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Indiana Republicans block Trump’s redistricting push in a rare break with the president
Dec 11, 2025 4:19 pm - Indiana's Republican-led senate voted against a redrawn congressional map Thursday that would have favored their party in the 2026 elections, despite months of pressure by President Donald Trump for a rare mid-cycle redistricting.
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Des Plaines man loses $1,500 in sale gone wrongDec 11, 2025 4:09 pm - A Des Plaines man sent a stranger $1,500 for vehicle parts but didn’t get everything he ordered, police said Thursday.
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Man guilty in 2021 shooting at indoor amusement parkDec 11, 2025 4:08 pm - A man who shot a person a a birthday party at an indoor amusement park in Villa Park has been found guilty of aggravated battery with a firearm.
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29 household paint recycling locations now open to DuPage County residentsDec 11, 2025 3:51 pm - DuPage County residents can drop off unwanted or unusable paint for free at 29 locations throughout the county thanks to a new program.
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Hundreds are quarantined in South Carolina as measles spreads in 2 US outbreaks
Dec 11, 2025 3:41 pm - Measles outbreaks are growing along the Utah-Arizona border and in South Carolina, where hundreds are in quarantine.Between Friday and Tuesday, South Carolina health officials confirmed 27 new measles cases in an outbreak in and around northwestern Spartanburg County. In two months, 111 people have been sickened by the vaccine-preventable virus.
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‘He doesn’t deserve to be treated like a criminal’: Effort underway on behalf of man detained by ICE in Elgin SaturdayDec 11, 2025 3:37 pm - An effort is being made to clear allegations against a Venezuelan man detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Elgin Saturday.
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Wildlife group sues to remove Trump photo from 2026 national parks pass
Dec 11, 2025 3:36 pm - An environmental conservation group filed a lawsuit to halt federal plans to decorate next year’s national parks pass with an image of President Donald Trump’s face, arguing that federal law requires the pass to feature the winner of an annual nature photography competition instead.
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Aurora firefighters contain blaze in three-story, multiunit buildingDec 11, 2025 3:28 pm - An Aurora firefighter sustained a minor injury Thursday while fighting a structure fire in a multiunit building.
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Washington state under emergency as torrential rain triggers floods, mudslides and evacuations
Dec 11, 2025 3:27 pm - Washington was under a state of emergency Thursday from a barrage of torrential rain that has sent rivers flowing over their banks, caused mudslides to crash down on highways and trapped people in floodwaters. Tens of thousands of residents were under evacuation orders.
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Georgia man convicted of sending threatening letter to religious center in West ChicagoDec 11, 2025 3:17 pm - A federal jury in Chicago has convicted a Georgia man of sending a threatening letter to a spiritual mission in West Chicago.