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Daywatch: A Venezuelan poet’s fight to stay
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Illinois affirms right to emergency abortions, following Trump administration’s change in federal guidance
Illinois affirms right to emergency abortions, following Trump administration’s change in federal guidance.
Marist entrepreneurs win $10K toward their new OmniShake business
Marist High School students will get up to $10,000 toward developing the product they pitched in a “Shark Tank” style competition.
While Gov. JB Pritzker scored wins during legislative session, cellphone ban, other initiatives fell short
Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker began the Illinois legislative session with an ambitious agenda. It ended with mixed results.
‘I’m really not safe’: A Venezuelan poet’s fight to stay and write in the U.S.
A Venezuelan poet who came to Chicago on a student visa over a decade ago is left in an uncomfortable state of limbo due a string of President Trump’s immigration mandates and court challenges.
Today in History: Robert F. Kennedy assassinated
On June 5, 1968, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy was shot and mortally wounded after claiming victory in California’s Democratic presidential primary at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles; assassin Sirhan Bishara Sirhan was arrested at the scene.
Today in Chicago History: ‘Princess Di arrived in Chi and the town went gaga’
Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on June 5, according to the Tribune’s archives.
Trump announces travel ban affecting a dozen countries set to go into effect Monday
President Donald Trump is resurrecting the travel ban policy from his first term, signing a proclamation Wednesday night preventing people from a dozen countries from entering the United States.
Man charged in fatal West Ridge crash that killed boy released pending trial
A Cook County judge on Wednesday released a Rolling Meadows man on electronic monitoring while he awaits court proceedings after he was charged with reckless homicide for striking a car and killing a 14-year-old passenger in the West Ridge neighborhood last January. Judge Ankur Srivastava denied the state’s petition to detain 25-year-old William Andrade pending trial […]
Advocates demand release of Milwaukee father still facing deportation after being falsely accused of threatening Trump
Advocates demanded the release of Ramon Morales Reyes, who appeared virtually before a Chicago immigration judge Wednesday following his arrest in Milwaukee on May 21.