All Stories from May 6, 2026 (Change date)
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West Chicago museum hosts author’s talk on ‘Bet-A-Million Gates: The Man History Forgot’May 06, 2026 10:19 am - On May 13, the West Chicago City Museum will host author Archie L. Bentz Jr. on his book "Bet-A-Million Gates: The Man History Forgot." It chronicles the life of a West Chicago native who rose from humble farm beginnings to become one of America's wealthiest industrialists.
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Take your Mother’s Day brunch plans up a notchMay 06, 2026 9:53 am - Though it’s getting late in the game to make plans for Mother’s Day, here are some suburban options where you can do brunch (or dinner) and add in some live music, nature, exotic animals, historic surroundings and/or bottomless champagne.
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Ashley McBryde fell off the horse and went into the ‘Wild.’ Her new album is her most personal yet.May 06, 2026 9:52 am - A few years ago, Ashley McBryde fell off the horse. “That’s not a figure of speech, sadly,” the country star said. But it did inspire her to record songs she hadn’t yet, which the world can hear on her new album, “Wild,” out Friday, and during her June 19 show in Rockton.
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Registration now open for Wheaton’s Gary UMC summer Bible campsMay 06, 2026 9:50 am - Gary United Methodist Church in Wheaton is offering two Bible camps this summer.
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Lawsuit filed in Illinois takes aim at cannabis companies for not warning of mental health risksMay 06, 2026 9:36 am - A 320-page lawsuit filed Monday takes aim at companies that sell legal marijuana in Illinois and many other states, claiming they have not told customers the possible mental health implications of cannabis use while claiming it has curative effects for other ailments.
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Some iPhone owners could get up to $95 payment after Apple agrees to settle case for $250 millionMay 06, 2026 9:31 am - Owners of some iPhones are in line to get cash payments of up to $95 from Apple after the company on Tuesday reached a $250 million settlement in a class-action lawsuit for false advertising of its artificial intelligence capabilities.
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Ted Turner, cable TV visionary who created CNN, dies at 87May 06, 2026 9:26 am - Ted Turner, a mercurial tycoon and gadfly visionary whose “superstation” TBS was a cornerstone of cable TV’s early success, whose 24-hour news channel CNN revolutionized TV journalism, and whose sprawling legacy encompassed conservation, philanthropy and professional sports, died Wednesday. He was 87.
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ICE raids reduce jobs for both U.S.-born and undocumented workers, study findsMay 06, 2026 9:20 am - President Donald Trump’s immigration raids and checkpoints are weighing on the labor market, leading to fewer jobs for U.S.-born men without a college degree as well as undocumented immigrants, according to an economic study out this week.
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Unfair politics hurts underfunded schoolsMay 06, 2026 9:14 am - Why did Chicago Public Schools D299 get $76 million of additional new money from the state in 2026. D299 received about $25 million the previous three years. In 2017, we ...
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Honors undeservedMay 06, 2026 9:14 am - Shame on Judson University for honoring the reprehensible Milorad Dodik, a man who is corrupt, divisive, a denier of war crimes and one who has been sanctioned for these ...