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1 dead, at least 5 hurt in afternoon shooting in Humboldt Park that led to bus crash, police say

September 13, 2026 at 6:55 p.m.

Multiple armed people exited two vehicles and fired shots at a group of people. A woman inside a vehicle was also shot and then crashed into a CTA bus, police...

Joaquin Brito prepares pastries at his business, La Florencia Bakery, on Aug. 31, 2026. Last fall, a few blocks from Brito’s bakery, dozens of residents stood off with federal agents following a car chase and crash. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Joaquin Brito locked his East Side bakery as federal agents threw tear gas last fall. He still worries today.

September 13, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

At the height of the blitz, he remembered that the East Side neighborhood was deserted after 7 or 8 p.m. Today, it's better, but he still keeps a look out.

Leo Feler sits in his living room, Aug. 11, 2026, in Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood, where an injured worker sought aid last October after federal immigration agents entered Feler's property to detain men installing siding on his home during Operation Midway Blitz. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Leo Feler’s Lakeview home was raided by immigration agents. He was hundreds of miles away.

September 13, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

In July, Leo Feler filed a federal lawsuit against the government and agents who executed the raid, alleging violations to his Fourth Amendment rights and seeking compensation for property damage.

Elvira Arzeta patrols the western suburbs before dawn on Sept. 10, 2026. For over a year, Arzeta has headed out of her home at 5 a.m. to patrol hot spots frequented by federal agents targeting immigrants. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

A city on guard: What the raids left behind after Operation Midway Blitz

September 13, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

It's been a year since the Trump Administration’s “Operation Midway Blitz.” What it left behind can be measured in the number of neighborhood patrollers, people who keep a wary eye...

Carol Stream police say ICE agents appeared during traffic stop

September 11, 2026 at 3:47 p.m.

Carol Stream police were in the middle of a traffic stop Thursday morning when federal immigration agents arrived and told them they planned to arrest the woman they'd just pulled...

A photograph of Eric Billops is posted April 16, 2026, on the glass of the bus stop where the teen was shot and killed the previous day in the 6300 block of South Stony Island Avenue in Chicago. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

Boy charged in shooting death of Hyde Park Academy sophomore

September 10, 2026 at 4:53 p.m.

A 15-year-old boy faces six felony counts for the fatal shooting of Hyde Park Academy sophomore Eric Billops.

Skateboarders take advantage of good weather to skate and practice tricks at Grant Skate Park in Chicago's South Loop in 2021. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Boy, 16, fatally shot at Loop skate park, police say

September 10, 2026 at 9:41 a.m.

A teenage boy was shot to death Wednesday night at a Loop skate park, according to CPD and police sources.

John Catanzara, president of the Chicago Fraternal Order of Police, departs after speaking during a news conference, April 27, 2026, at the Leighton Criminal Court Building. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Feds demand FOP President John Catanzara’s financial records from state lodge

September 8, 2026 at 5:30 p.m.

Federal investigators issued a subpoena to the state police union late last year in an apparent probe into Chicago FOP President John Catanzara's financial dealings, according to a copy of...

Da'J Flowers, 36, was fatally shot in her residence in Chicago's West Ridge community on Feb. 5, 2026. (Demone Flowers)

Suspect in custody for slaying of city of Chicago worker: family, records

September 9, 2026 at 6:18 a.m.

A suspect was in custody in the shooting death of a city of Chicago employee who was found fatally wounded earlier this year in her residence in the city’s Far...

A tamale vendor sets up a stand at the intersection of South Archer Avenue and South Pulaski Road in the Archer Heights neighborhood on Aug. 28, 2026. This is the intersection where Leodegario Martínez Barradas, a flower vendor, was the first person detained in Chicago during Operation Midway Blitz. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Operation Midway Blitz, one year later: A changed Chicago forges on after the resistance

September 6, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

For 64 days, the federal government carried out a militarized immigration enforcement operation under the guise of making Chicago safer. A year later, why do people still feel so unsafe?

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