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May 20, 2025
Village leaders have not yet decided how the three-bedroom home would be used.
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May 20, 2025
Immigration authorities appear to have begun deporting migrants from Myanmar and Vietnam to South Sudan.
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May 20, 2025
Illinois gun dealers were unable to sell ammunition after the Illinois State Police online portal used for verifying firearm owner ID cards was shut down for maintenance.
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May 20, 2025
Pope Leo XIV failed to properly investigate sex abuse claims while in prominent leadership roles in Chicago, victims' group says
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May 20, 2025
Prime, which is a for-profit company, bought the eight Illinois hospitals in March for more than $370 million from Ascension, a large Catholic health system.
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May 20, 2025
Downtown Ald. Brian Hopkins introduced a teen curfew ordinance that places the power to declare "snap curfews" solely in the hands of Chicago's police superintendent.
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May 20, 2025
A small group, most wearing light jackets in the chilly May evening, gathered in prayer outside the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City Monday night just hours before Benjamin Ritchie was executed by lethal injection.
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May 20, 2025
Indiana State Police Troopers Amanda Parker and Jaylen Holt-Terry took their plates and sat off to the side Tuesday afternoon, awed by the history in the room. Having just finished the Lowell post's annual Fallen Officer service, the pair understand the sacrifice that comes with being law enforcement. But being among the veteran officers, retirees and survivors of officers who died in the line of duty brought it home for them.
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May 20, 2025
One Chicago alderman, Lamont Robinson, 4th, faces a $250 fine, while six others were called out but not fined for blowing past the May 1 deadline.
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May 20, 2025
Immigration authorities appear to have begun deporting migrants from Myanmar and Vietnam to South Sudan.
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May 20, 2025
The steelmaker announced it was delaying scheduled maintenance at a Burns Harbor blast furnace, which was planned for this year.
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May 20, 2025
Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates was honored by Rep. Delia Ramirez at the U.S. Capitol for her dedication to educational equity in Chicago.
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May 20, 2025
Dick Carter, a producer and director for WTTW-Channel 11 who oversaw the making of dozens of music and arts programs, has died.
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May 20, 2025
Good afternoon, Chicago. Here's what is happening today.
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May 20, 2025
A Cook County judge on Tuesday ordered a man detained in the March shooting death of his 13-year-old nephew after prosecutors said the two were in a room alone when a gun went off, killing the boy.
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May 20, 2025
A federal appeals court recently upheld a Gary man's drug conviction.
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May 20, 2025
Asked whether he would be open to any deal allowing the Chicago Bears to break their Soldier Field lease, Mayor Brandon Johnson said "it hasn't come up."
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May 20, 2025
Billionaire Elon Musk said Tuesday he's committed to being CEO of Tesla in five years' time as the automaker faced intense consumer and stock-price pressure over his work with U.S. President Donald Trump's government.
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May 20, 2025
Sean "Diddy" Combs demanded $10,000 from Casandra "Cassie" Ventura's mother and threatened to release explicit sex tapes of his longtime girlfriend when he became angry that she was dating someone else, the mother testified Tuesday at the hip-hop mogul's sex trafficking trial.
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May 20, 2025
President Donald Trump is expected to announce on Tuesday the concept he wants for his future Golden Dome missile defense program — and while it would not be the most expensive option that the Pentagon had offered, it would still cost taxpayers tens of billions of dollars and take years to make a reality.
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May 20, 2025
President Donald Trump announced Tuesday the concept he wants for his future Golden Dome missile defense program.
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May 20, 2025
The new automated system enables real-time activation of outdoor warning sirens directly from the National Weather Service.
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May 20, 2025
Annual COVID-19 shots for healthy younger adults and children will no longer be routinely approved under a major new policy shift unveiled Tuesday by the Trump administration.
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May 20, 2025
Home Depot doesn't expect to raise prices because of tariffs, saying it has spent years diversifying the sources for the goods on its shelves.
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May 20, 2025
U.S. health officials are investigating a new outbreak of salmonella illnesses tied to a Florida grower whose tainted cucumbers were linked to more than 550 illnesses last year.
