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‘The hope is in the kids’: Elgin temple prepares for new year by teaching kids how to make challah

By Rick West
Sep 21, 2025 12:47 pm - Meticulously rolling, twisting and weaving the dough, about 20 young bakers prepared for the Jewish new year by making sweet round challah bread Sunday during Torah school at Congregation Kneseth Israel in Elgin.
Windy City Bulls announce promotional schedule for 2025-26 season at Now Arena

Daily Herald report
Sep 21, 2025 10:57 am - The Windy City Bulls, the Hoffman Estates-based NBA G League affiliate of the Chicago Bulls, has released its 2025-26 promotional schedule.
Kane County Board Republican’s ‘culture of death’ comments under fire from Democrats, GOP

Brenda Schory
Sep 21, 2025 9:57 am - Amid a national divide over the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, Republican Kane County Board member David Young’s comments blaming Democrats and those who identify in the LGBTQ+ community have garnered criticism from both sides of the aisle.
Facts Matter: Democrats did participate in Charlie Kirk moment of silence

By Bob Oswald
Sep 21, 2025 4:00 am - In this Facts Matter column, Bob Oswald looks at claims about the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk assassination.
Trump demands Bondi prosecute political foes in Truth Social posts

By Jeremy Roebuck, Perry Stein and Salvador Rizzo
Sep 20, 2025 10:56 pm - President Donald Trump demanded that Attorney General Pam Bondi move swiftly to prosecute several political opponents in a series of extraordinary social media posts Saturday, a breakdown of traditional fire walls that have existed between the White House and Justice Department on prosecutorial discretion.
National parks remove signs about climate, slavery and Japanese internment

By Jake Spring
Sep 20, 2025 9:49 pm - The National Park Service has removed signs at Acadia National Park in Maine that make reference to climate change amid the Trump administration’s wider effort to remove information that it says undermines “the remarkable achievements of the United States.” A sign has also been removed from at least one additional park that referred to slavery, the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II and conflicts with Native Americans.
EPA tells some scientists to stop publishing studies, employees say

By Amudalat Ajasa and Hannah Natanson
Sep 20, 2025 9:43 pm - The Environmental Protection Agency has ordered scientists in at least one of its research offices to immediately pause almost all efforts to publish research, according to two agency employees familiar with the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly.
Marchers gather in worldwide protest of financial institutions ‘profiting off the climate crisis’

By MELINA WALLING
Sep 20, 2025 9:36 pm - Thousands of activists marched down Park Avenue and turned down Billionaires' Row toward Trump Tower in New York Saturday to “Make Billionaires Pay,” calling for climate justice, democracy, free speech, gender equality, a stop to the Trump's immigration crackdown and a ceasefire in Gaza.
White House says $100K H-1B visa fee won’t apply to existing holders as Trump move stirs anxiety

By BARBARA ORTUTAY, SEUNG MIN KIM and AAMER MADHANI
Sep 20, 2025 9:19 pm - WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s latest plan to overhaul the American immigration system has left some immigrant workers confused, forcing the White House on Satu...
Democratic leaders in Congress demand a meeting with Trump as government shutdown looms

By LISA MASCARO
Sep 20, 2025 9:16 pm - As a possible federal shutdown looms, the Democratic leaders of Congress are demanding a meeting with President Donald Trump to negotiate an end to what they call “your decision” to shutter government offices if no action is taken by the end-of-the month deadline.

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