All Stories from August 14, 2025 (Change date)
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Taylor Swift’s new album has everyone seeing orange: An exploration of the colorAug 14, 2025 10:42 am - Orange you ready for it? Taylor Swift swathed her bombshell album announcement in a shade she’s calling Portofino Orange Glitter after donning the color onstage during the latter part of her latest tour.
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A car accident in small-town Tennessee leads to US charges against a major Mexican drug operationAug 14, 2025 10:40 am - Justice Department indictments have been unsealed against three leaders and two high-ranking enforcers of Mexico's United Cartels. It's the latest U.S. move against major Mexican drug operations.
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U.S. producer prices surge in July as Trump tariffs push costs higherAug 14, 2025 10:37 am - U.S. wholesale inflation surged unexpectedly last month, signaling that President Donald Trump’s sweeping taxes on imports are pushing costs up and that higher prices for consumers may be on the way.
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A way-too early guess at who will make the College Football Playoff this seasonAug 14, 2025 10:35 am - Now in its second year with an expanded bracket, 12 teams will make the playoff to close out the 2025-26 season. Five of those slots will go to conference champions. The rest will be at-large bids to be handed out by the 13-person committee. Here’s a far-too-early prediction at where they will end up, and what the toughest choices will be before the bracket comes out on Dec. 8.
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Explore your family history at Fremont Public Library in MundeleinAug 14, 2025 10:34 am - You can get help exploring your family history Wednesday, Aug. 20, at the Fremont Public Library in Mundelein.
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Naperville man dies after motorcycle crashAug 14, 2025 10:30 am - A 39-year-old Naperville man died after his motorcycle crashed Wednesday night, police said.
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Malnourished kids arrive daily at a Gaza hospital as Netanyahu denies hungerAug 14, 2025 10:26 am - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claims there is no hunger in Gaza, but malnourished children are regularly arriving at Nasser Hospital. The U.N. says starvation and malnutrition in Gaza are at the highest levels since the war began.
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The President’s Cabinet: TreasuryAug 14, 2025 10:22 am - Author and retired educator Bruce Simmons’s column details the history of the President’s cabinet and the duties of each position. In his fourth column, he shares the history of the Treasury.
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DeSantis announces plans for second immigration detention facility dubbed ‘Deportation Depot’Aug 14, 2025 9:55 am - Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration is preparing to open a second immigration detention facility dubbed “Deportation Depot” at a state prison in north Florida, as a federal judge decides the fate of the state's holding center for immigrants at an isolated airstrip in the Florida Everglades known as“Alligator Alcatraz.”
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What to know about the Putin-Trump summit in AlaskaAug 14, 2025 9:41 am - The U.S.-Russia summit in Alaska is happening where East meets West — quite literally — in a place familiar to both countries as a Cold War front line of missile defense, radar outposts and intelligence gathering.