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May 20, 2025
When Lansing Police Officer Todd Yonker showed up for a 911 gunshot victim call, he quickly clocked it wasn't a typical crime.
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May 20, 2025
After an argument broke out in a car, a teen, 17, from South Bend fatally shot a Gary man inside the vehicle, Gary Police said Monday.
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May 20, 2025
Robert Prevost, the Chicago-born missionary, was elected the first pope from the United States in the history of the Catholic Church.
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May 20, 2025
Dolton will bestow an honorary street name for Pope Leon XIV while Mayor Jason House talks of purchasing the pope's childhood home.
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May 20, 2025
Iran's supreme leader on Tuesday pushed back against U.S. criticism of the country's nuclear program, saying that Tehran won't seek permission from anyone to enrich uranium and calling American statements "nonsense."
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May 20, 2025
Kyiv's European allies slapped new sanctions Tuesday on Moscow, a day after a phone call between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin failed to produce a breakthrough on ending the 3-year-old war in Ukraine.
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May 20, 2025
President Donald Trump is heading to Capitol Hill early Tuesday to seal the deal on his "big, beautiful bill," using the power of political persuasion to unify divided House Republicans on the multitrillion-dollar package that is at risk of collapsing ahead of planned votes this week.
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May 20, 2025
Westbound lanes on I-88 near Route 53 in DuPage County had closed as police investigated a fatal crash near Lisle.
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May 20, 2025
Israel has begun allowing a trickle of food and medicine into the Gaza Strip after sealing the territory's 2 million Palestinians off from all imports for more than 2 1/2 months.
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May 20, 2025
U.S. markets edged lower before the opening bell Tuesday as the earnings season nears its end and the last major corporations post their quarterly performances.
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May 20, 2025
Westbound lanes on I-88 near Route 53 in DuPage County were closed with traffic being diverted to I-355 as police investigate a fatal crash near Lisle.
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May 20, 2025
Norwegian chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen was forced into a draw Monday by more than 143,000 people worldwide playing against him in a single, record-setting game.
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May 20, 2025
Good morning, Chicago. Here are the top stories you need to know to start your day.
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May 20, 2025
Healthy Chef Challenge unites celebrity judges and award-winning chefs in a mission to raise awareness and support for hunger relief.
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May 20, 2025
A tall, imposing plume of agricultural sediment blew from central Illinois and over dry farmland to envelop Chicago, dropping visibility to near zero last week during a type of dust storm mostly seen in arid climates in the Middle East, North Africa and the southwestern U.S. "It's pretty rare to have dust storms in Illinois," […]
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May 20, 2025
The Department of Education has been monitoring Garrison School because it often called police on students. Now that oversight is in question.
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May 20, 2025
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on May 20, according to the Tribune's archives.
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May 20, 2025
On May 20, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act, which was intended to encourage settlements west of the Mississippi River by making federal land available for private ownership and farming. About 10% of the land area of the United States (270 million acres) would be privatized by 1934.
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May 19, 2025
An Indiana man convicted in the 2000 killing of a police officer is set to receive a lethal injection early Tuesday at a Michigan City prison in the state's second execution in 15 years.
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May 19, 2025
An Indiana man convicted in the fatal shooting of a police officer in 2000 was executed Tuesday by lethal injection in the state's second execution in 15 years.
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May 19, 2025
The creator of the Dilbert comic strip, which was canceled by most newspapers two years ago over the creator's racist comments, said Monday that he has been diagnosed with the same aggressive prostate cancer as former President Joe Biden.
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May 19, 2025
For the Venezuelan community in Chicago, the news has turned hope into heartbreak.
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May 19, 2025
The Chicago White Sox unveiled a mural in honor of Pope Leo XIV in commemoration of his attendance at the 2005 World Series.
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May 19, 2025
The Mexican ship that struck the Brooklyn Bridge was underway for less than 5 minutes before its masts crashed into the historic span, and radio calls indicating it was in distress went out only 45 seconds before the deadly collision.
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May 19, 2025
Thornton Township officials took office Monday, ending Tiffany Henyard's tumultuous period of leadership there and in Dolton.
