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Monday, August 24, 2026

Good afternoon, Chicago.

Lawyers for a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent about to go on trial on charges he robbed and sexually assaulted prostitutes in Chicago-area hotel rooms have asked a judge to dismiss the indictment, arguing the same “tainted” grand jury also handled the now-dismissed “Broadview Six” case.

“Based on what is currently known, the Special June 2024 Grand Jury was irrevocably tainted by government misconduct,” lawyers for Luis Uribe argued in a motion filed this morning. “And based only on what is currently known, that misconduct not only prejudiced Uribe personally, but was also widespread across multiple investigations and multiple grand juries.”

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Jarrett Payton speaks before the unveiling of a statue of his father, Bears great Walter Payton, outside Soldier Field on Sept. 3, 2019. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune)

The Score names Jarrett Payton to replace Mully as morning co-host at Chicago sports radio station

There’s a new but familiar name taking the wheel on morning drive at 104.3 The Score, WSCR, Chicago’s leading sports talk radio station.

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RN Vraj Kharvari, center, joins dozens of registered nurses and supporters, gathering outside St. Mary of Nazareth Hospital along Division Street in Chicago, May 27, 2026, to rally and protest the alleged crackdown of their employer Prime Healthcare on efforts to unionize. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune)

Hundreds of nurses at Chicago’s St. Mary hospital plan one-day strike

Hundreds of registered nurses at St. Mary of Nazareth Hospital in Chicago plan to again go on a one-day strike as they try to reach their first contract with the hospital’s new owner, Prime Healthcare.

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Bears wide receiver Jahdae Walker warms up for a preseason game against the Browns on Aug. 15, 2026, at Soldier Field. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)

After another preseason highlight, Jahdae Walker just wants Chicago Bears coaches to know ‘they can trust me’

Jahdae Walker went up and got it. The Bears second-year receiver made arguably the play of the day Saturday night in preseason action against the Cincinnati Bengals.

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Brenda Barrie (Matilda) and Chloe Johnston (Greta) in “Sisters” at Writers Theatre in Glencoe. (Hugo Hentoff)

Review: “Sisters” offers a nightmare view of AI companionship

“Sisters,” penned by Matthew Libby and directed in Glencoe by Jessica Thebus, is one of a growing genre of plays and screenplays that worry, understandably, over the intrusion of artificial intelligence into the emotional landscape of our lives and, therefore, also the theater.

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In this photo courtesy of Katherine Delgado shows her step-father Luis Manuel Aviles, left, and her brother Joshua Aviles stand outside their home in Oct. 2025, shortly before Joshua deployed on the USS Lincoln the following month in Key West, Fla. (Katherine Delgado via the AP)

He was waiting for his son to return from the USS Lincoln. Then Border Patrol arrested him.

When Luis Manuel Aviles was arrested by immigration authorities, his son was entering his ninth month on the USS Abraham Lincoln with the Navy — a vessel that set a U.S. military record for uninterrupted time at sea, stirring concerns about supply shortages and deteriorating mental health among soldiers.

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