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Five seats decided on Aurora City Council, including defeat of incumbent WoermanApr 02, 2025 5:02 pm - Five aldermanic seats were up for grabs on the Aurora City Council during Tuesday’s election, with all but one incumbent holding onto their position.
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Two accused in connection with 2023 mass shooting in DuPage County that left 1 dead, more than 20 injuredApr 02, 2025 4:35 pm - Two more men have been accused of opening fire on a crowd during a 2023 mass shooting near Willowbrook that left one person dead and more than 20 others injured.
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Raw rock: CST’s ‘Sunny Afternoon’ affirms Ray Davies’ genius, Kinks’ enduring influenceApr 02, 2025 4:24 pm - The folks at Chicago Shakespeare Theater are nothing if not considerate. On opening night of “Sunny Afternoon,” the jukebox musical about 1960s Brit-rockers The Kinks, they thoughtfully provided ear plugs. Fortunately, this zestfully performed, zealously embraced show about the early days of the seminal British Invasion band is neither ear-shattering nor earthshaking. It is, however, hugely entertaining.
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Health department layoffs mean that data on drug use and mental health could sit unused
Apr 02, 2025 4:16 pm - Most teenagers don’t use drugs. There’s data to show that because of a 50-year-old government survey that may now be in jeopardy. The entire 17-member U.S. government tea...
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NASA’s Webb telescope captures photos of the asteroid that won’t hit Earth in 2032
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What a 110-year-old lemon tells us about espionage history
Apr 02, 2025 3:56 pm - It’s a classic line from a spy movie: “Burn after reading.” For German agent Karl Muller, that advice would have really helped. Muller, a spy who masqueraded as a Russian...
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Israel expanding operations to ‘seize large areas’ of Gaza, military says
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District 211 write-in votes appear to fall short, but won’t be counted for two weeksApr 02, 2025 3:38 pm - A pair of late-announced write-in candidates in the previously uncontested Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 board of education election appeared to fall short Tuesday.
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‘An incredible miracle’: Schepers family thanks police, divers for finding Karen after 42 yearsApr 02, 2025 2:04 pm - Calling it “an incredible miracle,” the family of Karen Schepers issued a statement Wednesday thanking all those involved in finding their loved one, who had been missing since 1983.
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Kane State’s Attorney Mosser honored for advancing justice, inspiring women
Apr 02, 2025 12:50 pm - Kane County State’s Attorney Jamie Mosser accepted the Quad County Urban League’s Women of Power Award for leadership in criminal justice and forging new roles and inspiration for women, girls and future generations, according to a press release.