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Lion electric school buses seen at the Lion Electric plant in Channahon, Illinois, on May 24, 2023. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune)

Once an Illinois darling, electric school bus maker Lion faces likely liquidation

By Nara Schoenberg

May 5, 2025 at 7:51 p.m.

The company suspended operations at its Joliet plant and temporarily laid off about 400 workers...

U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky, center, weeps with staffers Leslie Combs, right, and Taina Rodriguez while posing for photos at the Sheraton Grand Chicago Riverwalk on May 5, 2025, after she announced she will not run for re-election next year. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune)

US Rep. Jan Schakowsky, congresswoman since 1999, announces she will not seek another term next year

By Olivia Olander

May 5, 2025 at 5:46 p.m.

US Rep. Jan Schakowsky, who defeated opponents including JB Pritzker in 1998 to first win...

Harry Lennix, Alana Arenas, Glenn Davis, Tamara Tunie, Ayanna Bria Bakari and Jon Michael Hill in "Purpose" at Steppenwolf Theatre. (Michael Brosilow)

Steppenwolf Theatre play ‘Purpose’ wins the Pulitzer Prize for drama

By Chris Jones

May 5, 2025 at 4:41 p.m.

Playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' work was commissioned by Steppenwolf, debuted in Chicago and is now on...

FILE – This 2009 electron microscope image provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a large group of Gram-negative Salmonella typhimurium bacteria that had been isolated from a pure culture. (Janice Haney Carr/CDC via AP, File)

Salmonella outbreak is linked to backyard poultry, CDC says

By Mike Stobbe

May 5, 2025 at 5:12 p.m.

Two cases were identified in Missouri, and one each in Florida, Illinois, South Dakota, Utah...

The Ravens have cut ties with longtime kicker Justin Tucker. (Kenneth K. Lam/Staff)

Baltimore Ravens release Justin Tucker, calling it a ‘football decision’ amid NFL investigation into inappropriate behavior

By Brian Wacker

May 5, 2025 at 5:13 p.m.

The Baltimore Ravens have cut longtime kicker Justin Tucker amid the NFL's investigation into multiple...

Guy "Chip" Chipparoni waits to greet the plane carrying the Stanley Cup at Chicago Executive Airport in Wheeling ahead of Blackhawks owner Rocky Wirtz's day with the cup on Aug. 9, 2015. Chipparoni is president and CEO of Res Publica Group, a PR firm whose clients include the Wirtz family’s corporation, which owns the Blackhawks. (Michael Noble Jr./Chicago Tribune)

Mayor Brandon Johnson names PR veteran to lead Chicago tourism agency board

By A.D. Quig

May 5, 2025 at 5:24 p.m.

Guy Chipparoni is the President and CEO Of Res Publica Group, a PR firm whose...

State Treasurer Michael Frerichs talks with legislators on the House floor at the state Capitol in Springfield on Jan. 7, 2025. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)

State Treasurer Michael Frerichs declines US Senate bid

By Rick Pearson

May 5, 2025 at 5:28 p.m.

Michael Frerichs, who has been Illinois state treasurer for three terms, will not run for...

American swimmer Gary Hall Jr. holds an original medal from Atlanta 1996, that melted during the wildfires in Los Angeles that destroyed his home earlier this year, while holding a replica of the Olympic medal that IOC President Thomas Bach presented to him during a ceremony at the Olympic House in Lausanne, Switzerland, Monday, May 5, 2025. (Denis Balibouse/Keystone/Reuters Pool via AP)

Olympic swim great Gary Hall Jr. awarded 10 medals to replace those destroyed in the Los Angeles fires

By Associated Press

May 5, 2025 at 4:10 p.m.

After all of swimming great Gary Hall Jr.'s Olympic medals were destroyed in the Los...

Georgia O'Keeffe's "Rust Red Hills" seen through Richard Hunt's stainless steel "Becoming" at the Brauer Museum of Art on the Valparaiso University campus in Valparaiso, Indiana Friday February 10, 2023. Campus and community members continue to react to announcement of the pending sale of O'Keeffe's and two other works to fund first-year student dorm renovations. (Andy Lavalley for the Post-Tribune)

Status of Brauer Museum artwork slated for sale unclear as Moody’s downgrades Valparaiso University’s rating

By Amy Lavalley

May 5, 2025 at 4:03 p.m.

Valparaiso University has "made enough progress" in its plans to sell three cornerstone pieces from...

FILE – Salvage crews work on recovering wreckage near the site in the Potomac River of a mid-air collision between an American Airlines jet and a Black Hawk helicopter at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Army pausing helicopter flights near Washington airport after close calls

By Tara Copp

May 5, 2025 at 3:35 p.m.

The Army is pausing helicopter flights near a Washington airport after two commercial planes had...

FILE – A person walks into the One Franklin Square Building, home of The Washington Post newspaper, Friday, June 21, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

New York Times wins 4 Pulitzers, New Yorker 3; Washington Post wins for coverage of Trump shooting

By David Bauder

May 5, 2025 at 7:50 p.m.

The New York Times won four Pulitzer Prizes and the New Yorker three on Monday...

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks during the Microsoft Build conference at the Seattle Convention Center Summit Building in Seattle on May 21, 2024. (Jason Redmond/Getty-AFP)

OpenAI reverses course, says nonprofit will remain in control of company

By Associated Press

May 5, 2025 at 3:13 p.m.

The nonprofit will continue to control the company that makes ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence...