All Stories from July 17, 2025 (Change date)
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Lake County man accused of choking woman, slicing her handJul 17, 2025 11:00 am - A Lincolnshire-area man is accused of choking a woman and cutting her with a knife Wednesday evening at an apartment near Lake Bluff.
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Man charged in road rage shooting near ElmhurstJul 17, 2025 10:59 am - A Chicago man has been arrested on gun charges, accused of firing a gun during a road-rage incident last year near Elmhurst.
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Aurora animal shelter has special on adoptionsJul 17, 2025 10:58 am - Aurora's Animal Care and Control Division is trying to get 50 dogs and cats adopted by the end of July.
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Movie review: ‘Smurfs’ has Rihanna but not much elseJul 17, 2025 10:44 am - “Smurfs” gets as much mileage as it can from its pop singer-voice actor Rihanna, who supplies a new song, giving a half-hearted injection of star power to an otherwise uninspired, modestly scaled, kiddo-friendly cartoon feature.
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In their own words: Trump, Patel, Bongino and Bondi on the Epstein scandalJul 17, 2025 9:50 am - When Jeffrey Epstein died in prison, then-President Donald Trump speculated that authorities might be wrong in ruling it a suicide.
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Northbrook Chamber to host Small Business Expo July 21Jul 17, 2025 9:31 am - The Northbrook Chamber’s Annual Business Expo, Passport to Small Business, invites guests to engage directly with local business leaders through face-to-face conversations, live product demonstrations, and interactive exhibits from 5-7:30 p.m. Monday, July 21.
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US retail sales bounce around in a whipsaw trade environmentJul 17, 2025 9:22 am - After an earlier pullback, consumers picked up their spending in June showing resilience despite anxiety high over tariffs and the U.S. economy. Retail sales rose a better-than-expected 0.6% in June, the Commerce Department said Thursday, after two consecutive months of spending declines, a 0.1% pullback in April and a 0.9% slowdown in May.
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Pace stop in Arlington Heights closing for constructionJul 17, 2025 9:13 am - The Pace Bus 606 stop at Arlington Heights and Algonquin roads in Arlington Heights will not be accessible from July 21 through late October, due to construction, according to the village.
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Pritzker warns 330,000 Illinoisans could lose Medicaid under Trump’s budget planJul 17, 2025 9:02 am - Despite a last-minute plea to Illinois’ Republican congressional delegation from Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker, all three members voted in favor of the ‘Big, Beautiful Bill...
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Star-crossed singer Connie Francis, whose hits included 'Pretty Little Baby,' dead at 87Jul 17, 2025 8:01 am - Connie Francis, the wholesome pop star of the 1950s and 1960s whose hits include “Pretty Little Baby” and who would later serve as an ironic title for a personal life filled with heartbreak and tragedy, has died at age 87.