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Scottish police conduct inquiries into ex-Prince Andrew and Epstein’s visit to king’s estate chicagotribune.com/2026/10/3…
Scottish police conduct inquiries into ex-Prince Andrew and Epstein’s visit to king’s estate

Scottish police conduct inquiries into ex-Prince Andrew and Epstein’s visit to king’s estate

Police in Scotland have opened an investigation into the time the former Prince Andrew spent with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his associate, Ghislaine Maxwell, at the king’s Balmoral...

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Loyola Medicine plans for two new buildings, at cost of $426 million, as part of larger effort chicagotribune.com/2026/10/3…
Loyola Medicine plans for two new buildings, at cost of $426 million, as part of larger effort

Loyola Medicine plans for two new buildings, at cost of $426 million, as part of larger effort

Loyola Medicine plans to construct two buildings at a cost of $426 million – part of a broader plan to modernize its facilities and expand geographically.

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Top federal prosecutor in Alaska says criminal probe underway over would-be spoiler Senate candidate chicagotribune.com/2026/10/3…
Top federal prosecutor in Alaska says criminal probe underway over would-be spoiler Senate candidate

Top federal prosecutor in Alaska says criminal probe underway over would-be spoiler Senate candidate

The top federal prosecutor in Alaska confirmed on Friday the existence of a criminal investigation related to an alleged scheme to confuse voters by putting a Senate candidate on the ballot with the...

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President Donald Trump to hold rallies in Kansas and Iowa after canceling them chicagotribune.com/2026/10/3…
President Donald Trump to hold rallies in Kansas and Iowa after canceling them

President Donald Trump to hold rallies in Kansas and Iowa after canceling them

President Donald Trump will hold rallies in Iowa and Kansas after initially opting for telerallies instead. Democrats had questioned his crowd sizes.

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Appeals court rejects Justice Department request for California to set aside disputed ballots chicagotribune.com/2026/10/3…
Appeals court rejects Justice Department request for California to set aside disputed ballots

Appeals court rejects Justice Department request for California to set aside disputed ballots

A federal appeals court on Friday rejected the Justice Department’s request for California to set aside disputed ballots received in the midterm election.

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Russia’s top independent newspaper shuts down, blaming pressure from authorities chicagotribune.com/2026/10/3…
Russia’s top independent newspaper shuts down, blaming pressure from authorities

Russia’s top independent newspaper shuts down, blaming pressure from authorities

Russia’s most renowned independent newspaper, Novaya Gazeta, on Friday announced its closure after more than three decades of operation, blaming relentless official pressure.

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Pope says ‘most urgent’ challenge facing AI race is need for institutional ethical framework chicagotribune.com/2026/10/3…
Pope says ‘most urgent’ challenge facing AI race is need for institutional ethical framework

Pope says ‘most urgent’ challenge facing AI race is need for institutional ethical framework

Pope Leo XIV on Friday told a Vatican gathering of artificial intelligence researchers and experts that the “most urgent” challenge was to identify international institutions that will put ethical...

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Illinois school report cards 2026: Search ACT results for Grade 11 in Chicago and the suburbs chicagotribune.com/2026/10/3…
Illinois school report cards 2026: Search ACT results for Grade 11 in Chicago and the suburbs

Illinois school report cards 2026: Search ACT results for Grade 11 in Chicago and the suburbs

The Illinois Assessment of Readiness on the Illinois Report Card also includes data from the ACT, an accountability assessment given to high school juniors (11th graders).

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Christa Pike says she’s in constant pain and blames her failed execution on ‘incompetence’ chicagotribune.com/2026/10/3…
Christa Pike says she’s in constant pain and blames her failed execution on ‘incompetence’

Christa Pike says she’s in constant pain and blames her failed execution on ‘incompetence’

Christa Pike said Friday that she remains in constant pain and struggles to speak a month after surviving a lethal injection in Tennessee, a failure she blames on “incompetence.”

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Feds say Supreme Court should deny ex-Speaker Madigan’s petition to review corruption conviction chicagotribune.com/2026/10/3…
Feds say Supreme Court should deny ex-Speaker Madigan’s petition to review corruption conviction

Feds say Supreme Court should deny ex-Speaker Madigan’s petition to review corruption conviction

The federal government told the Supreme Court in a brief this week that former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s corruption conviction was on solid ground, saying he was “not a low-level or...

