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Washington state resident believed to be the first to die from a rare strain of bird flu
Nov 22, 2025 4:45 pm - GRAYS HARBOR COUNTY, Wash.— A Washington state resident is believed to be the first person to die from a rare strain of bird flu, but state health officials said Friday t...
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Trump pledge to 'immediately' end protections for Minnesota Somalis sparks fear and legal questions
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US senators slam Trump’s Russia-Ukraine peace plan as rewarding aggression
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Lou Malnati’s continues 17-year tradition giving Thanksgiving meals to needy familiesNov 22, 2025 3:02 pm - More than 200 Lou Malnati’s employees and their family members packed over 1,200 Thanksgiving food baskets Saturday in Buffalo Grove.
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Israel launches strikes in Gaza ceasefire’s latest test as hospitals say 24 killed
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‘Who wants to spend $800K for a 0.2-acre lot?’: St. Charles neighbors balk at housing proposal density
Nov 22, 2025 2:46 pm - Across nearly 38 acres of one of the last agricultural remnants of St. Charles’ past, developers M/I Homes are proposing 83 single-family homes, but some city residents are raising objections to the plan’s density.
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Cook County’s tax delay exposes Illinois’ worsening business environmentNov 22, 2025 1:30 pm - Chicago’s and Cook County’s tax bases are eroding. The cost of the government keeps climbing.The biggest weak point is in the business sector. Commercial property values in the Loop fell by 7.2% during the past year. The taxes their owners will pay dropped by more than $129 million.
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New federal rules could put formerly unhoused people back out on the streets across Illinois
Nov 22, 2025 11:30 am - Chicago-area housing advocates are bracing for many of the 8,500 formerly unhoused people whose residences are subsidized by the federal government to lose their homes after the Trump administration announced it was drastically changing its funding rules and slashing the money available to subsidize long-term housing solutions.
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Arlington Heights deaths were a homicide and suicide, authorities sayNov 22, 2025 10:51 am - One of the two men found dead in an Arlington Heights condominium building Friday was fatally shot and the other shot himself, authorities said.
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Wheeling comes together for breakfast to help needy familiesNov 22, 2025 10:34 am - Dozens of Wheeling residents gathered at the police station Saturday morning for a charitable breakfast benefiting needy families in the community.