All Stories from August 1, 2024 (Change date)
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Ledecky wins record 13th medal with a silver. Summer McIntosh and Kate Douglass strike goldAug 01, 2024 5:50 pm - NANTERRE, France — It wasn't the medal Katie Ledecky would've preferred. Still, it was good enough for the record books. On a night when Canadian phenom Summer McIntosh r...
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Suburban teams prepping for first season of IHSA flag footballAug 01, 2024 5:14 pm - Preparations are underway for more than 150 Illinois flag football teams as the 2024 season approaches. With just over a month to go before the season starts, girls flag ...
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Middle age shouldn’t be a drag. How a ‘chrysalis’ mindset can helpAug 01, 2024 4:40 pm - With the American population rapidly aging, there’s a new urgency for reframing midlife as a promising time of positive transformation.
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Proposed US rule would ban airlines from charging parents additional fees to sit with their childrenAug 01, 2024 4:32 pm - The U.S. Department of Transportation is proposing a new rule that would ban airlines from charging parents more to sit with their young children. Under the proposal, rel...
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Learn about backyard ecology at Des Plaines Public LibraryAug 01, 2024 4:03 pm - Learn how to make your backyard more hospitable for plants and pollinators at the Des Plaines Public Library on Aug. 10.
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Fire closes restaurant/brewery in GenevaAug 01, 2024 3:43 pm - Nobody was hurt in a fire Wednesday night at Stockholm’s Restaurant and Brewery in downtown Geneva.
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For healthy aging, light exercise or sleep beats being sedentaryAug 01, 2024 3:41 pm - If you want to increase your odds of living a long and healthy life, watch less television and become more physically active, because even a small amount of physical activity can improve overall health
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Kids get to see airplanes and helicopters up close at DuPage Airport eventAug 01, 2024 3:33 pm - Thousands of children and their parents had a unique opportunity to view airplanes, helicopters and support equipment up close on Thursday during a back-to-school event at the DuPage Airport in West Chicago.
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Bartlett firefighters’ Smoke & Irons Music Fest for charity returns Aug. 9-10Aug 01, 2024 2:38 pm - Bartlett firefighters will again hold their annual Smoke & Irons Music Fest for charity Friday, Aug. 9 and Saturday, Aug. 10 at Apple Orchard Park, 620 W. Stearns Road in Bartlett.
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Simone Biles edges Brazil's Rebeca Andrade for her second Olympic all-around gymnastics titleAug 01, 2024 2:36 pm - PARIS — Simone Biles remains peerless. Even when she's not quite perfect. The American gymnastics star edged Brazil's Rebeca Andrade during a tense Olympic all-around fin...