A 19-year-old Palatine resident was arrested after authorities said he planned an attack on a Hindu temple in Aurora using a rifle that jammed. A tip from a coworker helped stop the attack before anyone was hurt.
Five people were killed and 16 others wounded in Chicago shootings from Oct. 16 to Oct. 18, a 25 percent increase in homicides over the same period a year earlier, according to Subex News data.
President Trump signed an executive order establishing a new Women’s Health division within the NIH, with First Lady Melania Trump credited as the driving force behind the initiative.
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear Vera Montes v. Cook County, challenging Illinois’ ban on semiautomatic rifles. A Heritage Foundation analyst predicts the court will rule in favor of gun owners.
Anti-Israel protesters interrupted comedian Jerry Seinfeld’s performance at the Chicago Theatre before security removed them. Seinfeld responded from the stage, drawing cheers from the audience.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has proposed a three-way summit with President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping to negotiate an end to the Ukraine war, according to the Wall Street Journal. Ukrainian President Zelensky would not be included.
Rabbi Jonathan Greenberg of Defending Education says the anti-Israel protest that disrupted Jerry Seinfeld’s Chicago Theatre show is part of a broader “Red-Green Alliance” he sees connecting protests in France, Italy, and a hotly contested Michigan Senate race.
Heritage Foundation policy expert Coley Stimpson previews Vera Montes v. Cook County — the Supreme Court challenge to Illinois’ semiautomatic rifle ban — and predicts the justices will rule against the state in one of the term’s most consequential Second Amendment cases.