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Nov 12, 2024
She was nominated last year to be the first female U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, but her nomination stalled after Vance objection.
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Nov 12, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday said Elon Musk and former GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy will lead a new "Department of Government Efficiency" — which is not, despite the name, a government agency.
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Nov 12, 2024
The Monday meeting took a hostile turn when several progressive aldermen began grilling Martinez on the looming closure of seven Acero charter schools.
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Nov 12, 2024
President-Elect Donald Trump's plans to reshape education in America, including eliminating the Department of education and altering school curricula will impact Chicago Public Schools.
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Nov 12, 2024
Illinois Senate Republicans called on Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker to promise not to raise taxes to address a projected budget deficit.
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Nov 12, 2024
The Federal Aviation Administration announced Tuesday that it will prohibit U.S. airlines from flying to Haiti for 30 days after gangs shot two planes and the United Nations will temporarily suspend flights to Port-au-Prince, limiting humanitarian aid coming into the country.
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Nov 12, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump will nominate former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee as ambassador to Israel, Trump announced Tuesday.
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Nov 12, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump will nominate former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee as ambassador to Israel, Trump announced Tuesday.
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Nov 12, 2024
The independent monitor assessing the city's compliance with a federal consent decree issued a dire warning Tuesday as proposed budget cuts once again loom over the Chicago Police Department's Office of Constitutional Policing and Reform.
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Nov 12, 2024
The far-right streamer and podcast host Nick Fuentes allegedly pepper-sprayed a west suburban woman as she went to ring his doorbell Sunday afternoon, the woman said.
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Nov 12, 2024
A trial opened Tuesday for a Hammond man charged in a roadway slaying on 165th Street last year. Trinidad Cervantes, 20, said he feared Rajesh Bhagwandeen, 26, of Hammond, was about to pull out a gun, so he shot him several times first.
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Nov 12, 2024
A man who authorities said was upset over his divorce settlement rammed his car into a crowd of people exercising at a sports complex in southern China, killing 35 and severely injuring dozens of others, police said Tuesday.
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Nov 12, 2024
The Federal Aviation Administration announced Tuesday that it will prohibit U.S. airlines from flying to Haiti for 30 days after gangs shot two planes and the United Nations will temporarily suspend flights to Port-au-Prince, limiting humanitarian aid coming into the country.
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Nov 12, 2024
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul is launching a unit to investigate cases in which new evidence could prove the innocence of people convicted of serious crimes.
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Nov 12, 2024
A new Louisiana requirement that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every public classroom by Jan. 1 was temporarily blocked Tuesday by a federal judge who said the law is "unconstitutional on its face."
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Nov 12, 2024
The U.S. syphilis epidemic slowed dramatically last year, gonorrhea cases fell and chlamydia cases remained below prepandemic levels, according to federal data released Tuesday.
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Nov 12, 2024
Chris Wallace says he's leaving CNN after three years and, at age 77, is eager to see what a transformed media environment has to offer.
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Nov 12, 2024
Memos between the Board of Education for Evanston-Skokie School District 65, its financial consultant, its superintendent and construction manager show that the district was advised to consider pausing construction at Foster School, to be built in a historically Black ward, to relieve pressure on its $10 million deficit.
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Nov 12, 2024
State tells Dolton Mayor Tiffany Henyard her pick for police chief, Ronnie Burge, has no authority to make arrests, carry a gun.
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Nov 12, 2024
Good afternoon, Chicago. Here's what is happening today.
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Nov 12, 2024
A Wisconsin man apparently faked his own drowning this summer so he could abandon his family and flee to eastern Europe, investigators say.
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Nov 12, 2024
Matteson police are investigating reports a teacher's aide grabbed a student , slung him to the ground at Marya Yates Elementary.
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Nov 12, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump will nominate former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee as ambassador to Israel, Trump announced Tuesday.
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Nov 12, 2024
The Chicago Bears are reconsidering the former Michael Reese Hospital site as a potential location for a new stadium, a source said, but the team remains focused on the lakefront.
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Nov 12, 2024
Defense attorneys in the Michael Madigan corruption trial began their cross-examination of a key witness Tuesday by trying to distinguish between exchanging jobs for official actions and simply currying favor with the formidable ex-House speaker.