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May 19, 2025
Illinois will have its first new senator in a decade after voters select someone to succeed U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin. Here's a look at candidates in the race.
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May 19, 2025
A city attorney Monday said 10 new full-time agents will be coming to Chicago streets as part of the deal to end a lawsuit against the city by Chicago Parking Meters LLC.
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May 19, 2025
Helen Dunlea, who started at Madison School in Hinsdale as an instructional assistant 36 years ago, will retire May 30.
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May 19, 2025
Four-term west suburban Democratic Congresswoman Lauren Underwood's decision to not run to succeed Dick Durbin in the Senate ends weeks of speculation.
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May 19, 2025
A Chicago man was charged last week after stabbing his girlfriend's husband in Dyer during an altercation, court records show.
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May 19, 2025
Chicago Cardinal says when Pope Leo XIV is ready to travel to the United States, he will push for a Chicago stop.
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May 19, 2025
Mayor Brandon Johnson received a letter from an assistant attorney general saying there is "reasonable cause" to believe he "made hiring decisions solely on the basis of race."
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May 19, 2025
President Donald Trump, alongside his wife, Melania, on Monday signed the Take It Down Act, a measure the first lady helped usher through Congress to set stricter penalties for the distribution of non-consensual intimate imagery online, or "revenge porn."
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May 19, 2025
Here's how the story of piping plovers Monty and Rose unfolded along the Lake Michigan coast — and how their legacy lives on still.
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May 19, 2025
Neighborhood Educational Opportunities is done weighing its options for New Vistas High School when founder Rebecca Reiner retires.
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May 19, 2025
A Cook County judge ordered a Rogers Park woman detained Monday after prosecutors alleged she stabbed and severely wounded her 7-year-old son who hid from her in a kitchen cabinet.
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May 19, 2025
Good afternoon, Chicago. Here's what is happening today.
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May 19, 2025
Former Portage Mayor James Snyder and his legal team have until Friday to object to prosecutor's filing to proceed to sentencing on the IRS charge conviction and drop a third trial on the bribery charge.
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May 19, 2025
Former Portage Mayor James Snyder and his legal team have until Friday to object to prosecutor's filing to proceed to sentencing on the IRS charge conviction and drop a third trial on the bribery charge.
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May 19, 2025
The Wintrust Crossroads Sports Complex in New Lenox is set to open in June, with a full lineup of summer tournaments already booked.
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May 19, 2025
In Joe Biden's family, there's a saying that the three worst words anyone can hear are "you have cancer."
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May 19, 2025
CBS News CEO Wendy McMahon said Monday that she is resigning after four years, the latest fallout at the network as its parent company considers settling a lawsuit with President Donald Trump over a "60 Minutes" interview with his former political opponent.
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May 19, 2025
Singer Dawn Richard told jurors at Sean "Diddy" Combs' sex trafficking trial on Monday that the hip-hop mogul threatened to kill her if she told anyone she saw him physically abusing his longtime girlfriend.
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May 19, 2025
The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to strip legal protections from 350,000 Venezuelans, potentially exposing them to deportation.
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May 19, 2025
Netflix has thrown "Sesame Street" a safety net with a new streaming deal that offers the popular children's staple a broad reach while keeping it on its long-standing home, PBS, at the same time, the companies announced Monday.
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May 19, 2025
An estimated 18,000 people lined Ogden Avenue in the suburbs and 26th Street in Chicago on Sunday for the Hands Across Chicagoland protest.
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May 19, 2025
Amelia, Burbank, a third grade student at Schilling Elementary School in Homer Glen, raised money for inclusive playground equipment.
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May 19, 2025
Chicago is expected to see temperatures in the 50s early this week, with those temperatures possibly jumping to the 60s on Thursday, according to the National Weather Service.
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May 19, 2025
Former President Joe Biden's office said Sunday that he has been diagnosed with aggressive prostate cancer and is reviewing treatment options with his doctors. Biden was having increasing urinary symptoms and was seen last week by doctors who found a prostate nodule. On Friday, he was diagnosed with prostate cancer and the cancer cells have spread to the bone, […]
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May 19, 2025
More severe storms were expected to roll across the central U.S. this week following the weather-related deaths of more than two dozen people and a devastating Kentucky tornado.
