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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, looks at photos of Jose Medina and Sheridan Gorman during a press conference on March 25, 2026, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty)

Sheridan Gorman’s family blast officials for using her name in ‘political arguments’ about Loyola student’s death

By Gregory Royal Pratt

March 26, 2026 at 4:47 p.m.

The parents of slain teenager Sheridan Gorman criticized Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Illinois Gov....

Chicago Public Schools interim CEO Macquline King attends a CPS Board of Education meeting at the Loop office on March 4, 2026, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)

Chicago school board to vote on interim CPS CEO Macquline King as permanent leader

By Kate Armanini

March 26, 2026 at 4:26 p.m.

The Chicago Board of Education will vote Monday on whether to hire interim CEO Macquline...

Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss speaks during a candidate forum for Illinois 9th Congressional District at Sketchbook Brewing in Skokie on June 29, 2025. (Talia Sprague/for the Chicago Tribune)

Woman discloses ‘inappropriate’ relationship with Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss hours before Congressional election

By Claire Murphy

March 26, 2026 at 4:37 p.m.

A woman took to social media hours before the 2026 election to disclose a former...

Rep. Greg Casar speaks during a press conference with Sen. Bernie Sanders in the U.S. Capitol on March 26, 2026, in Washington. They introduced a bill to protect sports fans and taxpayers from professional sports team relocations. (Heather Diehl/Getty)

Sen. Bernie Sanders’ bill aims to slow — or stop — teams like the Chicago Bears from moving to other states

By Daniel C. Vock

March 26, 2026 at 5:20 p.m.

Long-shot legislation would give communities a chance to keep their professional sports teams if their...

Bulls center Jalen Smith drives past Raptors center Jakob Poeltl on March 18, 2026, at the United Center. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Chicago Bulls shut down Jalen Smith and Jaden Ivey with season-ending injuries

By Julia Poe

March 26, 2026 at 1:22 p.m.

The Chicago Bulls announced that center Jalen Smith and guard Jaden Ivey will miss the...

Lori Schott, center, is embraced as she holds up a photo of her daughter Annalee Schott, after the verdict in a landmark trial over whether social media platforms deliberately addict and harm children at Los Angeles Superior Court, Wednesday, March 25, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/William Liang)

Verdicts against Meta, YouTube validate concerns long raised by parents, child safety advocates

By Barbara Ortutay

March 26, 2026 at 12:39 p.m.

For years, parents, teenagers, pediatricians, educators and whistleblowers have pushed the idea that social media...

File – Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro speaks to supporters during an event at the Miraflores Presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Feb. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix,File)

Nicolás Maduro’s lawyer argues against US blocking funding for drug trafficking case defense

By Regina Garcia Cano

March 26, 2026 at 12:54 p.m.

Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife were back in a New York courtroom...

FILE – A banner with notes from hundreds of well-wishers for Nancy Guthrie, the missing mother of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie, is displayed outside of KVOA Newsroom on March 6, 2026, in Tucson, Ariz. (AP Photo/Rebecca Noble, File)

Doors were propped open at missing mother’s Arizona home, Savannah Guthrie recounts in interview

By Associated Press

March 26, 2026 at 12:45 p.m.

The back doors of Nancy Guthrie’s Arizona home were found propped open and her phone...

Jerry Lewis, who was fatally shot on the Near West Side. (Zach Lewis)

2 charged in fatal shooting of beloved contractor on Near West Side

By Sam Charles

March 26, 2026 at 3:42 p.m.

Two men now face first-degree murder charges in the killing of 67-year-old Jerry Lewis earlier...

Josette and Ralph Turro cosplay as Mike Wazowski and Sully from the "Monsters Inc." movies during C2E2 at McCormick Place on April 1, 2023. (Shanna Madison / Chicago Tribune)

What to do in Chicago: C2E2, ‘Riverdance’ in Aurora and ‘Raiders’ in concert

By Jennifer Day

March 26, 2026 at 12:01 p.m.

Around the area this weekend, the latest "Riverdance" tour comes to the Paramount, the big...

Mourners gather outside a home in the 3400 block of East Norway Trail in unincorporated Crete Township on March 25, 2026, in memory of Jacob Lambert, 32, his mother, Stacy Forde, 54, and her husband, Patrick Forde, 55, who were found dead there on Monday. According to authorities, Jenna Strouble, a St. John, Indiana, resident and the mother of Lambert's children, was charged with the first-degree murder. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune)

‘They were lights in this neighborhood’: Neighbors mourn Crete Township family killed in triple homicide

By Evy Lewis

March 26, 2026 at 3:31 p.m.

Dozens came out Wednesday night to grieve Jacob Lambert, 32, his mother, Stacy Forde, 54,...

Brewers’ Jackson Chourio gestures during a spring training workout on Feb. 18, 2026, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

Milwaukee Brewers’ Jackson Chourio opening the season on IL with a fractured left hand

By Steve Megargee

March 26, 2026 at 11:15 a.m.

The Milwaukee Brewers are opening their NL Central title defense without outfielder Jackson Chourio after...