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WTTW

PBS member television station located in Chicago, Illinois, United States

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Dec 15, 2025
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Did Donald Trump say nurses are no longer professional

The Department of Education under the Trump administration has moved to stop classifying many graduate nursing programs as “professional degrees,” a change that affects loan caps and borrowing access ...

Dec 2, 2025
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How much has Chicago spent on services for undocumented immigrants since 2020, broken down by year?

Available reporting and public dashboards show widely varying totals for Chicago-area spending tied to migrants and undocumented immigrants since 2020: municipal vendor-contract counts exceed $600 mil...

Nov 16, 2025
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What legal or financial consequences has Nick Fuentes faced for his extremist or racist statements since 2019?

Nick Fuentes has faced a mix of legal and economic consequences since 2019: court records show at least one earlier Washington case bearing his name (pre-2019 litigation record cited) , and since 2020...

Jan 27, 2026

What was Chicago's total number of homicides and homicide rate per 100,000 in 2025?

recorded in 2025 according to multiple city and local media tallies, a sharp year‑over‑year decline that city officials and analysts flagged as the lowest in decades . That count translates to roughly...

Dec 11, 2025

What was the City of Chicago official homicide count in 2023?

Chicago’s official year-end homicide count for 2023 reported by the Chicago Police Department and widely cited in local reporting was 617 homicides (down from 709 in 2022), with police-data tallies of...

Jan 24, 2026

Which media outlets have posted or linked primary court documents (motions, plea agreements, sentencing memoranda) in other ICE facility abuse cases?

National and regional outlets — notably (as cited by ), via , and several local news organizations — have reported using or obtaining primary records in facility abuse cases, while many other outlets ...

Nov 14, 2025

What percentage of undocumented arrestees in Chicago had violent crime charges?

Available reporting shows that most recent coverage finds the majority of migrant or undocumented arrestees in Chicago were not charged with violent felonies; analyses and official tallies emphasize n...