All Stories from May 6, 2024 (Change date)
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Book review: Memoirist Lilly Dancyger’s penetrating essays explore the power of female friendshipsMay 06, 2024 10:38 am - Who means more to you — your friends or your lovers? In a vivid, thoughtful and nuanced collection of essays, Lilly Dancyger explores the powerful role that female friend...
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Book Review: Novelist Amy Tan shares love of the natural world in ‘The Backyard Bird Chronicles’May 06, 2024 10:33 am - Birdwatching has become a cherished pastime for many since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, when people stuck at home for months looked out their windows for entertain...
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Police: Man struck former employer with car, set Des Plaines business on fireMay 06, 2024 10:24 am - A Skokie man faces aggravated battery and arson charges alleging he struck his former employer with a car in Des Plaines last week then returned the next day and set the ...
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Carolyn Hax: Family pushes siblings to ‘make amends’ after mother’s deathMay 06, 2024 9:46 am - Friends and family members want siblings to “make amends” after mother’s death. Siblings say they are done. Carolyn Hax says give it some time after emotional trauma.
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We still have work to do to ensure that a protection order is more than just ‘a piece of paper’May 06, 2024 9:39 am - There is no question that the legal system failed Julie Elguezabal. The larger question is what could have saved her. Elguezabal died Friday, April 26, when her husband W...
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Empowering 132,895 teens annually: Distress Bandanna enhances roadside safetyMay 06, 2024 9:04 am - Imagine being stranded on the side of the road, waiting for help to arrive. You think you are safe, but you are not. Every second, you are at risk of being hit, injured o...
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Massive pro-Palestinian college protests bring rare surge in disciplineMay 06, 2024 8:17 am - As pro-Palestinian student protests surged in the past week, universities responded with consequences not imposed en masse for decades: suspensions, expulsions and arres...
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Trump fined $1,000 for gag order violation in hush money case as judge warns of possible jail timeMay 06, 2024 7:40 am - NEW YORK — The judge presiding over Donald Trump's hush money trial has fined him $1,000 for violating his gag order and sternly warned the former president that addition...
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It’s (almost) Met Gala time. Here’s how to watch fashion’s big night and what to knowMay 06, 2024 7:22 am - Attention all you fashionistas: It's Met Gala time. Yes, the first Monday in May is upon us. Looking to follow along? Here's a quick primer on what you need to know about the palooza of A-list celebrities from film, fashion, music, sports, politics and social media.
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Brad Parscale helped Trump win in 2016 using Facebook ads. Now he’s back, and an AI evangelistMay 06, 2024 7:09 am - FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Donald Trump’s former campaign manager looked squarely into the camera and promised his viewers they were about to witness a bold new era in polit...