Now marching on 26th Street.

After border patrol agents fatally shot a woman in Minneapolis, agents showed up to a high school and released chemical weapons during dismissal, Minnesota Public Radio reports. Their live reporting here: www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

NEW: Publishers of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette announce they are shutting down the newspaper on May 3, 2026. Hours ago, the Supreme Court of the US declined to extend a stay on a court order for the paper to pay its journalists following the end of a 3-year strike.

Illinois won't drop number of vaccines for children despite new federal guidance chicago.suntimes.com/health/2026/... via @elviamalagon.bsky.social

#ICYMI: She was deported to Mexico. He’s in detention. Now this Chicago couple has to figure out what’s next. Alexa Ramírez came to Chicago with big plans for the future. As she readjusts to life in Mexico, she + husband are working out how to rebuild their life together www.wbez.org/immigration/...

A nuanced story from @chicago.suntimes.com's Cindy Hernandez & Kade Heather about what Chicago residents with roots in Venezuela think of Maduro's removal from power: chicago.suntimes.com/nation-world...

Trump says “we are going to run” Venezuela

Your moment of joy today: A son’s mission to transform his mom's health turned into Peace Runners 773, a running & walking group on Chicago's West Side. It's part of a broader effort to help close a 20-year 'death gap' in the city: tinyurl.com/65chevtr @wbez.org @chjreportinghealth.bsky.social

Bulgarian man from Chicago dies in ICE custody at Michigan detention facility chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Former Chicago Sun-Times reporter Lacy Banks is among this year’s inductees to the National Association of Black Journalists Chicago chapter’s hall of fame.

Agents with Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino shouted at a SE Asian woman walking outside Costco in Mt. Prospect, IL today. The woman said in a flawless Midwestern accent, “They just asked me if I’m American. What the fuck?” chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Border patrol is forcing rideshare drivers at the O’Hare lot to show proof of citizenship before they can exit the lot and pick up rides at the airport

The move marks the second time that state public health officials have broken away from guidance under U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime critic of vaccines.

Greg Bovino’s the star of Trump’s deportation show. We trace his roots, reports @bylaurenfitz.bsky.social & @dmihalopoulos.bsky.social chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...

The mother of Chicago police Officer Krystal Rivera filed a wrongful death lawsuit Wednesday in which she says her daughter’s partner Carlos Baker was struggling to accept her decision to end their romantic relationship when he fatally shot her during a foot chase on June 5. tinyurl.com/5krk79br

“Broken bones, abscesses, diabetes and a host of other injuries and maladies routinely go without examination, much less medically effective treatment,” according to one complaint. That's from just one suit @kwashburn.bsky.social read for this investigation. chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...

WBEZ programming could be interrupted due to power outage at Navy Pier

UPDATE — For those who want to help, there’s now a way to donate directly to the 7500 South Shore Tenants Union to help with emergency relocation costs as residents “vacate in one of the snowiest winters in Chicago’s history.” Details in our story. thetriibe.com/2025/12/judg...

Millions of Americans are confronting the highest health insurance costs in years. For those enrolling in Obamacare for next year, the plans will cover a considerably smaller fraction of their medical bills and they will face higher deductibles and premiums.

Really interesting story from @ericathompson.bsky.social - Black Chicagoans embrace the quarter-zip trend while discussing its meaning chicago.suntimes.com/entertainmen...

Nayra Guzmán was arrested 15 days after her daughter’s difficult birth. Before Trump took office, postpartum immigrants were rarely detained by ICE.

Illinois officials will still recommend hepatitis B vaccine for newborns, despite new CDC guidance. The state's new advisory committee plans to meet later this month to discuss the new recommendations from CDC: chicago.suntimes.com/health/2025/...

Asked if he’s looking at a guaranteed income program, Pritzker says ‘No’

“Groups are the most powerful tool, clinically speaking, for most people because they kind of reinstate a sense of community. So when you are in a state of terror, the goal of the one inflicting the pain is to separate...” Here's how folks are trying to meet the mental health needs of immigrants:

Amid the federal deportation campaign, Spanish-speaking mental health providers are creating therapy groups and community workshops while others offer yoga, meditation and other support.

