The choir stages its final performance during Tuesday night’s finals competition, but America won’t find out until Wednesday whether the boys walk away with the $1 million grand prize.

BREAKING — Notices for the Disney+ price increase went out at noon ET today, confirming my scoop from last night. Details: www.vulture.com/article/disn...

Sens. Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock are asking Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem for answers after more than a dozen people died in immigration detention, as the department rushes to expand.

Viewers can tune in to NBC on Tuesday at 8 p.m. to watch the high schoolers from Auburn Gresham perform one final song in their quest for the $1 million grand prize. Members have previously said they’d put the money toward their college expenses.

This detailed story shows why kids stay silent. Three times children have told trusted adults, three times adults have called police (once in the US), three times no charges were filed. The stepsister’s two cries for help led to her mother’s commitment and her brother’s death.

PHOTOS: Protesters demonstrate at Broadview ICE facility in spite of more pepper balls, rubber rounds READ MORE HERE: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Speaking over a radio, the federal agent who told police that Villegas González tried to use his car as a weapon said his partner had suffered “a left knee injury and some lacerations to his hands.” “Nothing major,” the injured agent said. chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...

BREAKING: Body camera footage obtained by the Chicago Sun-Times shows the scene after an ICE agent fatally shot Silverio Villegas González. The ICE agent said his injuries were "nothing major," video shows, but DHS reported the agent was “seriously injured.” trib.al/Utk0Szp

The MacArthur and Joyce Foundations, the Woods Fund Chicago and the Michael Reese Health Trust are among the Chicago-based organizations signing a letter warning that quelling speech that doesn’t align with the White House will “harm all Americans.”

Another HOO! BOY! from @chicago.suntimes.com's Tim Novak, following a dive into 200+ boxes of Oscar D'Angelo's papers: chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...

Kennedy's advisory panel recommends new restrictions on MMRV vaccines. In Illinois, the state is expected to provide its own guidance to providers by next week: chicago.suntimes.com/health/2025/...

RFK Jr.'s reshaped ACIP vaccine panel re-did a vote from yesterday on the MMRV vaccine and scrapped plans for another vote on the hepatitis B birth dose.

A motorist was in custody after a 9-year-old boy was fatally struck by a car Thursday morning outside an Austin elementary school on the West Side, police said.

Amid President Trump’s immigration deportation campaign, the loved ones of those detained have been arriving at the Broadview ICE facility desperate for information — only to be turned away with few answers.

Free speech scholars say ABC's decision to suspend Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show indefinitely represents "jawboning," when government officials pressure private companies to suppress speech.

“I walked to the door and told the agent ‘I need to talk to him,’” she told the Sun-Times through tears. “I need to let him know that he’s not alone.” chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/09...

Illinois professors face threats after landing on Charlie Kirk group watchlist chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...

@sskedreporter.bsky.social reports: CPS special ed staff cuts, shuffling leave students lost, behind and unserved www.wbez.org/education/20...

Scientists say land subsidence — a so-called “slow-moving hazard” — is causing Chicago’s urban center to lose around two millimeters of elevation every year. In other words, Chicago is slowly sinking.

US justice department removes study finding far-right extremists commit ‘far more’ violence. Report finding rightwing extremists have killed more Americans than other domestic terrorist groups vanished from DoJ website. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

ICE agents didn’t have body cams during deadly shooting of Silverio Villegas Gonzalez outside of Chicago. The Trump administration scrapped the agency’s body cam program soon after the president took office this year, according to a former ICE chief of staff. chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...

Elgin man who is a US citizen was briefly detained in latest Chicago-area ICE blitz (gift link) www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/16/e...

Hoo boy. Mid year??? //South Chicago charter school may abruptly close, stranding 250 students. Parents were informed Friday that Epic Charter School is likely to close in June, and maybe sooner. This could be the first-ever mid-year closure of a charter school. chicago.suntimes.com/education/20...

Failed to take my own advice. Currently buried under 8K open tabs.

#ICYMI, this too: #HeadStart preschool remains open to all regardless of immigration status, two judges rule. Federal judges temporarily blocked Trump administration proposed changes limiting who can access the government programs for babies and small children. chicago.suntimes.com/2025/09/12/h...

