All Stories from May 17, 2025 (Change date)
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Staff cuts forced this forecast office to shut overnight. Then a tornado hit.May 17, 2025 7:46 pm - If not for the storms, the critically understaffed National Weather Service office responsible for monitoring weather hazards across eastern Kentucky would have gone dark...
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Trump Justice Dept. considers removing key check on lawmaker prosecutionsMay 17, 2025 7:44 pm - Federal prosecutors across the country may soon be able to indict members of Congress without approval from lawyers in the Justice Department’s Public Integrity Section, ...
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Boys tennis: Wheaton North brings home sixth straight DuKane Conference championshipMay 17, 2025 7:37 pm - Death, taxes and Wheaton North winning the DuKane Conference boys tennis championship. The Falcons, under the guidance of veteran coach Eric Laird, claimed their sixth st...
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Israel launches a new military operation in Gaza. Netanyahu tells negotiating team to stay at talksMay 17, 2025 7:37 pm - JERUSALEM — Israel said Saturday it launched a major military operation in the Gaza Strip to pressure Hamas to release remaining hostages, while Prime Minister Benjamin N...
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Critics blast hourslong gap before officials disclosed 10 inmates’ escape from New Orleans jailMay 17, 2025 7:33 pm - NEW ORLEANS — At least a dozen law enforcement agencies are searching Saturday for seven of the 10 men who broke out of a New Orleans jail by fleeing through a hole behin...
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Trump administration strikes deal to allow sales of rapid-fire gun modificationMay 17, 2025 7:27 pm - The Trump administration has struck a deal to allow sales of a trigger mechanism that modifies a semiautomatic firearm to allow it to fire more rapidly. Gun-control advoc...
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Taking control: Walks, wind bury White Sox as Cubs win seventh straight in City SeriesMay 17, 2025 7:07 pm - While White Sox pitchers took a walk on the wild side, the Cubs took advantage of 11 walks to post a 7-3 victory on Saturday at Wrigley Field, their seventh straight win in the series.
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A different story: Journalism handles adversity to win Preakness 2 weeks after placing 2nd at DerbyMay 17, 2025 6:56 pm - Journalism has won the 150th running of the Preakness Stakes. The heavy favorite made good on lofty expectations two weeks after finishing second to Sovereignty in the Kentucky Derby. Sovereignty did not take part in the Preakness after his owners and trainer decided against the short turnaround. They will entering him in the Belmont Stakes on June 7.
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College newspapers under pressure as immigration fears silence sourcesMay 17, 2025 6:42 pm - International students have asked to remain anonymous in college newspaper articles examining White House policies, to nix their names from old stories and — if they’re r...
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Mexico, Chile and Uruguay halt poultry imports from Brazil after bird flu outbreakMay 17, 2025 6:39 pm - SAO PAULO — Mexico, Chile and Uruguay have halted poultry imports from Brazil after the country confirmed its first bird flu outbreak on a commercial farm, authorities sa...