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‘A very busy summer’: Extensive improvements ahead for Bangs Lake marinaFeb 08, 2026 8:45 pm - Four years after buying an established marina on Bangs Lake, the Wauconda Park District’s master vision for the property fronting Route 176 is primed to take shape.
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8th District Democratic hopefuls debate ICE changes, Noem exitFeb 08, 2026 8:45 pm - The eight Democrats seeking to succeed Raja Krishnamoorthi in the 8th Congressional District recently debated their favored approaches to curbing what they agree is U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement exceeding its legal authority under President Donald Trump.
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Review: Bad Bunny brought Puerto Rico’s history and culture to a revolutionary Super Bowl show
Feb 08, 2026 8:32 pm - From a small Caribbean island with a complicated colonial history, to the world: The artist born Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio brought Puerto Rican culture to the Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, for his 2026 Super Bowl halftime show in what was always going to be a landmark moment for Latinos.
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Before the big game, a big run in GenevaFeb 08, 2026 4:29 pm - Before filling up on chips, wings and beverages during Sunday’s Super Bowl, dozens of runners hit the streets of Geneva to preemptively burn off some of the extra calories.
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Mysterious odor reported across the regionFeb 08, 2026 3:27 pm - What’s that smell? A chemical-like odor was reported wafting across the suburbs Sunday, creating plenty of social media chatter but no official report of its cause.
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After 4 long years, US figure skater reunites with family from war-torn Ukraine at the OlympicsFeb 08, 2026 3:00 pm - MILAN (AP) — It had been four long years since American figure skater Vadym Kolesnik saw family members still living in Ukraine. Four years of Russian bombs landing o...
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FBI concluded Jeffrey Epstein wasn’t running a sex trafficking ring for powerful men, files showFeb 08, 2026 2:50 pm - NEW YORK (AP) — The FBI pored over Jeffrey Epstein’s bank records and emails. It searched his homes. It spent years interviewing his victims and examining his connections...
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Prosecutor: Round Lake Beach boy hit with belt, deprived of food before deathFeb 08, 2026 2:48 pm - An 8-year-old Round Lake Beach boy had been beaten repeatedly with a belt and deprived of food for days leading up to his death Friday, a prosecutor said Sunday during the initial court appearance for the child’s mother and her boyfriend.
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Iran sentences Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi to 7 more years in prisonFeb 08, 2026 2:48 pm - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran sentenced Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi to over seven more years in prison after she began a hunger strike, supporte...
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The US said a Marine could not adopt an Afghan girl. Records show officials helped him get herFeb 08, 2026 2:46 pm - The judge wanted everyone in the courtroom to know that when he’d signed a war orphan over to an American Marine he thought it was an emergency — that the child injured o...