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House rejects bill requiring aircraft locator systems to prevent midair collisions like last year’s
Feb 24, 2026 7:30 pm - The House failed to approve a bill Tuesday that was crafted after last year’s tragic midair collision near Washington, D.C., to require all aircraft flying around busy airports to have key locator systems to prevent such crashes. The collision of an airliner and an Army helicopter killed 67 people in January 2025.
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Hegseth warns Anthropic to let the military use the company’s AI tech as it sees fit, AP sources say
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Labor secretary’s spouse not charged but remains banned from agency
Feb 24, 2026 7:19 pm - A local police investigation of a report that Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer’s husband sexually assaulted a female staffer has been closed after police found no evidence of a crime. But Shawn DeRemer remains banned from the Labor Department’s headquarters in Washington, D.C., amid an inquiry by the office of the department’s inspector general.
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Fire leaves Hoffman Estates townhouse uninhabitable but causes no injuriesFeb 24, 2026 6:18 pm - No injuries were reported after Hoffman Estates firefighters extinguished a townhouse blaze within a half-hour of arriving Tuesday afternoon, but the home was left uninhabitable.
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‘Where pride lives’: Construction to begin this week on new Larkin High School stadiumFeb 24, 2026 6:04 pm - Larkin High School broke ground Tuesday on a new stadium that will allow the Elgin school to host home football games on its campus for the first time in 63 years.
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Bears bill passes Indiana House; Pritzker says competing legislation in Springfield is ‘in a good place’Feb 24, 2026 6:02 pm - As Indiana’s House passed its Bears stadium bill Tuesday, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker said there is agreement on competing Springfield legislation that’s been crafted during closed-door discussions, but now it’s up to legislators.
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5th congressional hopefuls air views on health, education, energyFeb 24, 2026 4:47 pm - Two candidates vying for the Republican nomination in the 5th Congressional District covered a wide range of issues, including health, education and energy policy, at a recent League of Women Voters forum at the Barrington Area Library.
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Relocating Schaumburg YMCA seeking Cook County tax break to help renovate new siteFeb 24, 2026 4:45 pm - The relocating Golden Corridor Family YMCA in Schaumburg is seeking a Cook County tax incentive to assist with its planned $1 million upgrade to its new facility.
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Ex-ICE instructor testifies that agency slashed officer training, lied to Congress
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Zelenskyy says Putin has ‘not broken’ Ukrainians as he marks 4 years since Russia’s all-out invasion