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| Good afternoon, Chicago. The family of the third child who drowned last week after a boat capsized in Geneva Lake during a massive storm said the young girl’s “kindness and joy touched everyone she met” in an online fundraiser. The family identified Kathryn Schmidt, 10, of Batavia, on the verified GoFundMe that launched late Wednesday. Her two cousins, 7-year-old Abigail Oswald and 6-year-old Caleb Oswald, also died in the July 3 boating incident. 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  U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros holds a news conference at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago on July 2, 2026, to talk about a multiagency crime fighting operation in the region. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune) Judge says US Attorney Andrew Boutros violated her order in Tren de Aragua case, but issues no sanctionsA contrite U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros told a federal magistrate judge today he was confident that a murder and kidnapping case involving the Tren de Aragua gang would have been unsealed by the time he appeared for a news conference last with his bosses in Washington D.C.
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business  Get Covered Illinois information is displayed at Chicago City Hall in 2017. Each year hundreds of thousands of Illinois consumers sign up for exchange plans. (Phil Velasquez/Chicago Tribune) Health insurers propose double-digit-percentage price increases for Illinois exchange plansIllinois consumers may again be hit with double-digit-percentage increases in the prices of health insurance plans sold on the state’s Obamacare exchange for next year.
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sports  United States’ Christian Pulisic reacts after a challenge during the World Cup game on July 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez) World Cup: US star Christian Pulisic fractured his leg in 4-1 loss to BelgiumU.S. star Christian Pulisic fractured his right leg during the Americans’ World Cup loss to Belgium and will be sidelined for several weeks, a person familiar with the injury said.
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eat. watch. do.  Singer Bonnie Tyler performs her song “Believe in Me” during a rehearsal for the final of the Eurovision Song Contest at the Malmo Arena in Malmo, Sweden on May 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant) Bonnie Tyler, who topped the charts with epic ‘Total Eclipse of the Heart,’ has died at 75Bonnie Tyler, the gravelly voiced, Grammy-nominated Welsh pop star best known for singing the chart-topping power ballad “Total Eclipse of the Heart” in 1983, and seeing new generations succumb to its bombastic charms during solar and lunar eclipses, has died. She was 75.
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nation & world  President Donald Trump arrives for a media conference at the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, July 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) New attacks raise questions about what comes next in the Iran warPresident Donald Trump says he believes the ceasefire with Iran is over. He says he’s not sure he wants a deal anymore and says the U.S. should “finish the job.” But he also insists that continued attacks do not mean a return to war or long-term action.
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