All Stories from May 31, 2025 (Change date)
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Baseball: Robertson finishes South Elgin’s regional championship win over St. Charles NorthMay 31, 2025 3:15 pm - “Grinder.” The kind of player that South Elgin baseball coach Jim Kating wanted to take the ball in a big game for his Storm against St. Charles North was on the mound Sa...
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Deep cuts erode the foundations of US public health system, end progress, threaten worse to comeMay 31, 2025 3:14 pm - Americans are losing a vast array of people and programs dedicated to keeping them healthy. Gone are specialists who were confronting a measles outbreak in Ohio, workers who drove a van to schools in North Carolina to offer vaccinations and a program that provided free tests to sick people in Tennessee.
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Hamas seeks amendments to Gaza ceasefire proposal but US envoy calls it ‘unacceptable’May 31, 2025 3:07 pm - TEL AVIV, Israel — Hamas is seeking amendments to the latest U.S. ceasefire proposal for Gaza, a senior official with the group told The Associated Press on Saturday, but...
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Trump fast-tracks Utah uranium mine, but industry revival may wait for higher pricesMay 31, 2025 2:53 pm - SALT LAKE CITY — In the southeastern Utah desert famous for red rock arches and canyon labyrinths, the long-dormant uranium mining industry is looking to revive under Pre...
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Daily Herald opinion: Small steps, big statement: Modifications to state’s gun-control policies demonstrate commitment to safetyMay 31, 2025 2:45 pm - Despite abundant evidence of the need for better policies on gun safety in our country and our state, achieving them in the face of opposition from the powerful, regulati...
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Abe Lincoln and the pennyMay 31, 2025 2:45 pm - Syndicated columnist Marc Munroe Dion:
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The clock is ticking toward Social Security crisis and still no actionMay 31, 2025 2:30 pm - Guest columnist Keith Peterson: As the Social Security trust fund drains faster, Congress fails to make reforms needed to secure retirement benefits for millions of Americans.
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Naperville hosts Soap Box Derby, top racers qualify for world championshipMay 31, 2025 2:17 pm - Boys and girls between 7 and 20 years old competed Saturday in the gravity-powered soap box derby car races in Naperville. Racers competed in three core divisions — Stock, Superstock and Masters — and the winners qualified to compete in Akron, Ohio at the World Championship race on July 14.
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Algonquin landowner wants to create a public riverfront park. Village says no thanksMay 31, 2025 2:12 pm - Along North River Road in Algonquin is a vacant property with more than 400 feet of frontage on the Fox River that a local resident is hoping to sell to the village for use as a public park — but officials have said they’re not interested.
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‘Finding their niche’: The Fresh Market is back to opening stores in the suburbs, this time in redeveloping areasMay 31, 2025 2:11 pm - Despite having shed a few stores in recent years, The Fresh Market grocery chain based in North Carolina is in the midst of a true growth spurt bringing its distinct stores to redeveloping areas of the suburbs.