| Good afternoon, Chicago. More than six years after he was charged, a former FBI special agent who once worked in Chicago’s organized crime division admitted in federal court that he took sensitive government documents dealing with terrorism and national defense and hoarded them in his home after retirement. Yen Cham Yung, 62, who achieved top government security clearance during his lengthy career, faces from six months to three years in prison after pleading guilty yesterday to three misdemeanor counts of unlawful possession of government property. 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 Phoebe Beal, left, and her mother, Cassie Creswell, president of Illinois Families for Public Schools, stand outside
Phoebe’s school on the South Side of Chicago on Sept. 2, 2026. Creswell’s organization is a nonprofit advocacy group focused on improving public schools in Illinois. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune) More than half of school board candidates have signed a pledge calling for a three-year moratorium on the use of generative AI in Chicago Public Schools. More top news stories: business Striking Cook County Forest Preserves maintenance, conservation and programming workers, represented by Teamsters Local 700, picket outside the County Building in Chicago on Aug. 18, 2026. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune) Striking Cook County Forest Preserves maintenance, conservation and programming workers reached a deal with management yesterday, ending a more than two-week walkout just before the busy Labor Day weekend, officials announced. More top business stories: sports Chicago Cubs center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong outruns the throw to reach base in the ninth inning of a baseball game between the Milwaukee Brewers and Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field on Sept. 2, 2026. (Arthur Maiorella/Chicago Tribune) The Cubs haven’t conceded the National League Central yet, but their chances of overtaking the Brewers with 22 games remaining are extremely slim. More top sports stories: eat. watch. do. Marine mammal care specialist Laura Brakhage, right, plays with a beluga whale named Beethoven at
the Shedd Aquarium on Jan. 27, 2021. Beethoven, a 34-year-old male beluga, and 20-year-old female Rain died Sept. 2, 2026, at the aquarium. (José M. Osorio/Chicago Tribune) Beethoven, a 34-year-old male beluga, and 20-year-old female Rain died yesterday afternoon despite immediate efforts by animal care and veterinary teams to provide lifesaving measures, Shedd said in an emailed statement last night. More top Eat. Watch. Do. stories: nation & world People take photos near a John Harvard statue, left, on the Harvard University campus, Jan. 2, 2024, in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne) The Trump administration is proposing a new rule that would strip private schools and colleges of their tax-exempt status if they provide targeted help to students based on their race, a significant escalation in the White House’s campaign to eradicate diversity programs directed at Black, Hispanic and other minority students. More top stories from around the world: | 
