All Stories from January 28, 2026 (Change date)
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Chicago man detained, charged with fleeing police and burglarizing Hinsdale boutiqueJan 28, 2026 7:38 pm - A judge has granted the State’s motion to detain a Chicago man ahead of his trial. 33-year-old Monroe Shivers is facing four felony charges, accused of fleeing police aft...
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Judge slams ICE while backing off contempt threat for agency’s directorJan 28, 2026 7:38 pm - Minnesota’s chief federal judge on Wednesday called off his threat to potentially hold the head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in contempt for repeated defiance of court orders but delivered a withering assessment of the agency’s conduct as it has surged thousands of agents into the state.
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Worries deepen in US South after days of grappling with snow, ice and widespread outagesJan 28, 2026 7:28 pm - Conditions were growing more dire in parts of the South still reeling from subfreezing temperatures and widespread power outages as vehicles got stranded for hours on major highways and officials warned Wednesday that people stuck at home were running out of food, medicine and other essentials.
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United anticipates record-breaking summer with new Midwestern, World Cup destinations from O’HareJan 28, 2026 7:21 pm - From Kalamazoo to Los Angeles, and Guadalajara in time for the World Cup, United Airlines is piling on flights at O’Hare.
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Duckworth’s busy day: Sparring with JD Vance, proposing $1.5 billion plan to fix rail bridgesJan 28, 2026 7:20 pm - U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth challenges Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Venezuela, introduces grant program to rebuild decrepit commuter rail bridges.
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Feeling disrespected, Djokovic plans on ‘creating my own history’ in Australian Open semifinalsJan 28, 2026 7:15 pm - The most successful player ever in men’s tennis felt disrespected, and had to pause before summarizing the offending question out loud just to process it again.
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No injuries in Woodridge apartment fireJan 28, 2026 6:35 pm - A fire broke out at the Natural Falls Resort Apartment Complex in Woodridge early Wednesday morning. Several fire districts arrived at the scene at around 2 a.m. after th...
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Backfield in motion, right into Wheeling’s Athletic Hall of FameJan 28, 2026 6:28 pm - Greg Anderson, Dan O’Conor, and Matt Witt, co-captains on Wheeling High School’s first state football playoff team, will go into the school’s athletic hall of fame on Friday.
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It’s one storm after another for much of the US, but the next one’s path is uncertainJan 28, 2026 6:21 pm - Winter's brutal grip on the U.S. East is not letting up, with coming days bringing subfreezing temperatures that will plunge deep into what had been a toasty Florida peninsula and a powerful blizzard forecast that may strike the Atlantic coast.Deep cold is forecast to stick around at least into the first week of February. Meteorologists are also watching what could become a “bomb cyclone” — a quickly intensifying storm that’s a winter version of a hurricane — forming off the Carolinas Friday night into Saturday.
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Sorry, moms: Blackhawks left with mixed feelings after Wild erases 3-goal deficitJan 28, 2026 6:20 pm - ST. PAUL, Minn. — It would almost be easier if they had just fallen apart — collapsed, choked, gagged, whatever your favorite synonym might be. Had they taken foolish pen...