Crews are on site. Several blocks are closed to traffic.
What happens next: Crews are on site. This story is updated as streets reopen.
Five things that changed in Chicago, each with the record behind it. Free.
Extensions signed one after another, and the records behind each one.
Paper Trail · 63 documentsMore than 83% of Chicago Public Schools students graduated on time last school year, an increase of almost 1 percentage point from the class of 2025, officials announced Wednesday.
Paper Trail · 1 documentNothing on this beat yet in the Chicago edition. Pick another beat.
Permits, hearings, flood zone and open complaints for any address.
Voting: How to vote in Chicago: registration, early voting, mail ballots and poll hours for November 3, with every rule linked to its official source.
Election night: Live results for Chicago, Tuesday, November 3, 2026. One page, updated in place, every entry timestamped.
Source: National Weather Service (NOAA). NWS information is in the public domain.
The Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation announced on March 30 its decision to close all language editions of the project. In the announcement, a representative from…
Pope Leo XIV arrived by plane in Algeria on Monday, April 13, beginning his apostolic visit to Africa. A senior Vatican official told the BBC the pope wanted to "turn the…
On Sunday, United States President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that the US is imposing a blockade on the Strait of Hormuz. According to Trump, the blockade was in…
On Thursday, March 12, 2026, the Tompkins Square Library in New York City hosted a concert by Musique Libre Femmes, in its basement performance space. This performance…
On Tuesday, officials for the South Korean Army said at a press conference that they were suspending all scheduled drills involving smaller firearms such as rifles and…
One Battle After Another was the big winner at the 98th Academy Awards ceremony, held on Sunday, March 15 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, California. The film received…
Caloundra have won their round 3 Football Queensland Premier League 2 game against Pine Hills 5 goals to 2 at Meridan Plains, Queensland, Australia on Sunday. "Two [wins]…
On Monday, two boats carrying 21 people total capsized at Henoko Bay, Nago, a U.S. military base relocation site in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. Officials said all of the…
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Headlines from the National Weather Service and Wikinews, as of Wednesday, October 21, 2026, 10:14 p.m. ET. Lampline links to the original reporting.
Album · Fri, Oct 16, 2026
Album · Fri, Oct 16, 2026 · Atlanta
Album · Fri, Oct 23, 2026 · New York
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A middle-grade mystery: a faked screenshot benches his best friend Dre before the championship, and Mikey has to prove it lied.
Satire fairy tales in Victorian dress, for college grads who will never own a home.
