Bulgarian Chicago business owner Nenko Gantchev, 56, died while in ICE custody at North Lake Correctional Facility in Baldwin, Michigan. ▪️ Gantchev had lived in Chicago for 30 years, owned a trucking company, paid taxes, and was married to a U.S. citizen. He was arrested in September while attending a green card interview at the USCIS Chicago office. ▪️ The Department of Homeland Security says the death is suspected to be from natural causes, but the official cause remains under investigation.

Father of modern philosophy. René Descartes was a 17th-century French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist often called the “Father of Modern Philosophy.” He believed that true knowledge had to be built on clear, rational thinking rather than tradition or assumptions. His most famous idea is “Cogito, ergo sum” — “I think, therefore I am” — which means that the act of thinking proves your own existence. Descartes also made huge contributions to mathematics by creating analytic geometry, whic