The trauma stemming from the arrests and deportations could impact immigrant communities for generations, said Lu Rocha, the owner of a private counseling practice in Chicago. She explains that trauma alters not just a person’s emotions but also the psychological state and body.

Hey all, please join us for an AMA on Reddit this Friday about federal immigration enforcement in the Chicago area! Sun-Times reporters Cindy Hernandez, Tina Sfondeles and Jon Seidel — who have covered ICE and DHS operations, court proceedings, and more — are here to answer your questions!

From group therapy to yoga in Spanish, this is how people are meeting the pressing mental health need for immigrant and Latino communities following intense immigration raids in Chicago www.wbez.org/immigration/... Photos by @tylerplariviere.bsky.social @wbez.org @chicago.suntimes.com

Days before ACIP meets and is supposed to take up delaying the hepatitis B vaccine for newborns, Illinois signs new law to set its own vaccine guidelines, w/ @mitchtrout.bsky.social chicago.suntimes.com/health/2025/...

DuSable Black History Museum, CEO misused public funds, whistleblower alleges, @medicenambi.bsky.social reports chicago.suntimes.com/museums-zoos...

A Little Village chamber leader thanked Border Patrol agents as they arrested neighbors, new video shows. blockclubchi.co/4iFYuQM

“After Ferreira was detained, Dos Santos Rodrigues said Michael Leavitt Sr. and his father, Bob Leavitt, reached out to her.” “‘They just kept saying, ‘Tell her to self-deport,’” she recalled. “Self-deport to where? Brazil is not her home.’” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...

Dolton mom turned away from hospital during labor calls for changes to maternal health chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/11...

A new day, a new @chicago.suntimes.com morning news roundup. ☕ Today's lead: The Sausage King's squalid South Side complex chicago.suntimes.com/morning-edit...

Chicago-area hospitals recently initiated hundreds of guardianship petitions in just 18 months, a Tribune investigation has found, sometimes to the dismay of family members or friends who did not want people they loved to be placed under someone else’s control.

Immigration agents had a 12-pack of Modelos in their car while making arrests, Miguel Angel Garcia Martinez told investigators.

A stunning visual of Chicago's 20-year death gap, mapped on the L, via @myersjustinc.bsky.social @chicago.suntimes.com. Here's what residents & community leaders are doing to close this gap: tinyurl.com/47r2vcj5 @wbez.org @chjreportinghealth.bsky.social @watchdogdiva.bsky.social @kffhealthnews.org

West Garfield Park residents are expected to live on average until 67 years old, compared to 87 in the Loop. This is the widest death gap in Chicago.

On Trans Day of Remembrance, community reflects on those lost: 'We're gonna be here forever' chicago.suntimes.com/lgbtq/2025/1..., reports @vimiller.bsky.social

Feds drop case against woman shot by Border Patrol agent in Brighton Park DEVELOPING from @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

An important investigation -- The feds used chemical weapons against residents and protesters at least 49 times in Chicago neighborhoods. In one day alone in Brighton Park, feds used tear gas & pepper spray 15 times. More here: www.raceandequityproject.org/blog/feds-us...

Nine years later, man sentenced for shooting of Tavon Tanner www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/19/t...

In the 20,000 pages of documents released by a congressional committee, convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and Thomas Pritzker connect by email at least 20 times. In one exchange, Epstein writes Pritzker, 'nice to see you, please come more often.'

Gift link: Latino US citizens racially profiled by federal immigration agents in Chicago: ‘I felt like a piece of trash’ reports @chicagotribune.com www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...

We are hiring a senior politics reporter @wired.com. Details and application info here. You'll get to work with amazing editors, namely @leahfeiger.bsky.social @timmarchman.bsky.social and @brbarrett.bsky.social -- and the rest of the WIRED Politics dream team:

Andrea and I are about the same age, and at both the Sun-Times and the Tribune I was perpetually impressed with her smarts and innovative ideas. Her leaving the world is a huge loss.

Full SNAP benefits for this month should reach Illinois recipients by Nov. 20, according to state officials -- chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/11... w/ Casey He

If you live in the Chicago area and get health insurance through the Affordable Care Act, we would really love to hear from you about your premiums. The data will help inform follow-up reporting at @chicago.suntimes.com/@wbez.org SURVEY: airtable.com/appeodIS71ul...