All Stories from October 7, 2023 (Change date)
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Gambling taxes generated record $1.99 billion for Illinois last year, but can it last?Oct 07, 2023 1:00 am - The expanding array of wagering opportunities in Illinois created the state's largest windfall to date from gambling-related taxes during the last fiscal year. The Illin...
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Trump is inserting himself into the messy race to become the next House speaker. Will it matter?Oct 07, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Donald Trump is again testing the power of his endorsement. With an early morning social media post on Friday, Trump inserted himself into the chaotic ...
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Grammar Moses: After some zhuzhing, this column is cromulentOct 07, 2023 1:00 am - It's that special time of year when the acorns clog up your downspouts and Merriam-Webster announces the many words it has added to its dictionaries. I'm here to talk ab...
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Week 7 football scoresOct 07, 2023 1:00 am - Fox Bartlett 10, Larkin 6 Chicago Hope Academy 56, St. Edward 6 South Elgin 57, Elgin 0 Wheaton North 25, Geneva 24 St. Charles North 42, Glenbard North 0 Hampshire 23, ...
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Biden faces more criticism about the US-Mexico border, one of his biggest problems heading into 2024Oct 07, 2023 1:00 am - MIAMI (AP) - The ad sounds like something out of the GOP 2024 playbook, trumpeting a senator's work with Republicans to crack down on the flow of fentanyl and other ille...
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In Richardson, Hawks see a coach they can build withOct 07, 2023 1:00 am - Nick Foligno remembers the moment well. Rookie year, 2007. First training camp practice in Ottawa. In walks a 38-year-old veteran who takes one look at the fresh-faced F...
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Hamas surprise attack out of Gaza stuns Israel and leaves hundreds dead in fighting, retaliationOct 07, 2023 1:00 am - JERUSALEM (AP) - Backed by a barrage of rockets, Hamas militants stormed from the blockaded Gaza Strip into nearby Israeli towns, killing dozens and abducting others in ...
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Suburban Skyview: A quietly busy moment on a humid night in BartlettOct 07, 2023 1:00 am - It was a sticky September night with a warm crescent moon quietly hanging in the southwest sky as I photographed a boys soccer game at Bartlett High School. The air was...
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ECC Foundation's 'Dare to Dream' gala celebrates community and supports studentsOct 07, 2023 1:00 am - The Elgin Community College Foundation's 2023 Gala: Dare to Dream, presented by OTTO, celebrated ECC students with a night of entertainment and fundraising of more than ...
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Feinstein didn't tweet about vaccines before her deathOct 07, 2023 1:00 am - U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, 90, died Sept. 29 after serving in Congress for more than 30 years. The Democrat was elected San Francisco's first female mayor in 1978, and ...