Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News from Tribune

Abbott seeks to shield Uvalde records

Texas public safety officials cite the "dead suspect loophole" to prevent records from being released

Salon

Chicago’s history shines in recovered Tribune Tower time capsules: ‘An adventure with some mystery thrown in’

A baseball potentially used in the 1919 World Series, cartoons and a photo of Soldier Field from 1947 were among the artifacts.

Chicago Sun-Times

Paul Sullivan: Tony La Russa isn’t worried about White Sox fan discontent — he’ll ignore it like he did in his 1st South Side stint

CHICAGO — You’ve got to have thick skin to be a major-league manager, and no one alive has managed more major-league games than Tony La Russa.

Chicago Tribune

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Uvalde school police chief defends delay in entering classroom

Pete Arredondo said in an interview that he did not consider himself in charge of the scene of the school shooting.

Al Jazeera

Uvalde police chief Pete Arredondo breaks cover to defend himself as a hero

Arredondo says in his first extensive interview he didn’t consider himself the incident commander as the massacre unfolded

The Independent UK

Uvalde hiring more school police

Texas town's response to botched police school shooting response? Throw more cops at it

Salon

Texas school police chief says he didn’t think he was in charge during shooting

Pete Arredondo says he intentionally left behind radios before entering school, as two more funerals are held for victims of the attack

The Guardian - US

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Uvalde School Police Chief Defends Texas Shooting Response

The Texas school police chief criticized for his actions during one of the deadliest classroom shootings in US history said in his first extensive comments, published Thursday, that he did not consider himself the person in charge as the massacre unfolded and assumed someone else had taken control of the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Uvalde schools police chief breaks silence on shooting response after fierce criticism

Pete Arredondo told the Texas Tribune he didn't think he was the incident commander.

Axios

The story behind Frank Schwindel’s bond with a 7-year-old Chicago Cubs fan — and the quest to raise awareness of an unnamed disease

Sometimes, if you look closely, you can spot the blue band on Frank Schwindel’s wrist.

Chicago Tribune

Anthony Arblaster obituary

Other lives: Leftwing academic and writer who focused on the promotion of socialism and democracy

The Guardian - UK

SCOTUS blocks Texas social media law

Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Brett Kavanaugh join liberals to block "free speech" law that limits free speech

Salon

Paul Vallas enters Chicago mayor’s race; former CPS head says Lightfoot ‘has proven incapable of dealing with these crises’

CHICAGO — Former Chicago Public Schools CEO Paul Vallas is running for mayor, he announced Wednesday.

Chicago Tribune

Chicago police: 9 dead, 47 wounded in Memorial Day weekend that saw 250 guns seized, 11 from North Avenue beachgoers

CHICAGO — At least nine people were killed and about 50 others wounded during the Memorial Day weekend, the traditional start of the Chicago’s summer events and violence.

Chicago Tribune

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Salon

Texas state bar sues to punish Paxton

Paxton alleged the Texas state bar was controlled by “leftists” and accused it of trying to “bully me”

Chicago Tribune

Willson Contreras remains out of the Chicago Cubs lineup, but manager David Ross says an IL stint is unlikely

The last thing the struggling Chicago Cubs need is catcher Willson Contreras sidelined by an injury.

Chicago Tribune

With Roe v. Wade at risk, Planned Parenthood of Illinois makes abortion pills available by mail for state residents

CHICAGO — With the U.S. Supreme Court poised to overturn Roe v. Wade, Planned Parenthood of Illinois said Monday it has begun offering abortion pills by mail for state residents who qualify.

Chicago Tribune

Mayor asked US attorney to pass along evidence from ex-Alderman Daniel Solis after corruption probe ends

CHICAGO — Mayor Lori Lightfoot may have said she was “deeply offended” by the deferred prosecution deal that federal prosecutors struck with former Alderman Daniel Solis, but she sure seems interested in any dirt he’s been dishing.

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Chicago Sun-Times

Too many eagerly accepted wildly erroneous census undercount in Illinois

The Census Bureau admitted last week that it had screwed up Illinois’ decennial headcount, and the state actually grew by about 250,000 people.

Chicago Tribune

As R. Kelly’s Chicago trial nears, things get testy between defendants

CHICAGO — With less than two months to go until ex-R&B superstar R. Kelly and two of his former associates go on trial in Chicago, the sparks are starting to fly.

Chicago Tribune

Paul Sullivan: MLB needs to change the definition of a no-hitter and reward the Cincinnati Reds pitchers for making histor

The Cincinnati Reds threw a combined no-hitter against the Pittsburgh Pirates and still lost Sunday, the equivalent of winning the lottery and losing your ticket in the wash.

Chicago Tribune

Cook County prosecutors told not to subpoena witnesses for trial preparation as office revamps policies

CHICAGO — Some Cook County prosecutors have been instructed not to subpoena witnesses for dates when their testimony is not required in court, the Tribune has learned, halting a common practice of seeking court orders summoning witnesses to meet with prosecutors ahead of trial.

Chicago Tribune

‘How can he do that?’: Police Superintendent David Brown appears to overstate links to mass shooting in Chicago

CHICAGO — About 15 hours after a corner in the Back of the Yards neighborhood was sprayed with gunfire Tuesday, leaving one man dead and four others wounded, Chicago police Superintendent David Brown held a news conference to update the public on the mass shooting.

Chicago Sun-Times

With Cook County probation units disbanded, tens of thousands of random curfew checks ended

Supporters of doing away with so-called intensive probation units say it was a “gotcha” system that didn’t reduce crime. Others say it helped get guns and drugs off the streets.

Chicago Tribune

'It hits everybody in a way': Violence in Chicago's downtown reflects troubles in its neighborhoods

CHICAGO — Over a 48-hour period two weekends ago, three shootings erupted within a mile of one another in Chicago’s downtown area, leaving two people dead. During that same time, some 17 other people were shot around the city, most of them in neighborhoods where a higher level of violence…

1 … 26 27 28 29

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.