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Shoppers crowd North Michigan Avenue in Chicago on Black Friday, Nov. 28, 2025. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

In search of Black Friday deals, shoppers hit Chicago streets despite chilly temperatures, inflation worries

November 28, 2025 at 5:22 p.m.

Despite concerns about inflation, shoppers turned out en masse for a day of shopping that, for some, is just as much about finding good deals as it is holiday traditions...

Jodie Yanek checks her receipt after shopping for Thanksgiving dinner at a grocery store, Nov. 24, 2025. She recently received her full SNAP payment for the month and was buying food to celebrate Thanksgiving with her boyfriend. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Chicago-area families on SNAP celebrate Thanksgiving amid uncertainty: ‘I can barely give them what they need’

November 27, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Illinoisans say they’ve dealt with confusion and uncertainty heading into the holiday because of the federal back and forth on funding for food stamps.

Police vehicles block off the street at the scene where several people were shot outside the Chicago Theatre in the 100 block of North State Street on Nov. 21, 2025, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

14-year-old killed, 8 teens injured in chaotic downtown Chicago shootings during ‘teen takeover’

November 22, 2025 at 6:39 p.m.

Several people were shot outside the Chicago Theatre in the Loop late Friday, Chicago police said. An hour later and a few blocks south, a second shooting left a 14-year-old...

Chicago police arrest Derek Rucker, 37, of Blue Island, on Sept. 30, 2025, at the CTA Loyola Red Line station after he allegedly punched Yara Afaneh in the back of her head. (Yara Afaneh)

A ‘Loop puncher’ sentenced to seven years in prison for aggravated battery, burglary

November 18, 2025 at 1:43 p.m.

A Blue Island man featured in “Loop puncher” videos that went viral on social media has been sentenced to seven years in state prison for crimes related to the attacks,...

Huntley couple had ‘inappropriate’ sexual contact with pet and filmed it, McHenry County officials say

November 16, 2025 at 9:44 a.m.

A northwest suburban couple that allegedly engaged in “inappropriate sexual contact with a dog” and filmed it are facing felony charges.

Boy, 15, killed in Roseland shooting, police say

November 15, 2025 at 7:19 p.m.

A teen was transported to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn where he was pronounced dead, authorities said.

Ernesto Diaz stands near the corner in Chicago’s Archer Heights neighborhood on Nov. 13, 2025, where he was detained by federal authorities in September despite being a U.S. citizen. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Latino US citizens racially profiled by federal immigration agents in Chicago: ‘I felt like a piece of trash’

November 15, 2025 at 10:07 a.m.

The Tribune spoke to U.S. citizens and green card holders who have either been questioned or detained during Trump’s Operation Midway Blitz.

U.S. Border Patrol agents exchange handcuffs for plastic zipties while transferring detainees they picked up landscaping on Chicago’s Northwest Side into a van in Niles on Oct. 31, 2025, during immigration enforcement operations. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Only 2.6% on list of 614 ‘Operation Midway Blitz’ arrestees had criminal histories, DOJ records show

November 14, 2025 at 6:48 p.m.

Meanwhile, the other 598 people on the list had no listed criminal history at all.

Authorities identified a body recovered in Lake Michigan in April 1988 as Dorothy Glanton, 71, of Chicago. (Michigan State Police)

Body found 40 years ago along Lake Michigan identified this week as missing Chicago woman

November 14, 2025 at 11:51 a.m.

Using DNA evidence, authorities identified a body recovered along the shoreline of Lake Michigan near New Buffalo, Michigan in April 1988 as Dorothy Glanton, 71, of Chicago.

Two men fatally shot after Little Village armed robbery, police say

November 8, 2025 at 9:10 p.m.

Two men were shot and killed following an armed robbery at a Little Village business Saturday evening, according to Chicago police. Police said an unknown man pulled out a gun...

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