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• Who is Harrison Butker and why is he at the center of controversy? An explanation

  17-05-2024 14:21
  
  In a single 20-minute speech, Harrison Butker went from being known largely as the kicker for the Kansas City Chiefs, to the man behind a controversial graduation address that has drawn both criticism and praise across the country. But who is Butker, what did he say and why has it sparked such conversation?
  
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• R. Bruce Dold, Chicago Tribune Publisher and Pulitzer Winner, Dies at 70

  11-12-2025 16:51 via nytimes.com
  As head of the editorial page, he encouraged The Tribune’s support of Barack Obama, resulting in the paper’s first endorsement of a Democrat running for the White House.
  
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• ICE Says It Has No Videos to Release of Chicago Deportation Operations

  11-12-2025 03:29 via nytimes.com
  The response to an information request contradicted the administration’s public testimony and raised concerns that it may be trying to evade oversight.
  
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• ICE Arrest Data Shows Many Immigrants With No Criminal Record

  04-12-2025 21:23 via nytimes.com
  In high-profile operations, more than half of those arrested had no criminal record, an analysis shows.
  
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• Hayet Rida’s Brand, Khoi, Reflects Her Roots in Ghana

  04-12-2025 11:00 via nytimes.com
  Hayet Rida’s brand, Khoi, reflects her roots in Ghana and home in Chicago.
  
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• 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love the A.A.C.M.

  03-12-2025 11:01 via nytimes.com
  The Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians in Chicago has built community and pushed musical boundaries for 60 years. Hear 13 tracks from this jazz institution.
  
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• Donate This Holiday Season: New Life Centers Needs Your Help

  30-11-2025 12:00 via nytimes.com
  When ICE arrived in Chicago, this group had an answer.
  
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• Major Winter Storm Dumps Snow Across Midwest and Upends Travel

  29-11-2025 22:29 via nytimes.com
  More than 1,100 flights were canceled at Chicago airports as the storm disrupted travel for those headed home after Thanksgiving.
  
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• Light snow moves in ahead of major winter storm, travel precautions urged

  29-11-2025 09:01
  
  63/80 characters The Chicago area was bracing for a major snowstorm this weekend and dangerous holiday travel conditions, as a winter system threatened to dump nearly a foot of snow on the region. A winter storm warning was issued for the entirety of the Chicago area and northwest Indiana, advising of total snow accumulations between six and 10 inches through...
  
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• Light snow moves in ahead of major winter storm

  29-11-2025 09:01
  
  The Chicago area was bracing for a major snowstorm this weekend and dangerous holiday travel conditions, as a winter system threatened to dump nearly a foot of snow on the region. A winter storm warning was issued for the entirety of the Chicago area and northwest Indiana, advising of total snow accumulations between six and 10 inches through 6 a.m....
  
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• ‘Unprecedented': Snow postpones Illinois high school football state title games

  28-11-2025 22:05
  
  With heavy snowfall expected across Illinois this weekend, the high school football state championship games scheduled for Saturday were postponed.
  
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• 2 kids die, sister and father hospitalized after Thanksgiving apartment fire

  28-11-2025 21:30
  
  Two siblings were killed and another hospitalized alongside her father after an apartment fire broke out on Thanksgiving, authorities said.
  
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• Heavy snowfall expected to create difficult driving conditions through weekend

  28-11-2025 20:46
  
  Double-digit snowfall the weekend millions will travel home after Thanksgiving may be the perfect storm for potentially hazardous driving conditions.
  
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• How to choose the right charity on Giving Tuesday, according to Consumer Reports

  28-11-2025 19:48
  
  Consumer Reports shows you how to find charities that truly make a difference and avoid the ones that don’t ahead of Giving Tuesday.
  
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• Wiener Circle to give out free hot dogs after Bears win, Johnson goes shirtless

  28-11-2025 18:38
  
  Wiener Circle will once again give away free hot dogs thanks to the Chicago Bears.
  
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• Catch a ride with Santa aboard the CTA Holiday Train and Bus: See the schedule

  28-11-2025 18:02
  
  Editor’s note: The video in the player above is from a previous year. Santa Claus and his trusty reindeer kicked off the start of their annual rounds aboard the CTA Friday, marking the start of the holiday train and bus season in Chicago. The Holiday Train, now in its 34th year of operation, and the Holiday Bus will spread festive...
  
