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FILE - Former U.S. Sen. Bob Dole, surrounded by military veterans, gestures during a Bush-Cheney 2004 National Veterans Leadership Team rally Tuesday afternoon May 11, 2004, in Tampa, Fla. Bob Dole, who overcame disabling war wounds to become a sharp-tongued Senate leader from Kansas, a Republican presidential candidate and then a symbol and celebrant of his dwindling generation of World War II veterans, has died. He was 98. His wife, Elizabeth Dole, posted the announcement Sunday, Dec. 5, 2021, on Twitter. (AP Photo/Chris O’Meara, File)

News | Senate leader, presidential candidate Bob Dole dies at 98

Bob Dole, who overcame disabling war wounds to become a sharp-tongued Senate leader from Kansas, a Republican presidential candidate and then a symbol and celebrant of his dwindling generation of World War II veterans, has died. He was 98.
Wheaton North’s Mark Forcucci is the Captain of the DuPage County All-Area Team.

Prep Football | Presenting the 2021 Daily Herald All-Area football teams

Wheaton North's Mark Forcucci, Cary-Grove's Jameson Sheehan, Maine South's Mike Sajenko and Warren's Maurice Edwards are the captains of the 2021 Daily Herald All-Area football teams.
Video attached to article Years of training have given 15-year-old Gigi Keuer of Barrington the skills she needed to land a spot on an all-girl U.S. team competing in the 2022 World Cup of Indoor Skydiving in Belgium. She practices in the wind tunnel at iFly Naperville, above.

Columns | Constable: Barrington teen in rare air going for World Cup of Indoor Skydiving

A master of the wind, 15-year-old Gigi Keuer of Barrington is part of an all-girl team that won the chance to compete in the World Cup of Indoor Skydiving 2022 in Belgium.
Jean Mishima of Glenview holds a picture of herself at age 6 when her family was incarcerated at a camp in Arizona. Mishima, now 85, is president of the Chicago Japanese American Historical Society.

Columns | How Japanese Americans rebuilt their lives in the suburbs after Pearl Harbor, war internments

Tuesday marks the 80th anniversary of Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor naval station on Dec. 7, 1941. Like many Americans, Jean Mishima of Glenview remembers the chaotic aftermath of the attack as if it happened yesterday. Mishima now reflects on how that infamous day altered the futures of her family and those of thousands of people of Japanese descent who were uprooted and incarcerated in the months after the attack.
Algonquin police set up crime scene tape outside a home near routes 31 and 62. Officers had conducted a well-being check Tuesday for a man and woman who lived there. Their bodies were found the following day. The address in the photo has been blurred to help prevent potential burglaries.
News | The Week That Was: Algonquin pair killed, Buffalo Grove police shooting, federal probe of Itasca
Two Algonquin residents are found dead after well-being check. Buffalo Grove police shoot and kill an Elgin man who was firing guns. The U.S. attorney's office is investigating Itasca over the Haymarket proposal. Old Mount Prospect police patches are now for sale for charity. United Airlines moving 900 workers to Arlington Heights.
U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger
Politics | With Kinzinger out, candidates abandon 16th District race
With U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger not seeking reelection, candidates for the 16th House District seat are looking to run elsewhere.
Marie Burda
News | Rolling Meadows police seeking missing 86-year-old woman
Rolling Meadows police are seeking the public's assistance in locating an 86-year-old woman who went missing Saturday evening and has a condition that places her in danger.
Kane County | Carpentersville man killed in crash near Hampshire
A Carpentersville man was killed early Sunday morning in a single-vehicle crash near Hampshire, Kane County sheriff's police said.
Crime | Wisconsin man found shot to death in North Chicago home
The Lake County Major Crime Task Force and North Chicago police are investigating the fatal shooting of a Wisconsin man found dead early Sunday morning inside a home.
Kylie Fecht
Crime | Fox Lake woman charged with stabbing former boyfriend
A 29-year-old Fox Lake woman is being held on $750,000 bail on charges she stabbed a former boyfriend. The woman's ex-husband is charged with misdemeanor battery in the same incident, which took place Friday afternoon.
The COD football team celebratesafter winning the inaugural NJCAA Division III Football Championship 34-29 over Nassau (NY) on Saturday in Glen Ellyn.
College Sports | Backs against wall, College of DuPage wills way to win NJCAA Division III title
After blowing a 21-point lead, the College of DuPage football team rallied in the final minute to claim the inaugural NJCAA Division III Football Championship on Saturday. "That game was the way the season has gone," coach Matthew Rahn said. "We have tough, resilient kids. They are fighters."
John F. Kennedy Jr. and his wife Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy leave a party in New York in this AP file photo. A widely circulated Facebook post falsely claimed they were secretly the parents of former White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany.
Columns | Facts Matter: Trump's press secretary not secret child of JFK Jr.
Social media users recently pointed to a video that includes a blurred presidential seal, retweeted by Vice President Kamala Harris, as proof that Joe Biden isn't actually president. Those claims are false.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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