All Stories from December 16, 2024 (Change date)
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Rock pioneer Brenda Lee shines in new documentary: ‘I just wanted to sing’Dec 16, 2024 2:53 pm - NEW YORK — Come and take a trip to the giddy birth of rock ‘n’ roll through the eyes of one of its pioneers — Brenda Lee. The “I'm Sorry” and “Rockin’ Around the Christm...
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Des Plaines aldermanic candidate removed from ballot over signaturesDec 16, 2024 2:32 pm - The race for 1st Ward alderman in Des Plaines is down to two contestants.
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$13 million project to eliminate Buffalo Grove bottleneck completeDec 16, 2024 2:31 pm - After 18 months, work to rebuild and widen a busy section of Aptakisic Road through Buffalo Grove and Long Grove is substantially done.
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Woman pleads not guilty to hate crime charges at Downers Grove restaurantDec 16, 2024 2:30 pm - A woman accused of committing an anti-Palestinian hate crime at a Downers Grove restaurant pleaded not guilty on Monday.
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Kristen Bell set to return as host of Screen Actors Guild Awards next yearDec 16, 2024 2:27 pm - Kristen Bell will return as host of next year’s Screen Actors Guild Awards, streaming live on Netflix for a second consecutive year.
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Canada's finance minister resigns as unpopular Trudeau faces biggest test of his political careerDec 16, 2024 2:23 pm - TORONTO — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau faces the biggest test of his political career after Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, long one of his most powerful an...
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Trump weighs in on NY mayor, vaccines and drones in freewheeling press conference at Mar-a-LagoDec 16, 2024 2:09 pm - In a freewheeling press conference at his Mar-a-Lago club, President-elect Donald Trump said Monday he would consider pardoning embattled New York Mayor Eric Adams, declared the country was “not going to lose" the polio vaccine and weighed in on the flurry of drone sightings over New Jersey.
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Federal Reserve is likely to slow its rate cuts with inflation pressures still elevatedDec 16, 2024 1:56 pm - Americans hoping for lower borrowing costs for homes, credit cards and cars may be disappointed after this week's Federal Reserve meeting. The Fed's policymakers are likely to signal fewer interest rate cuts next year than were previously expected.
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‘Luxury’ car condos could soon roll into GilbertsDec 16, 2024 1:26 pm - Developers are getting closer to getting a green light from village board members to build a “luxury” car condominium complex with retail and clubhouse space in Gilberts....
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Pritzker endorses hemp regulation billDec 16, 2024 1:19 pm - More than five years after Illinois began issuing permits for legal production of industrial hemp, Gov. JB Pritzker said Friday he now favors legislation to bring the ind...