| Good afternoon, Chicago. At least three people were reported dead, and three others were critically injured overnight in an extra-alarm fire on the North Side in the West Ridge neighborhood, fire officials said. Shortly before 2 a.m., police and firefighters responded to a fire at an
apartment complex in the 7000 block of North Rockwell Street where a fire broke out in the rear of a four-story apartment building, officials said. Here’s what else is happening today. And remember, for the latest breaking news in Chicago, visit chicagotribune.com/latest-headlines and sign up to get our alerts on all your devices. Subscribe to more newsletters | Asking Eric | Horoscopes | Puzzles & Games | Today in History news The National Guard arrived overnight at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview, Oct. 9, 2025. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune) A spokesman for U.S. Northern Command, overseeing the National Guard deployments, would not say this morning whether the troops have actually been deployed to the streets in view of the general public. More top news stories: business This 1940s photo provided by the Detroit Historical Society shows the J.L. Hudson Company Department Store retail floor decorated for the holidays in Detroit. (Davis B. Hillmer via AP) Before the arrival of sprawling suburban malls featuring amusement park rides and stores peddling anything from jeans to jelly beans, there was Hudson’s in downtown Detroit. More top business stories: sports Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Matthew Boyd (16) walks back to the mound after giving up a run-scoring double to Milwaukee Brewers
catcher William Contreras in the first inning of the NL Division Series Game 1 at American Family Field in Milwaukee on Oct. 4, 2025. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune) Cubs lefty Matthew Boyd fully expects better results this time. Boyd will start in Game 4 of the National League Division Series tonight against the Milwaukee Brewers at Wrigley Field after failing to get through the first inning in Game 1. More top sports stories: eat. watch. do. Brian McCarty, Greg Blake, Dan Eubanks and Greg Cahill of bluegrass band Special Consensus in Millennium Park in Chicago. (Karen Murphy) Life can sometimes turn on a tune
and it was a tune from singer and guitarist Lester Flatt and banjo player Earl Scruggs that propelled a young man named Greg Cahill away from his guitar and job as a social worker and put him on a bluegrass path that would lead to the formation of a band named Special Consensus. More top Eat. Watch. Do. stories: nation & world People react as they celebrate following the announcement that Israel and Hamas have agreed to the first phase of a peace plan to pause the fighting, at a plaza known as hostages square in Tel Aviv, Israel, Oct. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) Israel and Hamas have agreed to a pause in their devastating two-year war and the release of the remaining hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners — a breakthrough greeted with joy and relief today but also caution. More top stories from around the world: | 
