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El Niño is here and scientists fear it’ll be big, bad and costly with heat, floods, droughts, fires

By SETH BORENSTEIN
Jun 11, 2026 4:21 pm - El Nino, Nature's chaotic climate agent, has formed in a warmed-up Pacific Ocean and is expected to grow to historic strength, meteorologists announced Thursday.
Man pleads guilty to killing a top Minnesota Democrat and her husband while posing as an officer

By TIM SULLIVAN and HANNAH FINGERHUT
Jun 11, 2026 4:14 pm - A Minnesota man who pounded on Democratic lawmakers' doors in the middle of the night while posing as a police officer, killing the state House speaker and her husband and wounding a state senator and his wife, pleaded guilty to murder Thursday so that federal prosecutors would not seek the death penalty.
FISA spy powers are almost certain to expire after Congress fails to act

By MARY CLARE JALONICK, LISA MASCARO and SEUNG MIN KIM
Jun 11, 2026 4:03 pm - A key surveillance tool that allows the United States to collect intelligence abroad appears certain to expire after Congress on Thursday failed to temporarily extend the program, in a protest of President Donald Trump 's temporary pick to head the nation's intelligence agencies.
Trump plans to nominate US Attorney Jay Clayton to be national intelligence director

By COLLIN BINKLEY, LARRY NEUMEISTER and MICHAEL R. SISAK
Jun 11, 2026 3:58 pm - President Donald Trump said Thursday that he plans to nominate Jay Clayton, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York and a former Securities and Exchange Commission chairman, as director of national intelligence.
Wheeling man convicted of running down former friend wins appeal, but could still lose in the end

By Charles Keeshan and Susan Sarkauskas
Jun 11, 2026 2:01 pm - A Wheeling man serving a 50-year prison sentence for running over and killing a former friend in 2020 won his appeal this week, but it may not be enough to get him a new trial.
Body found in Des Plaines lake, foul play not suspected

Daily Herald report
Jun 11, 2026 12:59 pm - Foul play isn’t suspected in the death of a Rosemont many whose body was found in Des Plaines’ Lake Opeka, authorities said Thursday.
Aurora man faces multiple drug, gun possession charges

By Rick West
Jun 11, 2026 12:09 pm - An Aurora man is facing multiple felonies after authorities searched his home this week and found guns, drugs and drug distribution-related paraphernalia.
Hoffman Estates board won’t consider rezoning for potential data center Monday

Daily Herald report
Jun 11, 2026 11:27 am - A proposed rezoning of the 186-acre Plum Farms property in Hoffman Estates that could pave the way for a data center development will not appear on the agenda of Monday’s village board meeting.
Lightning strikes Oak Brook home

By Dave Oberhelman
Jun 11, 2026 11:26 am - An Oak Brook home was damaged Wednesday by a lightning strike, authorities said.
65-year-old man charged in Des Plaines road-rage shooting

Daily Herald report
Jun 11, 2026 10:41 am - A suburban man remained jailed Thursday following a road-rage shooting on the Tri-State Tollway near Des Plaines, Illinois State Police said.

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