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Justice Department says it will resume practice of obtaining reporters’ records in leak inquiries
Apr 25, 2025 7:33 pm - WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is cracking down on leaks of information to the news media, with Attorney General Pam Bondi saying prosecutors will once again have au...
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Illinois, 18 other states sue Trump administration over push to end diversity programs in public schools
Apr 25, 2025 7:29 pm - CONCORD, N.H. — Nineteen states that refused to comply with a Trump administration directive aimed at eliminating diversity, equity and inclusion programs in public schoo...
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Elgin man charged with battery after fight, shootingApr 25, 2025 6:41 pm - A 58-year-old Elgin man is facing battery and weapons charges stemming from a fight Wednesday that police say led to gunfire.
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Grayslake man wanted for fleeing from police caught taking an UberApr 25, 2025 6:09 pm - A 30-year-old Grayslake convicted felon who fled from authorities earlier this week was caught by Wauconda police Wednesday getting out of an Uber and now faces multiple felony charges..
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Car condo project pitched for Lake Zurich would include clubhouse, luxury car dealershipApr 25, 2025 5:22 pm - The developer of the Sanctuary of Lake Zurich residential community wants to build a different kind of condo project in town.
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Disaster aid plea presents a test of Sarah Huckabee Sanders’s ties to Trump
Apr 25, 2025 5:02 pm - Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R), who rose to prominence as White House press secretary in President Donald Trump’s first term, has not been shy about advertising...
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Trump says ‘Crimea will stay with Russia’ as he seeks end to war in Ukraine and secure mineral deal
Apr 25, 2025 4:59 pm - KYIV, Ukraine — U.S. President Donald Trump said in an interview published Friday that “Crimea will stay with Russia,” the latest example of how he's pressuring Ukraine t...
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Top Russian general killed in Moscow as U.S. envoy talks with Putin
Apr 25, 2025 4:55 pm - A high-ranking Russian military official was killed Friday in an explosion in a suburb of Moscow, in what authorities are treating as a case of murder. The incident coinc...
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UN food agency says its food stocks in Gaza have run out under Israel’s blockade
Apr 25, 2025 4:40 pm - DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — The World Food Program says its food stocks in the Gaza Strip have run out under Israel’s nearly 8-week-old blockade, ending a main source of ...
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Stratton secures Pritzker’s backing in Senate bid, positions herself as ‘fighter’ of Trump
Apr 25, 2025 3:54 pm - Just one day into her campaign to replace retiring Sen. Dick Durbin in the U.S. Senate, Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton on Friday received a key endorsement from Gov. JB Pritzker, nearly eight years after he first tapped her to be his running mate.