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Nov 12, 2024
A federal judge struck down a Biden administration policy that aimed to ease a path to citizenship for some undocumented immigrants who are married to U.S. citizens.
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Nov 12, 2024
Extreme weather is contributing to undocumented migration and return between Mexico and the United States, according to a new study.
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Nov 12, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump says Tom Homan, his former acting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement director, will serve as "border czar" in his incoming administration.
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Nov 12, 2024
For a man who loves the spotlight, Donald Trump has been conspicuously out of view since his triumph in last week's presidential election.
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Nov 12, 2024
Mayor Johnson's administration is combing over alternatives to the tax jump ahead of a meeting Wednesday where the City Council is expected to vote it down.
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Nov 12, 2024
"This is tough," Democratic Party of Oak Park committeewoman Eileen Lynch said to a standing room only crowd on Saturday.
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Nov 12, 2024
The $15 million project, which includes drainage improvements and a bike path, is planned to be finished in 2027.
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Nov 12, 2024
Congress returns to a changed Washington as President-elect Donald Trump's hard-right agenda is quickly taking shape, buoyed by eager Republican allies eyeing a full sweep of power on Capitol Hill while Democrats are sorting out what went wrong.
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Nov 12, 2024
A judge postponed a decision on whether to undo President-elect Donald Trump's conviction in his hush money case, after his lawyers called for freezing and ultimately dismissing the case so he can run the country.
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Nov 12, 2024
Israel has failed to meet U.S. demands to allow greater humanitarian access to the Gaza Strip, where conditions are worse than at any point in the 13-month-old war, international aid organizations said Tuesday.
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Nov 12, 2024
A 14-year-old boy was shot while he was sitting in a parked vehicle Monday night on the West Side in the Homan Square neighborhood, Chicago police said.
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Nov 12, 2024
A 59-year-old man was fatally wounded Monday evening in a shooting in the Englewood neighborhood on the South Side, Chicago police said. About 6:20 p.m., the victim was near an alley in the 6400 block of South Parnell Avenue when he was struck by gunfire to the arm and the ear. He was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. No one was in custody and detectives were investigating.
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Nov 12, 2024
A 59-year-old man was fatally wounded Monday evening in a shooting in the Englewood neighborhood on the South Side, Chicago police said. About 6:20 p.m., the victim was near an alley in the 6400 block of South Parnell Avenue when he was struck by gunfire to the arm and the ear. He was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. No one was in custody and detectives were investigating.
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Nov 12, 2024
A 30-year-old man was pronounced dead after he was discovered wounded inside of a 2nd floor apartment Monday night in the Woodlawn neighborhood, Chicago police said. Shortly before 10 p.m., an acquaintance of the victim discovered him with gunshot wounds to the head and chest in an apartment in the 6100 block of South King Drive. The man was pronounced dead at the scene. No one was in custody for the fatal shooting and police were investigating.
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Nov 12, 2024
An officer was stabbed Monday night after a stabbing victim flagged down police for help in the South Shore neighborhood, Chicago police said.
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Nov 12, 2024
An officer was stabbed Monday night after a stabbing victim flagged down police for help in the South Shore neighborhood, Chicago police said.
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Nov 12, 2024
Good morning, Chicago. Here are the top stories you need to know to start your day.
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Nov 12, 2024
Leaders of Park Ridge-Niles School District 64 expect construction to start next summer on more than $89 million in capital improvements to buildings in the elementary school district after unofficial ballot counts indicate voters approved the district's referendum. According to the Cook County Clerk's unofficial results from the Nov. 5 election, about 65% of voters who live in the Niles-based school district voted "yes" to the binding ballot referendum: "Shall the Board of Education of Park Ridge-Niles Community Consolidated School District Number 64, Cook County, Illinois, alter, repair and equip existing buildings, build and equip additions thereto and improve school […]
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Nov 12, 2024
Students from Oak Park, South Holland and other suburbs are part of a contingent traveling to Azerbaijan for the UN Climate Conference.
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Nov 12, 2024
This year, at least 50 people have drowned in Lake Michigan. Since 2010, data indicates about half of all yearly drownings in Lake Michigan have happened on its south end — including Illinois' lakefront.
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Nov 12, 2024
1972 — Don Shula becomes the first NFL coach to win 100 regular-season games in 10 seasons when the Miami Dolphins beat the New England Patriots 52-0.