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• Bears' dominant rushing attack leads to 5th straight win, 24-15 over Eagles

  28-11-2025 17:39
  
  The Chicago Bears finished with 281 yards on the ground to win their fifth straight game, 24-15 over the reeling Philadelphia Eagles on Friday night.
  
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• Plane veers off runway during landing, rolls over into a backyard in SW suburb

  28-11-2025 14:52
  
  Photos and video from Sky 5 showed a small plane on its side, with its tail wing pressed up against a brick building.
  
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• What time will the snow start, and when will the roads be at their worst? Latest storm timeline

  28-11-2025 14:37
  
  The warning comes as more than 41 million people from the northern and central plains to the Midwest were under winter storm alerts, with the National Weather Service advising people in northeast Illinois to "consider altering any travel plans originally scheduled for Saturday."
  
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• 21-year-old suburban man sets family home on fire on Thanksgiving after argument: Sheriff

  28-11-2025 13:47
  
  A 21-year-old suburban man was arrested and charged with setting his house on fire following a family argument on Thanksgiving, the Lake County Sheriff’s Office said, with the family seeing the home “filling with smoke” and the house sustaining major damage. About 7:30 p.m. Thursday, deputies with the Lake County Sheriff’s Department responded to a verbal domestic dispute in the...
  
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• Bears vs. Eagles: Where, how to watch the Black Friday game

  28-11-2025 12:25
  
  While some will be out shopping for Black Friday, others will be parked on the couch watching the Chicago Bears vs. The Philadelphia Eagles.
  
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• Bears vs. Eagles: What channel, how to watch the Black Friday game

  28-11-2025 12:25
  
  While some will be out shopping for Black Friday, others will be parked on the couch watching the Chicago Bears vs. The Philadelphia Eagles.
  
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• Chicago Christkindlmarket says new limits on capacity, crowd control ‘threaten' future of event

  28-11-2025 11:59
  
  The update comes after a Chicago Tribune report from Nov. 25 said the City of Chicago recently placed new crowd restrictions on the event for 2025.
  
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• Chicago Christkindlmarket provides update on new capacity measures, saying they ‘pose a threat'

  28-11-2025 11:59
  
  On one of the busiest shopping days of the year, Chicago’s famous Christkindlmarket in Daley Plaza will address newly imposed capacity measures “for crowd management and safety,” saying they pose an “existential threat” to future of the popular holiday event. The update comes after a Chicago Tribune report from Nov. 25 saying the City of Chicago recently placed new crowd...
  
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• Winter storm warning issued for entire Chicago area; 12+ inches of snow possible

  28-11-2025 10:25
  
  The warning comes as more than 41 million people from the northern and central plains to the Midwest were under winter storm alerts, with the National Weather Service advising people in northeast Illinois to "consider altering any travel plans originally scheduled for Saturday."
  
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• Winter storm warning issued for entire Chicago area; 12 inches of snow or more possible

  28-11-2025 10:25
  
  The warning comes as more than 41 people from the northern and central plains to the Midwest were under winter storm alerts, with the National Weather Service advising people in northeast Illinois to "consider altering any travel plans originally scheduled for Saturday."
  
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• ‘A Home Alone' sequel isn't planned, but Macaulay Culkin is open to one – and has an idea

  27-11-2025 21:32
  
  There is a possibility Kevin McAllister could be making a comeback, said Actor Macaulay Culkin, who played the young boy in "Home Alone."
  
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• Another ‘Home Alone' sequel isn't planned, but Macaulay Culkin is open to one – and has an idea

  27-11-2025 21:32
  
  There is a possibility Kevin McAllister could be making a comeback, said Actor Macaulay Culkin, who played the young boy in "Home Alone."
  
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• Authorities seek to block Slender Man attacker's conditional release after escape from group home

  27-11-2025 19:09
  
  Wisconsin authorities have asked a state court to revoke the conditional release of Morgan Geyser, the woman who in 2014 almost killed her sixth grade classmate in the name of horror villain Slender Man and escaped from a group home earlier this week. A Waukesha County Circuit Court judge agreed on Wednesday to seal the petition filed by the Department of Corrections late Tuesday...
  
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• Fire engulfs Englewood church on Thanksgiving, investigation underway

  27-11-2025 16:59
  
  Chicago firefighters battled a large blaze at a church in the city's Englewood neighborhood on Thanksgiving Day.
  
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