All Stories from February 24, 2026 (Change date)
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Hegseth warns Anthropic to let the military use the company’s AI tech as it sees fit, AP sources sayFeb 24, 2026 7:24 pm - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave Anthropic's CEO a Friday deadline to open the company's artificial intelligence technology for unrestricted military use or risk losing its government contract, according to a person familiar with their meeting Tuesday.
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Labor secretary’s spouse not charged but remains banned from agencyFeb 24, 2026 7:19 pm - A local police investigation of a report that Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer’s husband sexually assaulted a female staffer has been closed after police found no evidence of a crime. But Shawn DeRemer remains banned from the Labor Department’s headquarters in Washington, D.C., amid an inquiry by the office of the department’s inspector general.
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O’Donnell: Roots of Jesse Jackson touched hope, Bulls and the Fighting IlliniFeb 24, 2026 6:50 pm - Columnist Jim O’Donnell writes about the late Rev. Jesse Jackson and his impact on sports.
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Study: Sunroom market size to double by 2035Feb 24, 2026 6:37 pm - The market research experts at Business Research Insights report that the three-season sunroom market size is projected to nearly double between 2025 and 2035.
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Fire leaves Hoffman Estates townhouse uninhabitable but causes no injuriesFeb 24, 2026 6:18 pm - No injuries were reported after Hoffman Estates firefighters extinguished a townhouse blaze within a half-hour of arriving Tuesday afternoon, but the home was left uninhabitable.
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Scarification: The simple seed-starting trick that helps tough-coated seeds sprout fasterFeb 24, 2026 6:14 pm - The hard coating on some seeds makes it difficult for them to sprout. Scarification can help to get them started.
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‘Where pride lives’: Construction to begin this week on new Larkin High School stadiumFeb 24, 2026 6:04 pm - Larkin High School broke ground Tuesday on a new stadium that will allow the Elgin school to host home football games on its campus for the first time in 63 years.
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Bears bill passes Indiana House; Pritzker says competing legislation in Springfield is ‘in a good place’Feb 24, 2026 6:02 pm - As Indiana’s House passed its Bears stadium bill Tuesday, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker said there is agreement on competing Springfield legislation that’s been crafted during closed-door discussions, but now it’s up to legislators.
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Stop flushing ‘flushable’ wipesFeb 24, 2026 5:51 pm - It reopens a long-standing question: Are “flushable” wipes actually flushable?
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Bears believe they deserve compensatory picks for Cunningham hireFeb 24, 2026 4:49 pm - Because of the NFL’s Rooney Rule, the Bears believe they should’ve received two third-round compensatory draft picks for Ian Cunningham’s hiring by the Atlanta Falcons..