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- Gunfire blasts through Englewood home, hits sleeping womanby Sun-Times Wire on October 19, 2026 at 12:19 pm
A woman was wounded by gunfire that woke her up in her Englewood home early Monday on the South Side. The shooting happened around 1:45 a.m. when a […]
- City Colleges of Chicago reach late-night tentative contract agreement to avoid strikeby Sun-Times Wire on October 19, 2026 at 12:04 pm
The Cook County College Teachers Union, Local 1600, and the City Colleges of Chicago reached an overnight tentative contract agreement just hours […]
- Almost all lawsuits brought in Chicago's federal court over deadly Boeing 737 MAX crashes have been resolvedby Robert Herguth on October 19, 2026 at 10:30 am
Sales of Boeing Co.’s 737 MAX jetliners are soaring, with orders of the aircraft reaching record levels this year.Boeing is also nearing a darker […]
- A new Chicago brewery is creating Korea’s oldest alcoholic drinkby Minju Park on October 19, 2026 at 10:30 am
Korea’s oldest alcoholic drink is now being brewed in Chicago.Yido on the Near West Side specializes in brewing makgeolli, an unfiltered rice wine […]
- Chicago's 20 school board races: How the campaigns are taking shapeby WBEZ, Sun-Times, Chalkbeat and Block Club Chicago staff on October 19, 2026 at 3:21 am
Chicago School Board voting districts […]
- Trump heads to unlikely battleground as GOP fights to hold Senate and more top headlines
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- Mom accused of slaughtering husband, toddler at Great Wolf Lodge could face death penalty: PI
on October 19, 2026 at 10:00 amMetallica Rose Harrison could face the death penalty for the Great Wolf Lodge killings, but a private investigator says key legal hurdles remain.
- National Guard member shot in DC, police chief says
on October 19, 2026 at 9:20 amThree National Guard members returned fire after a suspect allegedly opened fire during a confrontation in Washington, D.C., police said. Two people were wounded.
- Firefighters save historic 'Godfather' church from raging NYC warehouse blaze
on October 19, 2026 at 6:42 amA fire at a vacant warehouse threatened the Staten Island church featured in "The Godfather," but the iconic building was saved from the blaze.
- Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier secures state arrest warrant for Raúl Castro
on October 19, 2026 at 4:15 amA no-bond Florida arrest warrant charges Raúl Castro with conspiracy to commit first-degree murder in the 1996 Brothers to the Rescue shootdown.
- Arizona man accused of plotting mass casualty attack on religious site with 'cookbook' tied to OKC bombing
on October 19, 2026 at 2:45 amProsecutors accused an Arizona man of keeping the Oklahoma City bombing-linked "Anarchist Cookbook" as his "Bible" while allegedly plotting a religious site attack.
- Driver released without charges after pickup kills boy, 6, and man on Kansas soccer field
on October 18, 2026 at 9:25 pmA 6-year-old boy and a 35-year-old man were killed when a pickup truck drove onto a Wichita soccer field, injuring 10 others including children.
- Falling cross kills Catholic priest during livestreamed Mass in Ecuador
by The Associated Press on October 19, 2026 at 12:26 pmA Roman Catholic priest celebrating an evening Mass in southwestern Ecuador has died after a crucifix fell on him during the livestreamed service.
- Police investigation underway at home in northwest suburban Mundelein
by Marisa Rodriguez on October 19, 2026 at 11:54 amPolice conducted an investigation at a home on the 200 block of Wellington Avenue in Mundelein, describing it as an isolated incident with no threat to the public.
- Woman dies after driving vehicle into Buffington Harbor in Gary
by Ethan Illers on October 19, 2026 at 3:35 amA woman died after she reportedly drove her vehicle into Buffington Harbor in Gary, Indiana on Saturday.
- Breast cancer survivor hosts annual motorcycle ride to fund free mammograms at Loretto Hospital
by Jewell Hillery on October 19, 2026 at 1:32 amAfter beating breast cancer twice, a West Side native started an annual ride to give back to her community.
- Pamper and Empower Experience helps domestic violence survivors reclaim identity
by Angelica Sanchez on October 19, 2026 at 1:07 amCHICAGO (WGN) - The month of October raises awareness on domestic violence in communities and an event was held Sunday for survivors to reclaim their identity. At the third annual Pamper and Empower Experience event in Chatham, organizers said reclaiming one's identity is a crucial step in healing for survivors of domestic violence. The event [...]
- Robot factories and hypersonic missiles: JPMorgan Chase's first $5 billion of defense investmentson October 19, 2026 at 12:34 pm
With $5 billion already deployed off its balance sheet, JPMorgan Chase is racing ahead on direct investments in defense tech, hardware and supply chains.
- Anthropic commits 5% of shares to new public benefit fund that could address AI job disruptionon October 19, 2026 at 12:33 pm
The Claude maker said that establishing the fund as an LLC will provide greater flexibility in how the money is used.
- Elon Musk says he'll give a SpaceX share to every child in America next yearon October 19, 2026 at 12:07 pm
The SpaceX boss said Monday that he'll give one of his company shares to every child in the U.S. next year. He didn't say how the share giveaway would happen.
- Google says it can build data centers the right way. Some experts and residents are skepticalon October 19, 2026 at 12:00 pm
Google says its Minnesota AI data center will add clean energy to the grid and protect ratepayers. Experts question whether grid upgrades are needed.
- French unrest compounds debt crisis fears. Paris-listed stocks, bonds and the euro fallon October 19, 2026 at 11:22 am
"It looks like either the bond markets riot, or the people riot, or both," one analyst told CNBC.
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