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Lutnick’s testimony about Epstein draws praise from GOP chair and derision from Democrats

By STEPHEN GROVES
May 06, 2026 4:11 pm - Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick appeared Wednesday before a House committee investigating sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, trying to explain to lawmakers his contact with the financier after Epstein's 2008 conviction for soliciting prostitution from an underage girl.
Hantavirus is on the rise in Argentina, where a stricken cruise ship began its journey

By ISABEL DEBRE
May 06, 2026 4:00 pm - Officials and experts in Argentina are scrambling to determine if their country is the source of a deadly hantavirus outbreak that has gripped an Atlantic cruise.
Cruise ship with hantavirus outbreak heads to Canary Islands after 3 are evacuated

By ANNIE RISEMBERG, MISPER APAWU, ALEKSANDAR FURTULA and ISABEL DEBRE
May 06, 2026 3:55 pm - Two patients with hantavirus and one suspected of infection were evacuated Wednesday from a cruise ship at the center of a deadly outbreak, the U.N. health agency said. The ship then departed Cape Verde with nearly 150 people on board — isolated in their cabins — and headed to Spain’s Canary Islands.
Elgin panel endorses plan to complete subdivision on city’s west side

By Rick West
May 06, 2026 3:38 pm - Elgin’s Planning and Zoning Commission has approved plans for the final phase of the Ponds of Stony Creek, setting the stage for another 140 single-family homes to be built on the city’s far west side.
Six Round Lake middle school students hospitalized after ingesting THC gummies

By Mick Zawislak
May 06, 2026 3:36 pm - Six Round Lake Middle School students were hospitalized Wednesday morning after apparently ingesting THC gummies.
Auto and aviation techs at Hoffman Estates High benefit from Rotary’s Operation Toolkit

By Eric Peterson
May 06, 2026 2:57 pm - Graduating seniors in Hoffman Estates High School’s mechanics program each received $2,000 tool kits for their future education and careers from a Rotary-funded not-for-profit aimed at meeting the demand for skilled trades professionals.
Wheaton-area garage fire causes $100,000 in damage

Daily Herald report
May 06, 2026 2:51 pm - A garage at a single-family home near Wheaton caught on fire Wednesday morning, authorities said.
Two teens charged after break-in at Bartlett business

By Eric Peterson
May 06, 2026 1:51 pm - A pair of 16-year-old boys were charged with burglary and criminal damage to property after their arrest in connection to a break-in at a business in Bartlett early Monday morning.
Trial opens for Elgin man charged with drug-induced homicide in Marengo motel overdose death

By Amanda Marrazzo
May 06, 2026 12:42 pm - The trial opened Tuesday for an Elgin man charged with drug-induced homicide in connection with the 2023 death of a man in McHenry County.
‘Broadview 6’ defense accuses feds of keeping grand jury transcripts secret

By Hannah Meisel
May 06, 2026 11:10 am - Attorneys for the remaining “Broadview Six” immigration protesters charged in October say federal prosecutors are abusing their power in order to keep secret what they told the grand jury that indicted them, including on a rare conspiracy count.

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