#ICYMI: How many immigrants has ICE arrested and detained so far this year? Here's what we know. The federal government stopped publishing comprehensive data in January after President Donald Trump took office, but watchdogs are compiling the numbers. chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...

Man fatally shot by ICE in Franklin Park had just dropped off his child at school, Rep. Delia Ramirez says chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/09...

Thank you, Finny.

New day, new dawn - new show starts today! How do you handle transitions? Join me & Patrick Smith at 10a and Say More @wbez.org wbez.org

What to know about Naval Station Great Lakes. The Pentagon is using parts of the base — about 40 miles north of the city — to house Dept. of Homeland Security immigration enforcement ops. An explainer by @lynnsweet.bsky.social + @vimiller.bsky.social chicago.suntimes.com/what-to-know...

How many people has ICE arrested/detained so far this year? They stopped releasing data after Trump took office, and gave no data in response to repeated requests since. It also didn't respond to questions about the lack of info. But watchdogs are still counting. from @bylaurenfitz.bsky.social

As immigration enforcement ramps up in Chicago, it's creating yet another tightrope for area universities to walk during the Trump administration. Many are prepping their students to avoid unnecessary risks and how to interact with federal agents.

🔔 Join us to discuss first steps newsrooms need to take when ICE arrests a journalist, with @attorneynora.bsky.social, @scarletprim.bsky.social, @caitlinvogus.bsky.social, @writeralejandra.bsky.social, Samantha C. Hamilton, and Marium Uddin. 🕒 Sept. 15, 4 pm EDT RSVP: freedom.press/arrested-by-...

There has been a lot of confusion around about this fall's updated COVID-19 vaccine. @kwashburn.bsky.social and I dug into what Chicago area residents need to know for @wbez.org & @chicago.suntimes.com: www.wbez.org/health-medic...

Last year I listed 12 ways Republicans dodge questions. The current Trump-Epstein scandal shows many examples, including: 2. I don’t want to talk about the past. 5. I’ll pretend you didn't ask me the question you just asked me. and 10. I don’t know anything about it, and I don’t want to know.

“One of the enduring mysteries about Epstein is why so many rich and powerful men risked their reputations…Did they value his advice? Consider him a friend? Like tapping into his network? Or was it about sex with the young women who always seemed to be around him?” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/m...

"school shooting industry"

NEW: Federal funding for organizations that help students with hearing and vision loss across eight states will stop at the end of the month, according to letters sent by a top Education Dept. official and obtained by ProPublica. By @jodiscohen.bsky.social @jsmithrichards.bsky.social

COVID-19 vaccines arrive at Chicago pharmacies as pediatricians wait for doses, guidance...Many expect IL will promote vaccination for those left out under new federal recommendations. chicago.suntimes.com/health/2025/... by @elviamalagon.bsky.social + @kwashburn.bsky.social

ICE is using a controversial spy tool to locate smartphones, court records show.

NEW: After years of prioritizing magnet and charter schools, Chicago is hoping that investing in upgrades to three underenrolled neighborhood schools will lure families back. But it could take years and millions of dollars to see if it works. With @chalkbeat.org

Justice Department's civil rights boss takes on Illinois' assault weapons ban. Asst. Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon is challenging a signature accomplishment of Gov. JB Pritzker's + getting involved in a case that could go all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court chicago.suntimes.com/donald-trump...

Evidence indicates the camera in question belonged to a Reuters video journalist who routinely covered his equipment with a white cloth to protect it from the scorching sun and dust. The journalist, Hussam al-Masri, was killed in the initial strike. Via @sammymagdy.bsky.social and Sam Mednick

AP reporting raises questions about Israeli strikes that killed 22 people at a Gaza hospital, including five journalists – among them Mariam Dagga, who worked for AP and other news organizations.

Missed this live last night while learning about 6th grade curriculum. Basking in it this morning www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Jt5...

Northwestern University President Michael Schill is resigning from the school after a tenure marked by attacks from Republican officials, widespread student protests and mass layoffs spurred by Trump administration funding cuts.