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Afternoon Briefing

Tuesday, October 7, 2025

Good afternoon, Chicago.

U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested a Waukegan woman for allegedly impeding a federal investigation outside City Hall yesterday afternoon as Mayor Sam Cunningham tried to intervene on her behalf and de-escalate the situation as a crowd gathered.

Dariana Fajardo, 23, was charged with impeding a federal investigation by a group of eight uniformed men whose patches read “Border Patrol” as she failed to move her car with two of the agents standing in front of her.

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.

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Members of the Texas National Guard assemble in Elwood at the Army Reserve Training Center in the southwest suburb of Chicago on Oct. 7. 2025. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)

Texas National Guard arrives in the Chicago area

The Texas National Guard has arrived in the Chicago area despite the repeated objections of Illinois officials, who have rejected President Donald Trump’s pledge to deploy the military domestically in response to increasingly heated immigration crackdown protests here and in other Democratic-run cities across the country.

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People walk past Lurie Children’s Hospital in the Streeterville neighborhood on Feb. 8, 2024. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune)

Lurie again named best children’s hospital in Illinois by US News

Lurie ranked among the top 25 hospitals in the country for each of the 11 specialties. It notched sixth place in the country for pediatric urology, and seventh in the nation for pediatric nephrology and neurology and neurosurgery.

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Bears wide receiver Rome Odunze catches a touchdown pass in the first quarter against the Cowboys on Sept. 21, 2025, at Soldier Field. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)

What have we learned — and which position group is the strongest? 5 pressing questions for the Chicago Bears.

The Tribune’s Brad Biggs, Sean Hammond and Phil Thompson tackle five pressing questions facing the Bears after the bye.

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Visitors make their way through the Realm of Terror in Round Lake Beach on the haunted house’s opening night on Oct. 3, 2025. (Rob Dicker/for the Chicago Tribune)

What to do for Halloween: Our top 12 haunted houses, plus ‘Rocky Horror,’ evil puppets and the parade

From now until All Hallows’ Eve and beyond, here is our annual haunted house guide, plus a dozen more attractions for your spooky season.

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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks during a meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House, Oct. 7, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump expresses ambivalence toward the future of US-Mexico-Canada trade deal as he meets with Carney

Mark Carney made his second visit to the Oval Office ahead of next year’s review of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement and as one of the world’s most durable and amicable alliances has been fractured by President Donald Trump’s trade war and annexation threats.

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