All Stories from July 23, 2025 (Change date)
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EPA drafts rule to strike down landmark climate findingJul 23, 2025 4:28 pm - The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to rescind a landmark 2009 legal opinion that greenhouse gas emissions put human health at risk, which underpins many of ...
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Technology points up importance of ethicsJul 23, 2025 4:21 pm - One of my favorite journalism war stories dates back more than two decades but grows more relevant every day.
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Zelenskyy faces backlash as Ukrainians protest new anti-corruption lawJul 23, 2025 4:21 pm - KYIV, Ukraine — Activists on Wednesday called for more protests of a new law that they say weakens Ukraine’s anti-corruption watchdogs, following the first major anti-gov...
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Higher Education in Trouble: Political RepercussionsJul 23, 2025 4:13 pm - Nine months after the 2024 election, we've been graced with definitive dissections of the electorate and how it has changed since that escalator ride 10 years and one month ago.
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More than 100 aid groups warn of starvation in Gaza as Israeli strikes kill 29, officials sayJul 23, 2025 4:05 pm - DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — More than 100 charity and human rights groups said Wednesday that Israel's blockade and ongoing military offensive are pushing Palestinians in...
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Average long-term U.S. mortgage rate rises to 6.75%, second straight uptickJul 23, 2025 3:43 pm - The average rate on a 30-year U.S. mortgage rose for the second week in a row, another setback for the U.S. housing market, which is mired in a sales slump as affordability constraints shut out prospective homebuyers.
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Joliet Slammers get boost from Bill Murray in attempt to set hot dog drop recordJul 23, 2025 3:39 pm - Wrapped hot dogs dropped from the sky onto the field as the Joliet Slammers took a swing at a Wiener Drop world record Tuesday.
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Home sales fade in June as national median sales price hits an all-time high of $435,300Jul 23, 2025 3:38 pm - Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes slid in June to the slowest pace since last September as mortgage rates remained elevated and national median sales prices hit unprecedented levels.
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Buffalo Grove spurns apartment proposal after developer suggests increasing densityJul 23, 2025 3:27 pm - Buffalo Grove trustees this week rejected a request to refer a proposed four-story 64-unit apartment building on Riverwalk Drive to the planning and zoning commission.
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Demolition of massive former Sears HQ in Hoffman Estates reaches completionJul 23, 2025 3:26 pm - Just under a year after it began, structural demolition of the 2.4-million-square-foot Sears headquarters in Hoffman Estates ended Tuesday with the final stairwell of the east parking garage coming down.