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How the Trump administration is eroding airline passengers’ rights chicagotribune.com/2026/10/1…

How the Trump administration is eroding airline passengers’ rights

For years, U.S. airline passengers have been gaining ground against annoyances like misleading prices, hidden fees and flight disruptions. But now the tide appears to be turning.

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Hurricane Trudy brings heavy rain and strong winds to Mexico’s Pacific coast chicagotribune.com/2026/10/1…

Hurricane Trudy brings heavy rain and strong winds to Mexico’s Pacific coast

Hurricane Trudy lashed parts of Mexico’s Pacific coast with heavy rain and strong winds Sunday as the U.S. National Hurricane Center warned of potentially life-threatening flooding and mudslides.

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Genesis Center demolished to make way for new chapter in Gary’s downtown chicagotribune.com/2026/10/1…

Genesis Center demolished to make way for new chapter in Gary’s downtown

A symbol of downtown Gary’s hopes and dreams for a vibrant economic future was transformed into a slowly building pile of twisted steel, bronze and glass debris as demolition equipment methodically...

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President Donald Trump says he will close historic DC golf course for 15 months of renovations chicagotribune.com/2026/10/1…

President Donald Trump says he will close historic DC golf course for 15 months of renovations

President Donald Trump on Sunday announced plans to close a historic public golf course in the nation’s capital for 15 months and redevelop it despite an ongoing court challenge to his long-sought...

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O.J. Simpson, a secret informant and a decades-old mystery chicagotribune.com/2026/10/1…

O.J. Simpson, a secret informant and a decades-old mystery

A New York Times examination, based on recently unsealed court files, interviews and other evidence, details long-hidden information about the O.J. Simpson case, the missing murder weapon, Simpson’s...

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France’s Macron vows to hold accountable those who ‘sought to bring down the Republic’ chicagotribune.com/2026/10/1…

France’s Macron vows to hold accountable those who ‘sought to bring down the Republic’

French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday expressed the public’s “anger” and “shame” over nationwide protests against rising living costs and poor conditions in schools that have resulted in at...

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4 wounded early Sunday in Austin drive-by shooting chicagotribune.com/2026/10/1…

4 wounded early Sunday in Austin drive-by shooting

One man was shot multiple times, and three victims later presented to local hospitals with gunshot injuries, Chicago police said.

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St. Petersburg oil facilities ablaze as Ukraine launches more than 1,000 drones at Russia chicagotribune.com/2026/10/1…

St. Petersburg oil facilities ablaze as Ukraine launches more than 1,000 drones at Russia

Ukrainian strikes set an oil export terminal and a depot ablaze in St. Petersburg on Sunday as Kyiv launched more than 1,000 drones at Russia in one of its largest aerial attacks of the war.

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Alberta premier says 39 people hospitalized, at least 19 critical after fire at Canada military base chicagotribune.com/2026/10/1…

Alberta premier says 39 people hospitalized, at least 19 critical after fire at Canada military base

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Sunday that four service members were killed and dozens more seriously injured in a fire at a military base in Alberta, describing it as one of the worst...

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French violence emerges ahead of nationwide Yellow Vests and student protests chicagotribune.com/2026/10/1…

French violence emerges ahead of nationwide Yellow Vests and student protests

Rioters attacked French public buildings and looted stores in cities including Paris as protests against the high cost of living drew more than half a million people, underscoring the nation’s...

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Photographer attacked by settlers in the West Bank feels insulted by Benjamin Netanyahu chicagotribune.com/2026/10/1…

Photographer attacked by settlers in the West Bank feels insulted by Benjamin Netanyahu

The photographer with The Washington Post who was attacked by Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank so badly that several vertebrae were broken said Sunday she was increasingly angry that...

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President Donald Trump endorses embattled Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for reelection chicagotribune.com/2026/10/1…

President Donald Trump endorses embattled Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for reelection

President Donald Trump on Sunday endorsed embattled Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu late in his reelection campaign.

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Mike Ditka lookalike contest at Near North Side tavern marks late coach’s birthday chicagotribune.com/2026/10/1…

Mike Ditka lookalike contest at Near North Side tavern marks late coach’s birthday

Four people participated in the contest, which took place during halftime of the Bears’ game against the Atlanta Falcons.

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Women defy Catholic hierarchy to be ordained as priests: 'What the church needs to be' chicagotribune.com/2026/10/1…

Women defy Catholic hierarchy to be ordained as priests: 'What the church needs to be'

Despite excommunication and other threats, an estimated 300 women have answered the call to become Catholic priests.

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Condo Adviser: Unit owner can sue for records 10 days after requesting them chicagotribune.com/2026/10/1…

Condo Adviser: Unit owner can sue for records 10 days after requesting them

A unit owner can then sue for records and is entitled to recover reasonable attorneys’ fees from the association for the lawsuit.

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Illinois Democrats wrestle with how hard to fight Trump if they retake Congress chicagotribune.com/2026/10/1…

Illinois Democrats wrestle with how hard to fight Trump if they retake Congress

Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton vows to oppose every Trump nominee, while Donna Miller and others stress compromise. Most Illinois Democrats are cautious on impeachment but eager for aggressive oversight...

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In Paris, Illinois, Trump’s ICE raids came home ‘when it happened to Jose’ chicagotribune.com/2026/10/1…

In Paris, Illinois, Trump’s ICE raids came home ‘when it happened to Jose’

Paris, Illinois, a town that voted overwhelmingly for President Donald Trump, is contending with its support after one of their own was arrested by ICE.

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Pope Leo tells faithful in St. Peter’s Square he will gradually resume duties after cancer surgery chicagotribune.com/2026/10/1…

Pope Leo tells faithful in St. Peter’s Square he will gradually resume duties after cancer surgery

Pope Leo XIV thanked thousands of faithful in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday for their prayers while he was hospitalized for an operation to remove a malignant tumor, and said he plans to gradually...

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Genesis Center demolished to make way for new chapter in Gary’s downtown chicagotribune.com/2026/10/1…

Genesis Center demolished to make way for new chapter in Gary’s downtown

A symbol of downtown Gary’s hopes and dreams for a vibrant economic future was transformed into a slowly building pile of twisted steel, bronze and glass debris as demolition equipment methodically...

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President Donald Trump says he will close historic DC golf course for 15 months of renovations chicagotribune.com/2026/10/1…

President Donald Trump says he will close historic DC golf course for 15 months of renovations

President Donald Trump on Sunday announced plans to close a historic public golf course in the nation’s capital for 15 months and redevelop it despite an ongoing court challenge to his long-sought...

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