All Stories from October 2, 2025 (Change date)
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Laughing gas a resurging high? Suburban chief worried youth are being targetedOct 02, 2025 7:29 pm - Sugar Grove Police Chief Patrick Rollins is worried about a resurgence in the use of laughing gas to get high. And the latest versions, he said, may be targeting youths.
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Shutdown guts US cybersecurity agency at perilous timeOct 02, 2025 7:27 pm - The lead U.S. agency for protecting the electric grid, water supply and other critical services from hacking has furloughed most of its already trimmed-down staff in the government shutdown, just as a decade-old law giving companies leeway to collaborate on cyberdefense expired.
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Firings and resignations roil US attorney’s office prosecuting ComeyOct 02, 2025 7:23 pm - Lawyers inside the high-profile U.S. attorney’s office prosecuting former FBI director James B. Comey are unnerved by what they see as an unprecedented push by President Donald Trump to inject politics into their staffing and charging decisions, according to three people familiar with the matter, a strategy they say could jeopardize national security investigations.
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Trump uses government shutdown to dole out firings and political punishmentOct 02, 2025 7:21 pm - President Donald Trump has seized on the government shutdown as an opportunity to reshape the federal workforce and punish detractors, saying he planned to meet with budget director Russ Vought to talk through “temporary or permanent” spending cuts that could set up a lose-lose dynamic for Democratic lawmakers.
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State unveils six-year, $50.6 billion infrastructure planOct 02, 2025 7:02 pm - Illinois on Wednesday unveiled its latest six-year, $50.6 billion infrastructure plan for the state’s roads, bridges, railways, airports and more.
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Transit fiscal cliff shrinks in 2026 but will grow in 2027Oct 02, 2025 6:59 pm - The Regional Transportation Authority is expected to downsize the “fiscal cliff” facing Metra, Pace and the CTA in 2026 by over half at a Friday meeting.
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Dingler, Pérez lead Tigers past Guardians 6-3 and into the AL Division Series against MarinersOct 02, 2025 6:52 pm - Dillon Dingler homered in the sixth inning, Wenceel Pérez drove in a pair of runs in a four-run seventh and the Detroit Tigers defeated the Cleveland Guardians 6-3 Thursday to advance to the American League Division Series.
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Who are the area’s top defensive linemen this century?Oct 02, 2025 5:38 pm - Throughout this season, we’ll be presenting the area’s top prep football players of the century. This week, we look at the top 10 defensive linemen from the last 25 years.
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European positions on Russia harden as drone incidents, cyberattacks and sabotage mountOct 02, 2025 4:54 pm - Europe must take a more aggressive approach with Russia by shooting down drones that enter European airspace and boarding shadow fleet ships illicitly transporting oil to deprive Moscow of war revenue, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday.Speaking at a European summit in Copenhagen, Macron and other European leaders called for more sanctions against Russia — notably targeting its energy sector — and emphasized that Ukraine is on the front line in a widening hybrid war against Europe.
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Daniel Day-Lewis, pulled out of retirement by his son, finds his acting fire still burnsOct 02, 2025 4:54 pm - It’s been eight years since Daniel Day-Lewis announced his retirement from acting and said he wanted to “explore the world in a different way.” But the big-screen absence of the actor many would peg as the greatest one alive ends with “Anemone,” a new film directed by his son, Ronan Day-Lewis.