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Nov 12, 2024
On Nov. 12, 1954, Ellis Island officially closed as an immigration station and detention center. More than 12 million immigrants arrived in the United States via Ellis Island between 1892 and 1954.
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Nov 11, 2024
A $17.5 million expansion of the Malcolm X College West campus will break ground in Austin Thursday, city officials announced.
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Nov 11, 2024
Samantha Steele, a first term Democratic, was arrested Sunday on a misdemeanor charge of driving under the influence of alcohol, the Chicago Police Department said.
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Nov 11, 2024
Elon Musk's super PAC spent around $200 million to help elect Donald Trump, according to a person familiar with the group's spending, funding an effort that set a new standard for how billionaires can influence elections.
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Nov 11, 2024
Revered abolitionist Harriet Tubman, who was the first woman to oversee an American military action during a time of war, was posthumously awarded the rank of general on Monday.
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Nov 11, 2024
As money continues to pour into crypto following Donald Trump's victory last week, bitcoin has climbed to yet another record high.
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Nov 11, 2024
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois says the Republican takeover of the Senate will play a role in his decision to seek reelection in 2026.
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Nov 11, 2024
Before he comes back for good on Inauguration Day, Donald Trump will return to the White House briefly at the invitation of Democratic President Joe Biden, who had hoped to defeat his Republican predecessor a second time and reside there for four more years.
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Nov 11, 2024
Lake County reported lower voter turnout compared to presidential elections dating back to 2008, while Porter County reported another voter turnout in the 60% range similar to previous presidential elections.
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Nov 11, 2024
A shooting at Tuskegee University left one man dead and injured at least 16 other people early Sunday, a dozen of them by gunfire, authorities said.
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Nov 11, 2024
Toy giant Mattel says it "deeply" regrets an error on the packaging of its "Wicked" movie-themed dolls, which mistakenly links toy buyers to a pornographic website.
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Nov 11, 2024
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday made their first joint appearance since her election loss when they observed Veterans Day together at Arlington National Cemetery.
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Nov 11, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump is starting to fill key posts in his second administration, putting an emphasis so far on aides and allies who were his strongest backers during the 2024 campaign.
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Nov 11, 2024
Haiti's international airport shut down temporarily on Monday after gangs opened fire at a Spirit Airlines flight landing in Port-Au-Prince.
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Nov 11, 2024
Elmhurst Park District plans replacement of the aging Joanne B. Wagner Community Center and a new bandshell after referendum passes.
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Nov 11, 2024
The Wisconsin Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Monday on whether a law that legislators adopted more than a decade before the Civil War bans abortion and can still be enforced.
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Nov 11, 2024
Donald Trump is naming longtime adviser Stephen Miller, an immigration hard-liner, to be the deputy chief of policy in his new administration.
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Nov 11, 2024
A jury in the small Indiana town of Delphi convicted a man of murder on Monday in the 2017 killings of two teenage girls who vanished during an afternoon hike.
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Nov 11, 2024
Four offenders ambushed a man Saturday in the parking lot of Hillcrest High School in Country Club Hills.
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Nov 11, 2024
Indiana appeals court upholds three local murder convictions
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Nov 11, 2024
Good afternoon, Chicago. Here's what is happening today.
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Nov 11, 2024
Ella Jenkins, a prolific and internationally known singer, songwriter and performer who earned the nickname the "First Lady of Children's Music," has died at 100.
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Nov 11, 2024
Pitchfork Music Festival announced Monday that it would not hold a music festival in Chicago next summer.
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Nov 11, 2024
Through activities like nighttime hikes and studying Rock River's plants, students learned how to appreciate nature and how to work together.
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Nov 11, 2024
Oak Park voters overwhelmingly approved a referendum last week that will change the way the village president and board are elected.
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Nov 11, 2024
Donald Trump is naming longtime adviser Stephen Miller, an immigration hard-liner, to be the deputy chief of policy in his new administration.
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Nov 11, 2024
Chicago homicide data, which is updated on this page weekly, is through Nov. 9, 2024.
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Nov 11, 2024
Several people broke a store window around 4 a.m., tied a chain around the cash machine and pulled it with a red SUV, police said
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Nov 11, 2024
Three people got out of a car and approached the students, who were walking on the sidewalk around 12:40 a.m. near a residence hall
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Nov 11, 2024
The Wisconsin Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Monday on whether a law that legislators adopted more than a decade before the Civil War bans abortion and can still be enforced.
