All Stories from August 8, 2025 (Change date)
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‘We’re gonna be pretty good’: Bears defense encouraged by practice session against DolphinsAug 08, 2025 4:38 pm - The Bears defense stymied the Dolphins’ first-team offense right from the first drill at Friday’s joint practice in Lake Forest and dominated the practice by forcing turnovers, breaking up passes and sacking the quarterback.
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Video clip shows traffic stop that led to rebuke of Wauconda trusteeAug 08, 2025 4:29 pm - Wauconda police videos released to the Daily Herald shows the traffic stop officials say led to Trustee Nicole Strauts being relieved of her position as chair of the village board's natural resources committee by Mayor Jeff Sode.
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A.R.F. hosts annual fall garage sale to benefit local rescue animalsAug 08, 2025 4:07 pm - The Animal Rescue Foundation's Fall 2025 Garage Sale offers bargains on a wide variety of items, with all proceeds supporting the organization's mission to rescue and re-home homeless pets in the Chicago area.
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Plans to take Gaza City are met with defiance from war-weary Palestinians and anger by many IsraelisAug 08, 2025 3:52 pm - Israel's decision to take over Gaza City was met with resignation and defiance by Palestinians who have survived two years of war and repeated raids. Many Israelis responded with fear and anger, worried it could be a death sentence for hostages held in Gaza.
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‘Time is now’: Bears president tells lawmakers Arlington Heights stadium won’t happen without tax break billAug 08, 2025 3:48 pm - The Bears are meeting weekly with Arlington Heights officials about a potential new stadium, but officials say the project hinges on approval of a long-term property tax break, which so far has been resisted by state lawmakers.
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Wall Street clocks another winning weekAug 08, 2025 3:46 pm - U.S. stocks closed higher Friday, capping a choppy week of trading with the market’s third winning week in the last four and another milestone.
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Trump meets with leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan for a White House peace summitAug 08, 2025 3:45 pm - President Donald Trump convened a peace summit at the White House on Friday with the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan that is meant to help end decades of conflict and reopen key transportation routes while allowing the U.S. to seize on Russia's declining influence in the region.
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US has ‘no plans’ to recognize Palestinian state, Vance says before talks with UK foreign secretaryAug 08, 2025 3:37 pm - U.S. Vice President JD Vance met with U.K. Foreign Secretary David Lammy on Friday at a stately home south of London, with the two leaders saying the agenda includes global economics and the Israel-Hamas war and Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.Taking questions from reporters before their talks, Vance addressed the U.K. decision to recognize a Palestinian state in September unless Israel agrees to a ceasefire in Gaza, saying he wasn’t sure what such recognition would even mean, “given the lack of a functional government there.”
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Utility coordinator honored with damage prevention award from JULIEAug 08, 2025 3:35 pm - Kim Kennedy, Operations Coordinator for Electric Conduit Construction and Midwestern Contractors, has been honored with JULIE's 2025 Gina Meehan-Taylor Award for excellence in utility damage prevention.
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Germany halts military exports to Israel for use in Gaza amid outcry over Netanyahu planAug 08, 2025 3:32 pm - Germany won't authorize any exports of military equipment to Israel that could be used in Gaza “until further notice,” Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Friday, in a strikingly quick response by one of Israel's strongest international backers to a decision by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Cabinet to take over Gaza City.