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May 19, 2025
U.S. stocks are drifting lower, while U.S. bonds and the value of the U.S. dollar are falling more sharply on Monday following the latest reminder that the U.S government seems to be hurtling toward an unsustainable mountain of debt.
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May 19, 2025
Trump's tariffs are still huge - the highest since the Great Depression of the 1930s. They're unpredictable: The president frequently announces tariffs only to suspend them days later and to conjure up new ones. And they are still working their way through the system.
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May 19, 2025
A 24-year-old man was fatally shot in the Albany Park neighborhood Sunday night, according to Chicago police.
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May 19, 2025
A woman was charged for stabbing a seven-year-old boy in the Rogers Park neighborhood on Saturday, according to Chicago police.
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May 19, 2025
Snow seasons in Chicago are tracked from July through the following June. The area normally can expect 38.4 inches.
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May 19, 2025
President Trump is scheduled to speak with both sides of the Russia Ukraine war on Monday.
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May 19, 2025
U.S. Vice President JD Vance has extended an invitation to Pope Leo XIV to visit the United States during a meeting at the Vatican.
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May 19, 2025
Chicago homicide data, which is updated on this page weekly, is through May 17, 2025.
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May 19, 2025
Good morning, Chicago. Here are the top stories you need to know to start your day.
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May 19, 2025
The five tactical officers for months were on the radar of the Civilian Office of Police Accountability. From mid-2023 through March 2024 — the month 26-year-old Dexter Reed was killed in a shootout during a traffic stop in the 3800 block of West Ferdinand — those five cops were named in at least four separate […]
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May 19, 2025
On May 19, 2018, Britain's Prince Harry wed American actor Meghan Markle in St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle.
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May 19, 2025
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on May 19, according to the Tribune's archives.
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May 18, 2025
This marks the second breeding season for Searocket and Imani — the son of local celebrities Monty and Rose,
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May 18, 2025
Officials on Sunday increased the reward for the capture of seven inmates who escaped from a New Orleans jail by fleeing through a hole behind a toilet.
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May 18, 2025
The race, now in its 16th year, is an opportunity for Chicagoans to celebrate spring in the city — and for runners far and wide to test their abilities and mark new personal achievements.
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May 18, 2025
Former President Joe Biden was diagnosed with prostate cancer on Friday, with the cancer cells having spread to the bone.
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May 18, 2025
Republicans will look to get their massive tax cut and border security package back on track during a rare Sunday night committee meeting after that same panel voted against advancing the measure two days earlier, a setback that Speaker Mike Johnson is looking to reverse quickly.
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May 18, 2025
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent acknowledged Sunday that Walmart, the largest U.S. retailer, may pass along some of the costs from President Donald Trump's tariffs to its shoppers through higher prices.
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May 18, 2025
Residents in Kentucky and Missouri sifted through damage in tornado-stricken neighborhoods and cleared debris Sunday after severe storms swept through parts of the Midwest and South and killed more than two dozen people.
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May 18, 2025
Authorities identified the suspect in the explosion at a Palm Springs, California, fertility clinic as Guy Edward Bartkus, 25, of Twentynine Palms, saying at a news conference Sunday that he is the man suspected to have died in the bombing that injured four other people.
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May 18, 2025
A 25-year-old man the FBI believes was responsible for an explosion that ripped through a Southern California fertility clinic left behind "anti-pro-life" writings before carrying out an attack investigators are calling an act of terrorism, authorities said Sunday.
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May 18, 2025
Former Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin's time in office was marked by significant economic development efforts throughout the city, as well as significant pushback and criticism for some of those same economic development projects.
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May 18, 2025
The Food and Drug Administration has issued a long-awaited approval of Novavax's COVID-19 vaccine but with unusual restrictions.
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May 18, 2025
A somewhat hidden nature preserve on Gary's West side is set to become an educational beacon, thanks to grants and perseverance.
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May 18, 2025
Scarlett Johansson set a record for a woman with her seventh appearance as host of "Saturday Night Live" during the 50th anniversary season finale.
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