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Man charged in fatal shooting of Elgin teen outside Lil Durk concert in Chicago
Feb 03, 2025 4:55 pm - A 19-year-old man is accused of fatally shooting Elgin teen Jesse Kendall last fall outside the United Center as he walked to a Lil Durk concert with his friends.
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Man dies after crashing car into light pole in AuroraFeb 03, 2025 4:52 pm - A 32-year-old man died after crashing his car into a light pole on Route 59 in Aurora early Sunday morning.
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Glen Ellyn affordable housing development to be discussed ThursdayFeb 03, 2025 4:50 pm - A proposal to create a 42-unit multifamily affordable housing development at a former hotel site in Glen Ellyn will be reviewed by the village plan commission on Thursday.
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Spotlight: Goodman assembles all-star cast for ‘Betrayal’ revivalFeb 03, 2025 4:11 pm - Oscar and Emmy Award-winner Helen Hunt and Tony Award-winner Robert Sean Leonard join Chicago theater veteran Ian Barford for Goodman Theatre’s revival of Harold Pinter’s classic “Betrayal.”
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Wall Street falls following Trump’s tariffs, but not as badly as feared in the morning
Feb 03, 2025 4:01 pm - The threat of a punishing trade war sent Wall Street on a roller coaster Monday. After initially falling sharply on worries about President Donald Trump’s tariffs, U.S. stocks pared their losses after Mexico said it had negotiated a one-month reprieve.
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Democrats push back after Musk says Trump agrees to close USAID and workers are kept out
Feb 03, 2025 2:44 pm - Democrats have delivered a strong rebuke against the Trump administration’s attempt to gut an agency that provides crucial aid overseas to fund education and fight starvation and disease, calling it illegal, vowing a court fight and lambasting billionaire Elon Musk for wielding so much power in Washington.
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Schaumburg considering maximum price tag of $44.2 million to build new village hallFeb 03, 2025 2:40 pm - After 17 months of preliminary work, Schaumburg officials are at last faced with the actual construction cost of replacing the 52-year-old village hall with a taller, more efficient building.
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Learn about Lake County’s role in the Underground RailroadFeb 03, 2025 2:08 pm - Learn about Lake County’s antislavery efforts and its role in the Underground Railroad through a program at the Fremont Public Library in Mundelein.
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‘Delayed far too long’: Volo Bog State Natural Area among state sites targeted for improvementsFeb 03, 2025 2:07 pm - After decades on the wish list, long sought improvements at Volo Bog State Natural Area in Ingleside have been funded and are expected to proceed.
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Tariff threats take aim at fentanyl trafficking. Here’s how the drug reaches the US
Feb 03, 2025 1:39 pm - President Donald Trump's plan to impose tariffs on goods from Mexico, Canada and China is partly aimed at combating the illicit flow of fentanyl into the U.S., where the opioid is blamed for some 70,000 overdose deaths annually.