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It’s one storm after another for much of the US, but the next one’s path is uncertain
Jan 28, 2026 6:21 pm - Winter's brutal grip on the U.S. East is not letting up, with coming days bringing subfreezing temperatures that will plunge deep into what had been a toasty Florida peninsula and a powerful blizzard forecast that may strike the Atlantic coast.Deep cold is forecast to stick around at least into the first week of February. Meteorologists are also watching what could become a “bomb cyclone” — a quickly intensifying storm that’s a winter version of a hurricane — forming off the Carolinas Friday night into Saturday.
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Streets of Woodfield in Schaumburg finds eager buyer at a discounted priceJan 28, 2026 5:05 pm - More than four years after a first attempt to sell the Streets of Woodfield shopping center, New York-based private equity firm Blackstone has found an eager buyer in Hutensky Capital Partners of Hartford, Connecticut.
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Barrington Golden Triangle developer shifts gears toward multifamily buildingJan 28, 2026 5:03 pm - Barrington officials said this week the developer of the Golden Triangle property will concentrate on construction of the mixed-use building, while the car condos will take a back seat.
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ICE at Olympics angers Milan mayor, who says agency’s image is ‘terrible’
Jan 28, 2026 4:59 pm - A routine deployment of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to Italy to assist with security around next month’s Winter Olympics has raised the ire of locals, including the mayor of Milan, a key host city.
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Eby steps down from Glenbard school board, seat to be filled by appointmentJan 28, 2026 4:22 pm - The Glenbard High School District 87 board of education is seeking applicants for a vacant seat.
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Rubio defends Trump on Venezuela while trying to allay fears about Greenland and NATO
Jan 28, 2026 4:15 pm - Secretary of State Marco Rubio gave a full-throated defense Wednesday of President Donald Trump's military operation to capture then-Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, while explaining to U.S. lawmakers the administration’s approach to Greenland, NATO, Iran and China.
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Steakhouse to replace Catch 35 in downtown Naperville; Eddie Bauer space already leasedJan 28, 2026 3:48 pm - The culinary minds behind Empire Burgers + Brew plan to open The Belmont, a steakhouse slated to take over the downtown Naperville space formerly occupied by Catch 35. It’s among the latest dining and retail developments in the downtown.
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40 years later, a new look at lessons from the Challenger disaster
Jan 28, 2026 3:46 pm - As high school teacher Christa McAuliffe prepared to be strapped into the space shuttle Challenger, Brian Russell, an official at the company that built the craft’s solid rocket boosters, had just participated in a fateful teleconference from his Utah headquarters.Like every other engineer in the conference room at Morton Thiokol on that day four decades ago, the 31-year-old Russell opposed launching because the bitterly cold temperature at Florida’s Kennedy Space Center threatened the O-rings that sealed the rocket boosters.
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Barrington firefighters honored for saving driver of an overturned truckJan 28, 2026 3:12 pm - Several Barrington firefighters received recognition at this week’s village board meeting for saving the life of the driver of an overturned truck late last year.
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Lurie Children’s plans to build hospital in suburbsJan 28, 2026 1:57 pm - Lurie Children’s Hospital announced Wednesday it plans to open a second hospital in Downers Grove.