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Journalists work in dire conditions to tell Gaza’s story, knowing that could make them targets
Oct 04, 2025 5:36 pm - Minutes after journalists gathered outside a Gaza hospital to survey the damage of an Israeli strike, Ibrahim Qannan pointed his camera up at the battered building as the others climbed its external stairs. Then Qannan watched in horror — while broadcasting live — as a second strike killed the friends and colleagues he knew so well.
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Trump plans to deploy National Guard in Illinois, Pritzker says; woman shot during chaotic ICE action in Chicago
Oct 04, 2025 4:19 pm - The Trump administration plans to federalize 300 members of the Illinois National Guard, Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker said Saturday.
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International journalists visit Gaza City under the supervision of Israel’s army
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Fall festival attracts crowds to Randhurst VillageOct 04, 2025 3:08 pm - The Randhurst Village Fall Fest returned Saturday to Mount Prospect bringing with it summerlike temperatures.
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After spending millions on Bailey in 2022, GOP megadonor Uihlein backs Dabrowski for governorOct 04, 2025 2:30 pm - GOP megadonor Richard Uihlein of Lake Forest is backing Wilmette’s Ted Dabrowski in the 2026 governor’s race.
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Suburban soybean farmers looking for solution to China’s boycott amid tariff warOct 04, 2025 2:00 pm - The effect of a Chinese boycott of American soybeans in retaliation for punitive U.S. tariffs is being felt even in the suburbs.
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Gov. Pritzker rejects Trump’s ultimatum to call up Illinois National GuardOct 04, 2025 1:36 pm - Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker says he rejects the Trump administration’s Department of War issuing an ultimatum Saturday morning urging the Democratic leader to “call up your troops, or we will.”
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Illinois shows how protecting workers’ rights is good policyOct 04, 2025 1:30 pm - Seven years ago, Illinois became ground zero in a generations-long fight over workers’ rights. The Supreme Court’s decision in Janus vs. AFSCME Council 31 imposed so-called “right-to-work” conditions on every public sector worker in the nation.
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Huntley backs out of stop on Chicago-to-Rockford passenger rail line
Oct 04, 2025 11:37 am - Huntley no longer will have a stop on the planned Chicago-to-Rockford passenger rail line because the village has backed out.
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Motorcyclist loses limb in Wadsworth crash with vehicleOct 04, 2025 10:48 am - A 68-year-old Wadsworth man riding a motorcycle had a limb severed in a crash with a vehicle Friday afternoon in Wadsworth.