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- Chonkosauraus, famed massive snapping turtle, rises again from Chicago Riverby Caroline Kubzansky on May 30, 2025 at 2:03 am
Temperatures may still be hovering in the 60s, but one more sure sign of summer’s arrival has graced Chicago: Chonkosaurus has risen. The famed snapping turtle, dubbed “Chonkosaurus” by internet commentators when pictures of her basking on a Chicago River pylon first went viral in summer 2023, reappeared earlier this week. The celebrity turtle and
- Suspect considered ‘armed and dangerous’ after sisters, 10 and 21, found dead in Streamwood home, police sayby Carolyn Stein, Rebecca Johnson, Caroline Kubzansky on May 29, 2025 at 10:26 pm
Eyani Jones, 10, and Janiya Jenkins, 21, were found inside a home in the 1600 block of McKool Avenue just after 8 p.m. Wednesday night, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
- Latest transit proposal would hike tolls, tax ride-shares to avoid $771M fiscal cliffby Talia Soglin, Olivia Olander, Jeremy Gorner on May 29, 2025 at 10:11 pm
Illinois lawmakers consider a toll hike and other measures to address an expected $771 million financial shortfall for Chicago-area public transit.
- Appeals court allows President Trump to continue collecting tariffs under an emergency powers law — for nowby Associated Press on May 29, 2025 at 9:28 pm
A federal appeals court on Thursday allowed President Trump to continue collecting tariffs under an emergency powers law for now.
- What happens to Trump’s tariffs now that a court has knocked them down?by Paul Wiseman, Lindsay Whitehurst on May 29, 2025 at 9:27 pm
President Donald Trump has audaciously claimed virtually unlimited power to bypass Congress and impose sweeping taxes on foreign products. Now a federal court has thrown a roadblock in his path.
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- As the Scripps bee turns 100, a new champion is crowned while past winners reflectby Ayana Archie on May 30, 2025 at 12:30 am
Previous winners say the spelling bee has become much more competitive and credit television with making it a cultural phenomenon each year.
- Supreme Court limits environmental reviews of infrastructure projectsby Nina Totenberg on May 29, 2025 at 10:21 pm
The decision makes it easier to win approval for highways, bridges, pipelines, wind farms, and other infrastructure projects.
- The White House is sued over lack of sign language interpreters at press briefingsby Kristin Wright on May 29, 2025 at 9:18 pm
The National Association of the Deaf says the White House's failure to provide ASL interpreters during press briefings leaves some deaf and hard of hearing people without information.
- Market Basket CEO is put on leave in new spat at family-controlled supermarket chainby Bill Chappell on May 29, 2025 at 8:24 pm
The board alleges that CEO Arthur T. Demoulas has been planning a work stoppage at the Massachusetts-based retailer. It also says he has "resisted an appropriate succession plan for Market Basket."
- Why Germany's Government Can Spy on a Political Partyby Rob Schmitz on May 29, 2025 at 8:03 pm
Germany's biggest opposition political party, the nationalist and anti-immigration Alternative for Germany party, has been designated "extremist" by the country's domestic intelligence agency. That means the German government can tap party members' phones and hire informants to monitor them, in a measure meant to ensure that the party is not a threat to democracy. U.S. Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio have both criticized this move. But it is something the German constitution allows and that constitution was shaped by the United States. Our correspondent in Germany looks into how and why this came about.