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Nov 11, 2024
A gut punch for most defendants, Donald Trump turned his criminal conviction into a rallying cry. His supporters put "I'm Voting for the Felon" on T-shirts, hats and lawn signs.
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Nov 11, 2024
Mexico is facing a second Donald Trump presidency, and few countries can match its experience as a target of Trump's rhetoric: There have been threats to close the border, impose tariffs and even send U.S. forces to fight Mexican drug cartels if the country doesn't do more to stem the flow of migrants and drugs.
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Nov 11, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Rep. Elise Stefanik to serve as his ambassador to the United Nations.
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Nov 11, 2024
Good morning, Chicago. Here are the top stories you need to know to start your day.
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Nov 11, 2024
Leave the Leaves campaigns aim to provide food and shelter for insects at a time when studies show drastic population declines.
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Nov 11, 2024
Democrats who control the Illinois legislature return for a fall session and will be considering the ramifications of Donald Trump's second term in the White House.
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Nov 11, 2024
Democrats who control the Illinois legislature return for a fall session and will be considering the ramifications of Donald Trump's second term in the White House.
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Nov 11, 2024
The ink on his chest spells out a lyric from Frank Sinatra's "My Way," a song his father introduced him to when he was young. So while waiting on a transplant list, he asked his surgeon to make an effort to save the tattoo while saving his life.
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Nov 11, 2024
2007 — Brett Favre joins Dan Marino as the only quarterbacks to throw for 60,000 yards in a career during the second quarter of Green Bay's 34-0 win over Minnesota.
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Nov 11, 2024
On Nov. 11, 1966, Gemini 12 blasted off on a four-day mission with astronauts James A. Lovell and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin Jr. aboard; it was the tenth and final crewed flight of NASA's Gemini program.
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Nov 10, 2024
Days before Senate Republicans pick their new leader, President-elect Donald Trump is pressuring the candidates to change the rules and empower him to appoint some nominees without a Senate vote.
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Nov 10, 2024
An early Sunday shooting at Tuskegee University in Alabama left one person dead and injured 16 others, 12 of them wounded by gunfire, authorities said.
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Nov 10, 2024
A transitionary council created to reestablish democratic order in Haiti signed a degree Sunday firing the country's interim Prime Minister Garry Conille and replacing him with Alix Didier Fils-Aimé, a businessman who was previously considered for the job.
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Nov 10, 2024
Uniformed Chicago police officers attended a Mount Greenwood Catholic church service Sunday to honor slain police Officer Enrique Martinez's life and service to the city.
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Nov 10, 2024
The 26-year-old was shot and killed while responding to a traffic stop in Chatham last week.
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Nov 10, 2024
Israeli strikes killed dozens of people including children on Sunday in Lebanon and isolated northern Gaza, as the world watched for signs of how the U.S. election might affect the wars between Israel and Iranian-backed fighter groups Hamas and Hezbollah.
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Nov 10, 2024
The state of Illinois has returned a Purple Heart medal to the daughter of a Marine who was wounded in the invasion of Saipan during World War II.
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Nov 10, 2024
Both men were shot in the head after an argument early Sunday.
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Nov 10, 2024
A silver sedan was struck by a northbound white sedan on the 2600 block of North Ashland Avenue at around 1 a.m. Sunday.
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Nov 10, 2024
The first "Saturday Night Live" since Donald Trump's election victory began with the most somber of tones as a group of plainly dressed cast members, primarily women and minorities, described their new reality.
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Nov 10, 2024
King Charles III led the nation Sunday in a two-minute silence in remembrance of fallen service personnel in central London as the Princess of Wales looked on, a further sign the royal family is slowly returning to normal.
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Nov 10, 2024
Donald Trump's Day 1 list includes starting up the mass deportation of migrants and reshaping the federal government by firing potentially thousands of federal employees he believes are secretly working against him.
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Nov 10, 2024
Donald Trump gained a larger share of Black and Latino voters than he did in 2020, when he lost to Democrat Joe Biden, and most notably among men under age 45.
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Nov 10, 2024
Union Elementary School 81 been providing at least partial rebates for the 554 homes in its New Lenox/Joliet district for a decade.
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