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An ICE officer is charged with assault for striking a man with a car in Houston chicagotribune.com/2026/10/3…
An ICE officer is charged with assault for striking a man with a car in Houston

An ICE officer is charged with assault for striking a man with a car in Houston

A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer accused of intentionally ramming his car into a Mexican construction worker in Houston was indicted by a grand jury Friday on a charge of aggravated...

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Prime Minister Mark Carney expects to conclude talks in June on making Canada EU’s first associate member chicagotribune.com/2026/10/3…
Prime Minister Mark Carney expects to conclude talks in June on making Canada EU’s first associate...

Prime Minister Mark Carney expects to conclude talks in June on making Canada EU’s first associate...

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Friday he expects to conclude negotiations with the European Union in June on an unprecedented partnership that would make Canada the bloc’s first “associate...

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Illinois school report cards 2026: Search results for Grades 6-8 in Chicago and the suburbs chicagotribune.com/2026/10/3…
Illinois school report cards 2026: Search results for Grades 6-8 in Chicago and the suburbs

Illinois school report cards 2026: Search results for Grades 6-8 in Chicago and the suburbs

The IAR test is given to students in grades three through eight in public school districts to examine “their readiness for what’s next.” Here’s how Grades 6-8 fared in Illinois.

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Victim found inside burning vehicle in Roseland chicagotribune.com/2026/10/3…
Victim found inside burning vehicle in Roseland

Victim found inside burning vehicle in Roseland

A victim was discovered dead early Friday morning inside of a burning vehicle on the Far South Side in the Roseland neighborhood, Chicago police said.

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Illinois school report cards 2026: Search results for Grades 3-5 in Chicago and the suburbs chicagotribune.com/2026/10/3…
Illinois school report cards 2026: Search results for Grades 3-5 in Chicago and the suburbs

Illinois school report cards 2026: Search results for Grades 3-5 in Chicago and the suburbs

The IAR test is given to students in grades three through eight in public school districts to examine “their readiness for what’s next.” Here’s how Grades 3-5 fared in Illinois.

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Pope Leo mails in Chicago-area ballot, becoming the 1st pontiff in history to vote in a US election chicagotribune.com/2026/10/3…
Pope Leo mails in Chicago-area ballot, becoming the 1st pontiff in history to vote in a US election

Pope Leo mails in Chicago-area ballot, becoming the 1st pontiff in history to vote in a US election

The Vatican confirmed Pope Leo XIV submitted a mail-in ballot in Chicago ahead of November’s midterm elections.

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Early voting jumps across Senate battlegrounds as millions more Americans vote ahead of Election Day chicagotribune.com/2026/10/3…
Early voting jumps across Senate battlegrounds as millions more Americans vote ahead of Election Day

Early voting jumps across Senate battlegrounds as millions more Americans vote ahead of Election Day

Early voting is significantly outpacing the last midterm election, with millions more Americans casting ballots in advance and particularly sharp increases in states hosting competitive Senate races,...

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Scottish police conduct inquiries into ex-Prince Andrew and Epstein’s visit to king’s estate chicagotribune.com/2026/10/3…
Scottish police conduct inquiries into ex-Prince Andrew and Epstein’s visit to king’s estate

Scottish police conduct inquiries into ex-Prince Andrew and Epstein’s visit to king’s estate

Police in Scotland have opened an investigation into the time the former Prince Andrew spent with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his associate, Ghislaine Maxwell, at the king’s Balmoral...

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All 50 Chicago aldermen take pay raise, Mayor Brandon Johnson skips it chicagotribune.com/2026/10/3…
All 50 Chicago aldermen take pay raise, Mayor Brandon Johnson skips it

All 50 Chicago aldermen take pay raise, Mayor Brandon Johnson skips it

Every member of the City Council elected to take the 2027 pay bump, according to budget documents. Meanwhile, Mayor Brandon Johnson decided to forego it.

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President Donald Trump to hold rallies in Kansas and Iowa after canceling them chicagotribune.com/2026/10/3…
President Donald Trump to hold rallies in Kansas and Iowa after canceling them

President Donald Trump to hold rallies in Kansas and Iowa after canceling them

President Donald Trump will hold rallies in Iowa and Kansas after initially opting for telerallies instead. Democrats had questioned his crowd sizes.

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