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  • Baltazar EnriquezLaw

    The sound of whistles: Chicago neighborhood leads the way in ICE resistance

    By Sophia Tareen, Christine Fernando, and others
  • Pope Leo XIV, aka Robert Prevost, gives a speechLeadership

    Sexual abuse survivors say Pope Leo XIV should’ve done more to strip priests of their titles: ‘This is the underground story of Prevost’

    By Sophia Tareen and The Associated Press
  • FILE – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers detain someone during an enforcement operation, Jan. 27, 2025, in Silver Spring, Md. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)Politics

    Colombian immigrant couple planning their wedding showed up for a routine ICE check-in and one was deported

    By Valerie Gonzalez, Cedar Attanasio, and others
  • FILE – Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson responds to a question in his City Hall office during an interview with The Associated Press Monday, May 6, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)Politics

    Trump administration sues Chicago over its ‘sanctuary’ city status, saying it ‘thwarts’ federal immigration crackdown

    By Sophia Tareen and The Associated Press
  • White House 'border czar' Tom HomanPolitics

    Trump ‘border czar’ and other top officials in Chicago for start of illegal immigration crackdown

    By Sophia Tareen, Alanna Durkin Richer, and others
  • FILE – A U.S. deportation officer changes the handcuffs of Wilmer Patricio Medina-Medina from back to front after arresting him during an early morning operation, Dec. 17, 2024, in the Bronx borough of New York. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)Politics

    Immigrants in Chicago brace for Trump’s expected mass deportation arrests

    By Sophia Tareen and The Associated Press
  • U.S. Vice President Kamala HarrisPolitics

    DNC braced for protests on Israel-Hamas war and economic injustice as Kamala Harris prepares to accept the Democratic nomination

    By Sophia Tareen and The Associated Press
  • businessman talks to customers at his restaurantSuccess

    This couple came to the U.S. as refugees and started a restaurant. It’s now a finalist for the culinary world’s top prize

    By Sophia Tareen and The Associated Press
  • Brian Rodgers sits for a portrait in the common area of the St. Andrew’s Court residence where he lives on Chicago’s Westside Friday, Feb. 16, 2024, in Chicago. Rodgers, 50, struggled with homelessness for years after he was released from jail for a theft conviction. A Cook County judge rejected a ballot measure last week that would raise a one-time tax on luxury properties to fund services for homeless people in Chicago after objections from real estate and business groups. An appeal is pending as early voting begins. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)Politics

    A judge struck down Chicago’s ‘mansion tax’ but it’s still on the Super Tuesday ballot. Here’s what’s at stake

    By Sophia Tareen and The Associated Press
  • Mike NussbaumSuccess

    Mike Nussbaum, America’s oldest professional actor, dies days before 100th birthday

    By Sophia Tareen and The Associated Press
  • Ahmed Rehab, left, executive director of the Chicago chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, embraces Odey Al-Fayoume, father of Wadea Al-Fayoume, 6.Politics

    America fears surge of Islamophobic, antisemitic violence after Illinois landlord charged with killing 6-year-old Muslim boy

    By Sophia Tareen and The Associated Press
  • FILE – In this July 29, 2021 file photo, fans gather and cheer on day one of the Lollapalooza music festival at Grant Park in Chicago. Chicago health officials on Thursday, Aug. 12, 2021, reported 203 cases of COVID-19 connected to Lollapalooza, casting it as a number that was anticipated and not yet linked to any hospitalizations or deaths.  (AP Photo/Shafkat Anowar File)Arts & Entertainment

    203 cases of COVID-19 linked to Lollapalooza, Chicago health officials say

    By Sophia Tareen and The Associated Press
  • ICE Raids Aim To Gather Undocumented ImmigrantsPolitics

    Immigration Operation Touted by Trump Nets 35 Arrests

    By Colleen Long, Sophia Tareen, and others
  • ICE Arrests Undocumented Immigrants In NYCPolitics

    Here’s When Postponed ICE Sweeps Are Expected to Begin

    By Colleen Long, Sophia Tareen, and others