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Good afternoon, everyone. Federal agencies are in turmoil, outbreaks are spreading, and tensions between government power and the press are rising. From the sudden CDC layoffs to a Chicago journalist detained during an ICE raid, today’s developments show a country under strain across multiple fronts.

Chicago's Rogers Park community remained vigilant after reports of federal agents near a Catholic church during Sunday mass. A neighbor, who wished only to be called by her first name, shared cell phone video with NBC Chicago from 8:30 a.m. She explained what she saw from her home just outside St. Jerome Catholic...

A 25-year-old man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for a drive-by shooting that killed a Little Village nurse in 2019, a crime that investigators said stemmed from mistaken gang identity. Armando Lopez pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in exchange for the sentence from Judge Neera Walsh. Under...

CHICAGO — A 23-year-old man was killed and a 24-year-old woman is in critical condition after they were shot while inside a parked car Saturday night in the Clearing neighborhood on the city’s Southwest Side, according to Chicago police. Police say the victims were inside a parked vehicle in the 5900 block of South...

Two women pretending to be rideshare drivers robbed a tourist at gunpoint in the Gold Coast early Sunday after convincing him they were his ride, according to Chicago police. The 44-year-old man told officers he was waiting for a rideshare pickup in the 1000 block of North State Street around 1:45 a.m. when a Toyota...

A man who skipped court after allegedly attacking a CTA bus driver over the summer is back in custody, accused of attacking and robbing a passenger on a Red Line train after facial recognition technology helped police identify him. Michael McKinney, 24, was arrested on June 24 for allegedly punching...

Paris Schutz interviews Illinois Governor JB Pritzker one-on-one on ICE and CBD in Chicago.

Protesters remained in the vicinity of ICE's Broadview processing facility Sunday. Meanwhile on Chicago's North Side, an ICE scare outside a local church during Spanish-language Mass brought out a large response from neighbors.

Religious leaders in Chicago marched to an ICE facility to give detainees holy communion as Operation Midway Blitz continues.

“Operation Inflation” organizer Brooks Brown says the idea is to use humor to show that Portland hasn’t devolved into chaos and violence, as critics claim.