ERIN HOOLEY

Military personnel in uniform, with the Texas National Guard patch on, are seen at the U.S. Army Reserve Center, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025, in Elwood, Ill., a suburb of Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)

National Guard members from Texas are in Illinois in Trump’s latest move to send troops to cities

National Guard members from Texas are at an Army Reserve center in Illinois. It’s the most visible sign yet of the Trump administration’s plan to deploy troops to the Chicago area despite a lawsuit and vigorous opposition from Democratic elected leaders.

PHOTO ESSAY: Polaroids capture Chicago’s Cubs vs. White Sox ‘Crosstown Classic’

A fierce rivalry between Chicago’s North and South Siders comes to life each summer during the “Crosstown Classic,” when the Cubs and White Sox face off in their home stadiums.

People take part in the annual Rep. John Lewis Way March, honoring the late congressman and civil rights leader, in Nashville, Tenn., Saturday, July 19, 2025. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

Photos of ‘Good Trouble’ protests across the US, from Chicago to Mar-a-Lago

The “ Good Trouble Lives On ” national day of action took place around the United States to protest President Donald Trump’s controversial policies such as mass deportations and Medicaid cuts.

The Chicago River is dyed green as part of annual St. Patrick's Day festivities Saturday, March 15, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)

An AP photographer sees abstract art in the swirling green Chicago River on St. Patrick’s Day

AP photographer Erin Hooley has covered the annual dyeing green of the Chicago River in celebration of St. Patrick’s Day for nearly a decade.

A beluga whale calf, born in July 2024 to 35-year-old resident beluga Naya, swims in his enclosure at Shedd Aquarium, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)

Beluga calf in Chicago is meeting the aquarium’s pod and will soon be named

A beluga calf born in July is growing and meeting the other members of Shedd Aquarium’s pod in Chicago.

Chicago Bird Collision Monitors Director Annette Prince holds an injured Nashville warbler, a kind of migrating songbird, that likely struck a glass window pane Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024, in downtown Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)

Avian enthusiasts try to counter the deadly risk of Chicago high-rises for migrating birds

Each fall and spring, volunteers dedicated to rescuing injured birds find hundreds on the streets of Chicago that have crashed into buildings.

A blue-eyed cicada perches on a flower at the Morton Arboretum, Friday, May 24, 2024, in Lisle, Ill. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)

Rare blue-eyed cicada spotted during 2024 emergence at suburban Chicago arboretum

The 2024 cicada emergence is underway in Illinois. A rare, blue-eyed female Magicicada cassini cicada was spotted Friday at The Morton Arboretum in suburban Chicago.

An eight-week-old sea otter rescued from Seldovia, Alaska, peaks out of his enclosure at Shedd Aquarium Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023, in Chicago. The otter was found alone and malnourished and was taken to the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward, Alaska, which contacted Shedd, and the Chicago aquarium was able to take the otter in. He will remain quarantined for a few months while he learns to groom and eat solid foods before being introduced to Shedd's five other sea otters. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)

A sea otter pup found alone in Alaska has a new home at Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium

A northern sea otter who was found alone and malnourished in the remote Alaska town of Seldovia in October has a new home in Chicago.

The newest member of Shedd Aquarium's penguin population, a southern rockhopper chick who hatched on June 16, is weighed during a daily wellness exam, Thursday, July 13, 2023, in Chicago. The chick's parents, Edward and Annie, became famous in 2020 as part of the aquarium's "field trips," where penguins would visit locations such as the nearby Field Museum and Soldier Field while the aquarium was closed during the pandemic. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)

Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium welcomes its first rockhopper penguin chick in 8 years

Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium has welcomed the first southern rockhopper penguin chick to join its colony in eight years.