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Pick up a free craft kit at the Fremont Public Library on Jan. 2Dec 25, 2025 2:43 am - Patrons at Mundelein’s Fremont Public Library can pick up take-home craft kits Friday, Jan. 2.
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Vehicle crashes into Batavia pizza parlorDec 24, 2025 9:09 pm - The Batavia Police Department is investigating after a car crashed into Rosati’s Pizza in Batavia Wednesday, which put two employees in the hospital with non-life-threate...
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States sue HHS over move to dramatically limit gender transition care
Dec 24, 2025 7:34 pm - A consortium of 19 states including Illinois, and Washington, D.C., filed a complaint this week against Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Department of Health and Human Services and its inspector general over plans that could dramatically limit medical professionals from providing gender transition care to children and teenagers.
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With more than a million pages to go, Justice struggles with Epstein files
Dec 24, 2025 7:23 pm - On Dec. 22 — three days past the congressionally mandated deadline for the Justice Department to release the entire trove of Epstein files — a top prosecutor in Florida sent an emergency request to employees in the Miami U.S. attorneys office.
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Rescuers rushed into flames to save nursing home residents after deadly explosion
Dec 24, 2025 7:14 pm - Rescuers braved shooting flames, falling debris and the threat of more explosions to evacuate dozens of nursing home residents after a blast ripped through a Pennsylvania facility, killing a resident and an employee, and setting off a frantic search of the wreckage.Officials said Wednesday they'd located everybody after hours of looking.
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EU warns of possible action after the US bars 5 Europeans accused of censorship
Dec 24, 2025 7:05 pm - France, Germany, the European Union and the United Kingdom on Wednesday hit out at a U.S. decision to impose travel bans on five Europeans the Trump administration accuses of pressuring tech firms to censor or suppress American views.
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Kennedy Center Christmas Eve jazz concert canceled after Trump name added to building
Dec 24, 2025 5:29 pm - A planned Christmas Eve jazz concert at the Kennedy Center, a holiday tradition dating back more than 20 years, has been canceled. The show's host, musician Chuck Redd, says that he called off the performance in the wake of the White House announcing last week that President Donald Trump's name would be added to the facility.
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Christians celebrate Christmas Eve service with worship, fellowship and seasonal messageDec 24, 2025 5:02 pm - Worshippers gathered early Wednesday afternoon at Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington for one of its multiple Christmas Eve services.
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Authorities: Batavia man stabbed wife more than 40 timesDec 24, 2025 4:15 pm - A Batavia man stabbed his wife more than 40 times and hit her with a hammer when he killed her, a Kane County prosecutor said Wednesday.
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Explosion in Moscow kills 3 people. Official says Ukrainian intelligence was behind it
Dec 24, 2025 3:43 pm - An explosion in Moscow on Wednesday killed three people, including two police officers, Russian investigators said, days after a car bomb killed a high-ranking general not far away.