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Trump supporters wave flags at protesters outside the 2026 Presidents Cup at the Medinah Country Club in Medinah on Sept. 27, 2026. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Trump urges Illinois Republicans to vote by mail, endorses Darren Bailey but skips Senate nominee Don Tracy

By Rick Pearson

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October 23, 2026 at 3:54 p.m.

In an Illinois get-out-the-vote post, the president backed Darren Bailey for governor and three downstate...

Valerie Griffin, the mother of Dejanay Stanton, leaves the Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago on Oct. 23, 2026, after an acquittal in the trial of Tremon Hill, who stood accused of killing Stanton. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Chicago man acquitted of murder in slaying of trans woman in 2018

By Madeline Buckley

October 23, 2026 at 7:03 p.m.

A jury on Friday found a man not guilty at trial after prosecutors accused him...

Chicago Board of Elections senior clerk Ralph Baker, left, helps Mayor Brandon Johnson file his election nominating petitions Oct. 23, 2026. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Mayor Brandon Johnson turns in signatures for 2027 mayoral race, skipping lotteries for ballot spots

By Alice Yin

October 23, 2026 at 5:27 p.m.

Mayor Brandon Johnson submitted his election nominating petitions Friday, ceding the lottery for the last...

After a 12-hour plane ride, a beluga whale swims around a holding pool at Sea World on Aug. 22, 2026. This whale, along with two others, was rescued from the shuttered Marineland in Niagara Falls, Ontario. Their names are Xavier, Cyprus and Jasper. (Kristian Carreon/The San Diego Union-Tribune)

6th of 30 rescued belugas dies in California, while Shedd says local rescues showing ‘encouraging signs’

By Tess Kenny

October 22, 2026 at 1:40 p.m.

The whales were evacuated to Shedd Aquarium and other facilities across the U.S. and Spain...

Anouk, 9, from left, Louisa Reiter, 8, and Elina Ernemann, 8, pick up trash during a cleanup event at Montrose Beach in Chicago on Sept. 20, 2026. The group collected 27 pounds of plastic and other garbage. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Microplastics trigger inflammation linked to disease and death. Now scientists appear to have discovered why.

By Michael Hawthorne

October 22, 2026 at 1:33 p.m.

Chemical reactions between water and six types of fossil fuel-based plastic created particles that damaged...

Wildlife Keeper Mike Wittman releases a rehabbed white-throated sparrow on Oct. 20, 2026, at the DuPage Wildlife Conservation Center in Glen Ellyn. (Brian Hill/Daily Herald)

More than 1,000 birds reported killed or injured in building collisions in Chicago area over the weekend

By Adriana Pérez

October 22, 2026 at 1:32 p.m.

Advocates say the devastating toll during fall migration highlights the urgent need for an ordinance...

A plume of smokes rises from MC Tank Transport Inc., where a chemical tank exploded overnight, prompting hundreds of residents to evacuate or shelter in place amid concerns about a potential toxic release, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2026, in north Toledo, Ohio. (Jeremy Wadsworth/The Blade via AP)

Evacuation area around Toledo chemical tank leak reduced as conditions continue to improve

By Associated Press

October 22, 2026 at 1:15 p.m.

Authorities in Ohio on Thursday reduced the evacuation zone around a chemical tank that ruptured...

Jabari Khaliq and Tiffany Renee Johnson in "Mud Row" by Remy Bumppo Theatre Company at Theater Wit. (Michael Brosilow)

Review: In Remy Bumppo Theatre’s ‘Mud Row,’ shifting between the civil rights era and now

By Chris Jones

October 22, 2026 at 12:35 p.m.

Dominique Morisseau’s play is set in the living room of a house in a historically...

A CTA rail operator pulls an Orange Line “L” train into the Quincy CTA station in the Loop on June 4, 2026. Orange Line service will be one of many elevated station disruptions, ending at Roosevelt. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

All elevated Loop ‘L’ stations to close for weekend construction work, CTA says

By Shun Graves

October 22, 2026 at 12:27 p.m.

All elevated Loop "L" stations will be closed on Saturday and Sunday, the Chicago Transit...

This image released by Marvel shows Doctor Doom in a scene from “Avengers: Doomsday.” (Marvel via AP)

Movie runtimes are getting longer, from ‘The Odyssey’ to ‘You Can See Everything’
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By Jake Coyle

October 22, 2026 at 1:34 p.m.

Your bladder isn’t lying. Movies are getting longer.

A group of migrants exits a bus near a Greyhound station after being transported from Texas on Sept. 27, 2023, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

City property tax relief program funded by suing Texas bus companies that sent migrants

By Alice Yin

October 22, 2026 at 3:33 p.m.

Chicago is launching a property tax program setting aside $500,000 to pay for debt relief...

FILE – John Anderson performs at the ceremony for the 2013 inductions into the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville, Tenn., on Oct. 27, 2013. (AP Photo/Mark Zaleski, File)

John Anderson, country music star whose hits included ‘Wild and Blue,’ dies at 71

By Associated Press

October 22, 2026 at 10:00 a.m.

John Anderson, whose high, yearning vocals on hits such as “Swingin,” “Wild and Blue” and...

FILE – Virginia Senate President pro tempore Louise Lucas, D-Portsmouth, listens to debate on the Senate floor, Feb. 17, 2026, in Richmond, Va. (AP Photo/Ryan M. Kelly, File)

Powerful Democratic Virginia state senator accused of leading ‘criminal marijuana enterprise’

By Sarah Rankin

October 22, 2026 at 6:53 p.m.

Virginia state Sen. L. Louise Lucas, one of the state’s most powerful Democrats, was charged...