News Politics Elections

Clinton, Trump debate tonight: Here are hot topics on Facebook

By Lynn Sweet

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton debate for the first time Monday night at Hofstra University in New York. Facebook looked at what issue folks across the nation were talking about ahead of the showdown, charting entries between Aug. 25 and Sept. 24.

What is interesting: immigration does not crack the top five.

Top five most talked about political topics on Facebook in the U.S.

Racial Issues
Homeland Security & Terrorism
Government Ethics
The Economy
Religion

Next Up In News

Netflix looks to curb password sharing, considers ads

Aiming to predict COVID, future pandemics better, CDC opens infectious diseases forecasting center

Joliet farmers wrangle cows thrown from semitrailer after crash on Interstate 80

1 killed, 3 wounded in shootings Tuesday in Chicago

Obama relatives sue Milwaukee school alleging racial bias

Unmasked transit: Pritzker ends mask mandates in public transportation, airports

The Latest

One car is overturned and another is seriously damaged at the scene of a crash near the intersection of West Addison Street and North Kimball Avenue.

Irving Park

8 people injured in Irving Park car crash

Eight people were taken to area hospitals after a crash that caused one car to roll over, officials said.

By Mary Norkol and Emmanuel Camarillo

A police officer places a barricade in front of Trump Tower, on Tuesday, March 21, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Bryan Woolston)

Nation/World

Potential indictment of Donald Trump comes after decades of legal scrutiny

A watchdog group finds that the ex-president has been accused of committing at least 56 criminal offenses since he launched his campaign in 2015 and never been indicted.

By Jill Colvin | Associated Press

Chicago mayoral candidates Brandon Johnson (left) and Paul Vallas (right) listen to moderators during a mayoral runoff debate at WGN Studios on Tuesday.

Elections

Mayoral debate: Vallas and Johnson ‘lecture’ one another on the CTU, Donald Trump and ‘working class’ roots

During their first televised debate, Brandon Johnson was the undisputed aggressor. In Round Two, Paul Vallas took the gloves off. Round Three was pretty much a draw.

By Fran Spielman

MLB

U.S. falls to Japan 3-2 in final of World Baseball Classic

Turner and Schwarber homer, but Trout’s whiff against Ohtani ends it

By Ronald Blum | AP

Four people were shot, two of them fatally at a Far South Side gathering early Saturday.

Crime

Intruder fatally shoots man in Rogers Park home

The assailant pushed open the back door to a home about 3:30 a.m. Tuesday in the 7600 block of North Sheridan Road, entered and shot the resident to death, police said.

By Sun-Times Wire