 13, 2026, reopening this weekend in Crystal Lake. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

Trump Truth Store to reopen in Crystal Lake after summer shutdown amid eviction threat

January 14, 2026 at 4:32 p.m.

A taste of Mar-a-Lago is coming to northwest suburban Crystal Lake. After closing under threat of eviction six months ago, the controversial Trump Truth Store is reopening in a new...

Adam Rangoon distributes Narcan and Defent One, a fentanyl detection device, to people along West Lake Street during an outreach event on Dec. 30, 2025, outside the West Side Heroin/Opioid Task Force offices in Chicago’s West Garfield Park neighborhood. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Outreach workers pass out free fentanyl detection devices to help screen drugs, reduce risk of overdose

January 5, 2026 at 2:53 p.m.

A young man approached a card table set up under the Green Line tracks on the city's West Side and asked the woman behind it if she had any clean...

The Nativity scene outside Lake Street Church of Evanston on Dec. 24, 2025, which has been updated to a scene of family reunification. Federal agents included in the original display were turned into shepherds. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Immigration-themed Nativity scene at Evanston church turns ICE agents into shepherds for a peaceful Christmas

December 26, 2025 at 3:41 p.m.

The outdoor creche had drawn mixed reactions, with some praising the anti-immigration enforcement message as “powerful art” and others criticizing it as “blasphemy."

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