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Columbus Day commemorates the landing of Italian-born navigator Christopher Columbus in the New World—i.e., the Americas—on October 12, 1492. It is a federal holiday in the United States, observed on the second Monday in October. The day typically involves parades,…
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SubX.News® | Chicago Crime Report | October 13, 2025 (3am) Preliminary weekend data from Chicago Police Department reports show at least 14 people shot and three killed between Friday afternoon and Sunday night, October 10 – 12, 2025. The shootings…
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The “Great Republican Reform Party” was not an official political party in 1856, but rather a satirical term used in political cartoons to mock the new Republican Party and its presidential candidate, John C. Frémont. The name was meant to highlight and deride the broad, eclectic, and progressive coalition of groups that supported the Republicans in the 1856 election.
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(Chicago) SubX.News® | Street Report Oct 10–11, 2025 A City in Gridlock and Uncertainty Late Friday afternoon, Chicago’s arteries locked up under drizzle and construction. I-355 backed up from Army Trail Road to North Avenue; I-80/94 crawled through Northwest Indiana,…
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Chicago SubX.News® Street Report Oct 3, 2025 Under 89-degree heat and gridlocked expressways, the city cracked open into scenes of violence across every corner. From a Little Caesars parking lot in Little Village, to a road-rage killing on the South…
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(Chicago) SubX.News® Investigative Report South Shore: The Latest Lie When ICE agents stormed 7500 S. South Shore Drive on October 1, Block Club Chicago rushed to frame the scene as federal overreach. Their headline painted the picture: “Residents Return to…
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Intentions: Who Are They? Part I — Chicago’s X Astroturf Accounts SubXNews Oct 3, 2025 by @drkugler From our earliest Substance News days we’ve been calling this out: accounts that look like harmless community feeds but are really platforms for…
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(Chicago) SubXNews Street Report | Oct 1, 2025 The day began before dawn with federal helicopters and drones swarming 7500 S. South Shore Drive, where agents arrested 37 people in a raid tied to the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang.…
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master labor day weekend sept month list (September 21, 2025 10:11 PM CDT) Person Shot100 block of N. Keeler on September 30, 2025 at approx. 10:30 p.m. – 11th DistrictPosted:October 1, 2025 12:02 AM CDTUpdated:Officers responded to a call of…
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(Chicago) SubXNews Street Report | The Cubs knocked off the Padres 3–1 and Wrigleyville roared, but beyond the stadium’s glow, the rest of the city ran red. Celebrations in bars clashed with scanner traffic from the West Side, ICE raids…
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