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Trump administration resumes student loan forgiveness

By Danielle Douglas-Gabriel
Oct 04, 2025 9:59 pm - The Education Department resumed student loan forgiveness this week under a long-standing repayment plan that has been suspended since July.The federal agency informed borrowers who have spent a quarter of a century repaying their loans that they are now eligible to have their remaining balances cleared if they are enrolled in the Income-Based Repayment plan, known as IBR.
Fears of massive battery fires spark local opposition to energy storage projects

By MICHAEL HILL
Oct 04, 2025 9:57 pm - More and more, big arrays of lithium-ion batteries are being hooked up to electrical grids around the U.S. to store power that can be discharged in times of high demand.But as more energy storage is added, residents in some places are pushing back due to fears that the systems will go up in flames, as a massive facility in California did earlier this year.
Legal setbacks mount for Trump’s birthright order before likely Supreme Court review

By MICHAEL CASEY and SUDHIN THANAWALA
Oct 04, 2025 9:52 pm - Over a span of a month this summer, four separate federal courts rejected President Donald Trump’s executive order ending automatic citizenship for the children of people in the country illegally or temporarily. On Friday, one more court weighed in, and the result was no different.
Netanyahu hopes to announce the release of all hostages from Gaza 'in the coming days'

By SAM MEDNICK and SAMY MAGDY
Oct 04, 2025 9:34 pm - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he hopes to announce the release of all hostages from Gaza “in the coming days,” as Israel and Hamas prepare for indirect talks in Egypt on Monday on a new U.S. plan to end the war.
‘You are not alone’: More than 100 people rally in West Chicago protesting ICE raids

By Barbara Vitello
Oct 04, 2025 6:10 pm - Waving flags and carrying signs and banners, about 150 people gathered Saturday in West Chicago to protest ICE raids targeting Latinos.
Journalists work in dire conditions to tell Gaza’s story, knowing that could make them targets

By BASSEM MROUE and ADAM GELLER
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.
Trump plans to deploy National Guard in Illinois, Pritzker says; woman shot during chaotic ICE action in Chicago

From Daily Herald Wire Services
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.
International journalists visit Gaza City under the supervision of Israel’s army

By SAM MEDNICK
Oct 04, 2025 3:29 pm - An Israeli army vehicle rumbles through the empty streets of a shattered neighborhood in Gaza City, and with help from a video camera, a soldier spots people standing inside a blasted out nearby building. The armored personal carrier revs its engine and moves on.
Fall festival attracts crowds to Randhurst Village

By Brian Hill
Oct 04, 2025 3:08 pm - The Randhurst Village Fall Fest returned Saturday to Mount Prospect bringing with it summerlike temperatures.
After spending millions on Bailey in 2022, GOP megadonor Uihlein backs Dabrowski for governor

By Russell Lissau
Oct 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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