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Thousands battle Western wildfires as smoke puts millions under air quality alerts
Jul 28, 2024 2:36 pm - FOREST RANCH, Calif. (AP) — Wildfires across the western United States and Canada put millions of people under air quality alerts Sunday as thousands of firefighters batt...
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Harris raised $200 million in first week of White House campaign and signed up 170,000 volunteers
Jul 28, 2024 2:35 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign has raised $200 million since she emerged as the likely Democratic presidential nominee last week, an eyepopping ...
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Usha Vance told friends Trump appalled her. Now she’s working to elect him.
Jul 28, 2024 2:34 pm - During her rise through America’s most prestigious schools, law firms and judicial clerkships, Usha Vance rarely - if ever - volunteered her opinions on the nation’s bitt...
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Geneva council to discuss their pay, ward boundariesJul 28, 2024 10:32 am - Geneva City Council members will discuss their compensation, as well as their ward boundaries, at a special session Monday night.
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Former police officer resentenced for wife’s murder in Spring GroveJul 28, 2024 10:16 am - A former Chicago police officer who had argued his attorney was ineffective when he was convicted of killing his wife in their Spring Grove home was resentenced Thursday to 50 years in prison.
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Streamwood house fire causes estimated $150,000 in damagesJul 28, 2024 8:22 am - An early morning fire Sunday caused an estimated $150,000 damage to a Streamwood home, authorities said.
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Motorcyclist killed in hit-and-run crash in Des PlainesJul 28, 2024 8:13 am - A 31-year-old Glen Ellyn man was killed in a hit-and-run crash early Saturday morning in Des Plaines, police said.
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Wind power can be a major source of tax revenue, but officials struggle to get communities on board
Jul 28, 2024 6:00 am - PIPER CITY, Ill. — In Scott Saffer's science classroom, kids bake cookies in a decked-out kitchen, care for fish, turtles and a snake, and have access to a workshop full ...
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‘Sensationally unpredictable’ U.S. election clouds policy view
Jul 28, 2024 5:11 am - The shock replacement of the Democratic presidential candidate less than four months before the U.S. election has introduced a new element of uncertainty about the outloo...
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TikTok goes all-out in Washington with its U.S. survival at stake
Jul 28, 2024 5:06 am - The Chinese-owned social media platform TikTok is battling a potential U.S. ban with the signature tools of American democracy — lawyers, lobbyists and money. TikTok has ...