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FAA says flight cuts will stay at 6% because more air traffic controllers are coming to work
Nov 12, 2025 8:06 pm - Flight reductions at 40 major U.S. airports will remain at 6% instead of rising to 10% by the end of the week because more air traffic controllers are coming to work, the Department of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administration announced Wednesday.
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Pritzker worries that Trump will go to extremes to distract from Epstein files
Nov 12, 2025 8:04 pm - Gov. J.B. Pritzker says he’s worried about how President Donald Trump might respond to the growing controversy over documents tying him to Jeffrey Epstein.
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Trump signs funding bill, ending shutdown
Nov 12, 2025 7:33 pm - President Donald Trump signed a government funding bill Wednesday night, ending a record 43-day shutdown that caused financial stress for federal workers who went without paychecks, stranded scores of travelers at airports and generated long lines at some food banks.
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House effort to force vote on releasing Epstein files can advance
Nov 12, 2025 7:26 pm - A bipartisan House effort to force a vote on releasing more files related to the federal government’s investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein can now move forward.
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Central Road rebuild will cause detours for Rolling Meadows students, residentsNov 12, 2025 6:52 pm - Central Road in Rolling Meadows will be reconstructed and resurfaced, including portions near Rolling Meadows High School and other facilities.
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Catholic bishops launch new program in defense of migrants
Nov 12, 2025 6:37 pm - The Trump administration has deported 400,000 people this year and detained some 60,000 others, part of a crackdown on undocumented immigrants that has also swept up some who are in the country legally. Immigration enforcement officials have blocked priests from offering Communion to some incarcerated immigrants.
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From hardware to offices? Carlson store in Wheaton could become co-working spaceNov 12, 2025 5:32 pm - The development team behind a co-working and event center in Oak Park wants to replicate the concept in a “beloved building” in downtown Wheaton. It’s only the first phase of what could become a larger project.
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Flight cancellations appear to improve, but disruptions are not over yet
Nov 12, 2025 4:14 pm - Flight operations in the United States appeared to improve Wednesday, with fewer scheduled cancellations on the sixth day of air travel disruptions, though airlines have warned it would take time for normal services to resume.
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US Mint in Philadelphia presses final pennies as the 1-cent coin gets canceled
Nov 12, 2025 4:10 pm - The U.S. Mint on Wednesday ended production of the penny, a change made to save money and because the 1-cent coin that could once buy a snack or a piece of candy had become increasingly irrelevant.
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Israel’s president says ‘shocking’ settler violence against Palestinians must end
Nov 12, 2025 3:58 pm - Israel's president and high-ranking military officials on Wednesday condemned attacks a day earlier by Jewish settlers against Palestinians in the West Bank, calling for an end to a growing wave of settler violence in the occupied territory.