2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (381+ words) Indulge me in a sports metaphor that Chicago fans of a certain vintage — geezers like me — can appreciate. If Democrats don’t convert President Donald Trump’s domestic, foreign policy and behavioral shortcomings into enough November midterm wins to regain House and…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago   (853+ words) Exactly one year after Silverio Villegas González was shot and killed by an immigration enforcement agent during a traffic stop, his neighbors returned to the stretch of Grand Avenue in the western suburbs where he died. But those who gathered…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1101+ words) In an Aug. 27 op-ed (“Pfleger has been cleared of wrongdoing, but more needs to be done”), attorney Jeffery M. Leving argues that the Archdiocese of Chicago must change how it responds to allegations of sexual abuse of minors by clergy,…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (650+ words) President Donald Trump’s efforts to have the U.S. Postal Service become the final arbiter of who can receive and cast a mail-in ballot have been temporarily blocked by a federal judge who said it was “practically impossible” for states to…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (958+ words) The boy who faced Immigration Court Judge Shawn Abraham needed the microphone lowered before his hearing could begin. His feet didn’t reach the floor. He is 12 years old. The lawyer and advocate who sat with him at the respondent’s table…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (865+ words) Heavy-duty truck and engine manufacturers have known about the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s nitrogen oxide standards since 2022 and have already started to build compliant engines. Now some are lobbying to delay or weaken enforcement instead of honoring that commitment, and neighborhoods…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (668+ words) Flossmoor neighbors are collecting hygiene necessities to send to a community native and other sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln amid reports of poor conditions during its record-breaking long deployment. Flossmoor resident Margaret Epperson is arranging the collection for 23-year-old…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (295+ words) When an Israeli prime minister jets into Washington for a meeting with the president of the United States, the red carpet is typically rolled. But when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited President Donald Trump on July 29, that was not…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (150+ words) A woman apparently drowned Sunday evening in the Des Plaines River at a Lake County Forest Preserve in Libertyville, according to local authorities. The Lake County Coroner’s Office said the victim was a 31-year-old Hinsdale resident. The woman went underwater…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (334+ words) In a deal crafted by Todd Blanche, then the acting attorney general and Trump’s former personal lawyer, the president put in place a family protection plan that Daley could have only dreamed of, one possibly worth upward of $100 million. Attempting…...