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‘Take the vaccine, please,’ Dr. Oz says in an appeal as measles cases riseFeb 08, 2026 2:36 pm - Dr. Mehmet Oz, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services administrator, recently urged people to get inoculated against the measles at a time of outbreaks across several states and as the United States is at risk of losing its measles elimination status.
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Investigation continues a week after Savannah Guthrie mother was reported missingFeb 08, 2026 2:30 pm - TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — The urgent investigation into the apparent kidnapping of 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie continued Sunday, a week after the mother of “Today” show host Sav...
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Before Vonn's crash, Iranian coach called the skier her 'superhero' — and hoped to get her pinFeb 08, 2026 2:26 pm - CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Before U.S. skier Lindsey Vonn's devastating crash on Sunday while racing on a badly injured left knee, Iran's Alpine women's skiing coach...
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Japanese prime minister's party secures supermajority in lower house in landslide victoryFeb 08, 2026 2:21 pm - TOKYO (AP) — The governing party of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi secured a two-thirds supermajority in a key parliamentary election Sunday, Japanese media reported citin...
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State police investigating deadly officer-involved shooting in WaukeganFeb 08, 2026 9:13 am - The Illinois State Police Public Integrity Unit will head up the investigation into a deadly officer-involved shooting Saturday afternoon in Waukegan.
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Geneva High School teacher awarded $5,000 grant to promote civics education
Feb 08, 2026 8:51 am - Geneva High School social studies teacher Lucas Rojas was the Illinois recipient of a $5,000 Teaching America250 Awards grant. It was given by The Jack Miller Center, a Philadelphia-based nonprofit “committed to solving the national crisis of uninformed citizenship by teaching America’s founding principles and history,” according to its website.
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Trump claims Americans waiting ‘200 years’ for an archFeb 08, 2026 4:00 am - In this week’s Facts Matter column, Bob Oswald examines claims that Americans have been waiting ‘200 years’ for an arch to be built in Washington, D.C.
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Bringing the country together, one pancake at a time: Political discussion group disagrees agreeablyFeb 08, 2026 3:00 am - A group that meets regularly in Schaumburg is proving you can disagree politically without being disagreeable.
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Police arrest protesters at Minneapolis federal building one month after woman’s death
Feb 07, 2026 8:57 pm - Several dozen protesters were arrested Saturday outside a federal building in Minneapolis, breaking up a protest marking one month since a Minnesota woman's death at the hands of an immigration officer.
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Drone attack by paramilitary group in Sudan kills 24, including 8 children, doctors' group says
Feb 07, 2026 8:51 pm - A drone attack by a notorious paramilitary group hit a vehicle carrying displaced families in central Sudan on Saturday, killing at least 24 people, including eight children, a doctors’ group said, a day after a World Food Program aid convoy was targeted.