All Stories from January 10, 2025 (Change date)
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Trump’s impact on wind sector limited by sole term, Taiwan saysJan 10, 2025 2:28 pm - Taiwan’s economic minister said the impact of Donald Trump in certain areas will be somewhat limited because he can only serve a single term, rare frank comments that sho...
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Meta deals a blow to fact-checking. Critics says politics is to blame.Jan 10, 2025 2:22 pm - When PolitiFact won a Pulitzer in 2009, it put fact-checkers on the map. Donald Trump’s MAGA movement gave them plenty of work. Now, Meta’s fact-checking retrenchment threatens to hollow out the industry.
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As Los Angeles burns, Elon Musk stokes partisan outrageJan 10, 2025 2:12 pm - As flames have engulfed large swaths of Los Angeles, Elon Musk has been inundating his 212 million followers with posts casting blame for the blazes on Democrats and diversity policies, amplifying narratives that have taken hold among far-right activists and Republican leaders, including President-elect Donald Trump.
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Biden extends time in US for 800,000 Venezuelans, Salvadorans as Trump readies immigration crackdownJan 10, 2025 2:07 pm - About 600,000 Venezuelans and more than 230,000 Salvadorans already living in the United States can legally remain another 18 months, the Department of Homeland Security said Friday, barely a week before President-elect Donald Trump takes office with promises of hardline immigration policies.
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Palatine man gets 6 years in prison for 2023 DUI crash that killed teacherJan 10, 2025 2:02 pm - The Palatine man who fatally struck a Wauconda High School teacher head-on in 2023, pleaded guilty to aggravated DUI in exchange for a six-year sentence.
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Two charged after sheriff’s dog sniffs out drugs during traffic stopJan 10, 2025 11:44 am - Two people are facing felony drug charges after a Lake County Sheriff’s Office canine sniffed out more than half of kilogram of cocaine during a recent traffic stop.
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‘She just went above and beyond’: Nurse honored as Downers Grove hospital's top caregiverJan 10, 2025 11:16 am - Meghan Schick, who focuses on caring for open-heart surgery patients on the critical care unit at Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove, earned the hospital’s 2024 Nurse of the Year award.
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For Elton John, ‘Never Too Late’ isn’t just a documentary and song — it is a life mantraJan 10, 2025 10:25 am - Capturing Sir Elton John’s 50-year career is a herculean task. Good thing his husband, David Furnish, and filmmaker R.J. Cutler were up for the challenge, the end product being “Elton John: Never Too Late.”
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Holocaust survivor to speak at Fremont Public Library in MundeleinJan 10, 2025 10:21 am - Holocaust survivor Steen Metz will talk about his experiences during World War II at the Fremont Public Library in Mundelein on Jan. 13.
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‘Underperforming’ Kohl’s store in Carpentersville to closeJan 10, 2025 9:33 am - A Kohl’s store on the Carpentersville side of the otherwise-shuttered Spring Hill Mall will close by April.