How might have Emmett Till, the 14-year-old boy who was lynched in Mississippi in 1955, lived his life, if given the chance? It’s the central question explored in “If Emmett Till Lived: A Creative Monument,” an exhibition at the Chicago Museum of Contemporary Photography. When Till’s mother, Mamie Till-Mobley “forced open the casket to show his mutilated, abused, tortured body, she opened our eyes,” says Sarah Lewis, the exhibits curator. “We’re honoring the work that she began.”
Sheridan Gorman’s family joined Rep. Mike Lawler at the GOP midterm convention in Dallas to honor her memory and call for stronger action on illegal immigration. Sheridan Gorman, an 18-year-old Loyola University Chicago student, was shot and killed on March 19, 2026. She was walking along a lakefront pier at Tobey Prinz Beach with a group of friends when they encountered a masked man hiding behind a lighthouse structure. 25-year-old Jose Medina, an undocumented immigrant from Venezuela, was arrested the following day and charged with first-degree murder. He has pleaded not guilty. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said Medina was released from custody months earlier despite an active Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)…
An Illinois mother accused of hanging her 2-year-old son from a basement rafter allegedly told authorities she also planned to poison her husband, and prosecutors say she had been closely following the Lindsay Clancy murder trial in the hours before the killing. Corie Walsh, 40, of Frankfort, Illinois, a suburb roughly 35 miles southwest of […] The post Illinois mother charged with murdering toddler allegedly plotted to poison husband, prosecutors say appeared first on American Almanac .
An Illinois mother accused of hanging her 2-year-old son from a basement rafter allegedly told authorities she also planned to poison her husband, and prosecutors say she had been closely following the Lindsay Clancy murder trial in the hours before the killing. Corie Walsh, 40, of Frankfort, Illinois, a suburb roughly 35 miles southwest of Chicago, was arrested September 1 after her son Barrett, whom family called "Bear," was found dead in the basement of the family home. Will County prosecutors revealed the poisoning allegation during a court hearing this week, where a judge ordered Walsh to remain detained, citing a continued risk to her surviving children and her husband. The case has drawn immediate comparisons to the Clancy trial…Open
A 40-year-old Illinois woman who prosecutors say became "very invested" in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial allegedly killed her 2-year-old son and told authorities she had also planned to poison her husband, revelations that emerged in a court hearing this week. Will County prosecutors told a judge that Corie Walsh confessed to planning to poison […] The post Illinois mother accused of hanging toddler allegedly plotted to poison husband, prosecutors say appeared first on American Almanac .
A 40-year-old Illinois woman who prosecutors say became "very invested" in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial allegedly killed her 2-year-old son and told authorities she had also planned to poison her husband, revelations that emerged in a court hearing this week. Will County prosecutors told a judge that Corie Walsh confessed to planning to poison her husband with a drink and stated she believed she had already killed her other children, The U.S. Sun reported . Walsh's husband was not home on September 1, the day their son Barrett was found hanging from a rafter in the basement of the family's home in Frankfort, Illinois, about 35 miles southwest of Chicago. Barrett's siblings, two school-age children returning home that afternoon,…Open
Dan Balz pays tribute to “a craftsman of the first order,” who wrote for Chicago newspapers before joining Politico as a columnist. He died Thursday at 78.
Federal agents have arrested nearly 550 illegal immigrants in the Chicago area under Operation Midway Blitz, and Illinois Governor JB Pritzker responded not by addressing the criminal aliens in his state but by pushing to prosecute the agents who detained them. The Department of Homeland Security launched the enforcement operation on September 8, 2025, sending […] The post Operation Midway Blitz: ICE arrests hundreds in Chicago as Illinois Democrats fight federal agents instead of illegal immigrant crime appeared first on American Almanac .
Federal agents have arrested nearly 550 illegal immigrants in the Chicago area under Operation Midway Blitz, and Illinois Governor JB Pritzker responded not by addressing the criminal aliens in his state but by pushing to prosecute the agents who detained them. The Department of Homeland Security launched the enforcement operation on September 8, 2025, sending ICE teams into Chicago to target illegal immigrants with criminal records, the kind of offenders that Illinois's own sanctuary policies have shielded from federal authorities for years. DHS named the operation in honor of Katie Abraham, a college student killed in a hit-and-run by Julio Cucul-Bol, an illegal immigrant from Guatemala who should never have been on American roads.…Open
The attorney representing Illinois mother Corie Walsh is forcefully pushing back on theories linking her case to Lindsay Clancy, rejecting any suggestion the two tragedies are connected. #foxnews #news #us #fox Don’t just watch Fox News—be part of it. Become a Fox News Patriot today. https://youtube.com/foxnews/join
Chicago Alderman Raymond Lopez criticizes city leadership's approach to public safety and reacts to a grieving mother's plea after another deadly Labor Day weekend. #FoxNews #Chicago #Crime #PublicSafety #BrandonJohnson #RaymondLopez Don’t just watch Fox News—be part of it. Become a Fox News Patriot today. https://youtube.com/foxnews/join
