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Protesters light candles at a memorial for Renee Nicole Good, 37, who was shot and killed by a federal agent while she was in her vehicle near the site of the shooting in Minneapolis, Minn., on Jan. 7, 2026. (David Guttenfelder/The New York Times)

Feds’ statements after Minneapolis driver killed by ICE officer echo pattern from Midway Blitz in Chicago

January 8, 2026 at 11:30 a.m.

The feds' statement recalls claims from DHS in the aftermath of two federal agent-involved shootings that took place during Chicago's "Operation Midway Blitz."

Ayelech Gray, left, of Elk Grove High School, Jonila Ilazi of Rolling Meadows High School and Nell Krzyszczuk of Rolling Meadows High School receive training to be official election judges while operating on-campus early voting sites as part of the Cook County clerk’s office’s first-ever high school early voting program at Hersey High School in Arlington Heights on Jan. 6, 2026. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

Cook County clerk’s office teams up with Chicago Bears to launch inaugural student election judge program

January 7, 2026 at 2:25 p.m.

Dubbed “Defenders of DA’mocracy,” students are training to run early voting sites at their schools for the March 17 election.

3 seriously injured in North Lawndale shooting

January 5, 2026 at 4:15 p.m.

Three people were seriously injured in a shooting Monday morning on the city’s West Side.

Joabe Barbosa runs in the Bucktown neighborhood, Dec. 21, 2025, in Chicago. Barbosa is a graduate student who has made it his mission to run every street and has completed more than 79% of the city. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

These runners are exploring every inch of Chicago, one foot at a time

January 4, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Joabe Barbosa is part of a new breed of "run-every-street" runners setting out to run down every Chicago street with the hopes of challenging perceptions of the city.

Jake Connelly, 13, of Arlington Heights, one of the breakout stars from the latest season of "Stranger Things," Dec. 30, 2025, in Chicago. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Arlington Heights’ ‘Stranger Things’ star Jake Connelly got ‘the call’ he was going to Hawkins during a tornado warning

January 3, 2026 at 7:38 p.m.

Jake Connelly, of Arlington Heights, plays Derek Turnbow this season in "Stranger Things," a loud-mouth bully-turned-unlikely hero.

Woodstock man facing attempted murder charge after trying to blow up gas station, attacking clerk

January 2, 2026 at 8:23 p.m.

A man is facing multiple felony charges after authorities said he tried to blow up a gas station on New Year’s Eve in the far northwest suburbs. On Dec. 31,...

Attendees stand in the cold as Shemekia Copeland performs during the "Dick Clark's New Year’s Rockin’ Eve" event on West Wacker Drive, Dec. 31, 2025, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Late-night revelers will face an icy start to the new year, forecasters warn

January 1, 2026 at 3:12 a.m.

Temperatures are due to plummet by early evening, reaching freezing by 6 p.m., according to the National Weather Service.

Leandrea Hernández, center, comforts her mother, Katrina Smith, left, as they talk about the Christmas Eve fire that destroyed their home in Zion, Dec. 27, 2025. Hernández's son Aiden Hernández, 13, listens. (Michael Schmidt/for the baiduhai)

Christmas comes late for Zion family who lost their home in a fire: ‘I don’t have the words’

December 31, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

On Christmas Eve, a fire destroyed the Hernandez family’s Zion home of the past six years, but the community stepped up.

Cops: Man killed in Humboldt Park double shooting

December 30, 2025 at 5:55 p.m.

Two men were wounded, one fatally, in a double shooting Tuesday afternoon in Humboldt Park, Chicago police said. The men, 18 and 38, were in an alley in the 700...

Students at Burroughs Elementary School in the Brighton Park neighborhood of Chicago practice yoga at an after-school program on Oct. 3, 2024. The Brighton Park Neighborhood Council Chicago serves eight schools on the Southwest Side. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Chicago nonprofit sues Department of Education over alleged ‘unlawful’ grant program cuts

December 30, 2025 at 4:00 p.m.

A Chicago nonprofit, with the American Federation of Teachers, is suing the U.S. Department of Education over funding cuts to community schools.

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