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As enrollment falls, districts mull which schools to close. The decisions have big impacts for kids

Districts nationwide are weighing how many public schools they can keep open as enrollment drops due to shrinking budgets, the falling national birthrate and a growing school choice movement

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Cubs’ Matt Shaw defends missing team’s defeat to attend Charlie Kirk’s memorial

Chicago Cubs third baseman Matt Shaw said he had no regrets missing a game with playoff implications to attend the funeral of Charlie Kirk

The Guardian - US

A Beloved Biker Bar Closed In Chicago, But Its Skeleton Rider Could Live On

The Twisted Spoke was a rad place with fantastic food at both its locations in Chicago, and it closed in August 2025. But its skeleton rider could become a monument.

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What Is the 'Tylenol Murders' and Why Does the Famous Analgesic Keep Getting Linked to Controversies?

More than 40 years after the unexpected deaths of seven people due to tainted medicine, Tylenol became the centre of attention again for a different reason.

International Business Times UK

Lions Offense Shows They Don’t Need Ben Johnson to Pull Out the Trickery

The Detroit Lions are still running a lot of trick plays even with former offensive coordinator Ben Johnson now coaching the Chicago Bears.

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Donald Trump announces Charlie Kirk last request – ‘save Chicago.’ So, he will target Memphis and then ‘straight out’ Chicago

40 minutes at a funeral and somehow it became about Trump's agenda.

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Caleb Williams Wins Free Hot Dogs for All of Chicago With Career Day

Caleb Williams threw four touchdown passes for the Chicago Bears against the Dallas Cowboys, earning the whole city free hot dogs from The Wiener's Circle.

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Hundreds plunge in Chicago River for first official swim in nearly 100 years

Group participates in previously unthinkable mile-long swim after US made key progress to clean polluted rivers

The Guardian - US

Seven Gorgeous Train Trips to Enjoy Fall Foliage

See fall's best colors from the rails. We've rounded up a range of short and longer train trips across the country that are ideal for older travelers.

Kiplinger

ICE denies using excessive force as it broadens immigration arrests in Chicago

An immigration enforcement operation in the Chicago area is troubling immigrants and activists because of what they say are increasingly aggressive tactics

The Independent UK

Crime victims' families say Chicago violence is a problem, but sending in troops isn't the answer

Families of some of the victims of violent crime in Chicago say that although it's been a largely intractable problem for the city for decades, they don't think sending in National Guard troops is the answer

The Independent UK

Reporter and House candidate Kat Abughazleh thrown to the ground by ICE as 400 arrested in Chicago

‘This is what it looks like when ICE violates our First Amendment rights,’ said Kat Abughazaleh

The Independent UK

Protester with Captain America shield bundled into ICE facility in Chicago after throwing back tear gas canister

This is the moment that an ICE protester wielding a Captain America shield was forced into an immigration facility after he threw a tear gas canister at enforcement agents.

The Independent UK

More than 400 arrests made in Chicago area operation so far, top immigration official says

Immigration and Customs Enforcement says it has made 400 arrests in Chicago since launching “Operation Midway” Blitz” less than two weeks ago, offering an early gauge of what is shaping up as a major enforcement effort similar to Los Angeles and Washington, D

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Federal agents use teargas and pepper balls to break up Chicago Ice protest

At least two protesters arrested as Democratic congressional candidate condemns ‘violent abuse of power’

The Independent UK

Protesters try to block vehicles at key immigration building in suburban Chicago

Protesters tried to block vehicles outside a federal immigration enforcement building in suburban Chicago

The Guardian - UK

‘We’d play for a frozen burrito’: post-rockers Tortoise on the changing face of Chicago, Steve Albini and their new-gen fans

Informed by everything from jungle to Krautrock and musique concrète, Tortoise broke new ground 30 years ago. Returning after nine years away, ‘it’s a different world’, they say

The Independent UK

As immigration arrests spike in Chicago, activists escalate tactics to fight back

As encounters with federal immigration agents around Chicago increase, tactics used by activists and immigrant leaders to fight back are also escalating

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Angel Reese Shares Emotional Post After Sky Drama, Critical Comments About Team

The Sky star posted a powerful message amid her strained relationship with the Chicago organization.

The Independent UK

Chicago dad-to-be killed by smash-and-grab robber fleeing scene just one day before son was born, police say

‘I want my son to know his dad was so loved,’ the baby’s mother told local news. ‘He was selfless, generous, and never turned his back on people who needed help’

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Mom Slips Loving Note In Son’s Lunchbox, Then Is Fatally Shot After Dropping Him Off

Romeca Meeks-Blackmon, a devoted mother, was fatally shot in Chicago just moments after dropping her 6-year-old son off at school.

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Accused murderer of Romeca Meeks’ walks free – the woman shot her in the face while her ex held her in a headlock

Chicago police have been strangely quiet about this case.

Latin Times

ICE Raid Led by DHS Secretary Kristi Noem in Suburban Chicago Results in Five Arrests, Including Two U.S. Citizens

The arrests are part of the Department of Homeland Security's Operation Midway Blitz, a weeks-long immigration enforcement effort in the Chicago area which targets undocumented immigrants with prior criminal convictions.

The Independent UK

Chicago’s ‘Midnight Crew’: CNN’s Omar Jimenez dives into one of America’s darkest chapters of police violence

‘For this to happen at the scale that it did for as long as it did, there were breakdowns at every single step of the way,” Omar Jimenez said of the two-decade campaign of violence by the Chicago police department, which he explores in a new podcast

The Independent UK

More than 150,000 ‘patriotic Americans’ apply for ICE jobs to help Trump’s immigration crackdown

Wave of applications for enforcement roles comes as fear of raids, detainment and deportation grips communities across U.S.

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