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Pope intervenes in US abortion debate by raising what it really means to be pro-life
Oct 01, 2025 2:32 pm - Pope Leo XIV has intervened for the first time in an abortion dispute roiling the U.S. Catholic Church by raising the seeming contradiction over what it really means to be “pro-life.”Leo, a Chicago native, was asked late Tuesday about plans by Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich to give a lifetime achievement award to Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin for his work helping immigrants. The plans drew objection from some conservative U.S. bishops given the powerful Democratic senator’s support for abortion rights.
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Photo Gallery: Army veteran receives mortgage-free Naperville home from nonprofitsOct 01, 2025 2:12 pm -
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Gurnee police chief to retire after 25 years of serviceOct 01, 2025 1:29 pm - Gurnee Police Chief Brian Smith recently announced his retirement effective Dec. 1, after more than 25 years of service to the village police department.
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‘Mini-forests’ are rare in the US. The Algonquin Garden Club is planting one in Kane County
Oct 01, 2025 1:24 pm - Launching a first-of-its-kind ecological project in the region, the Algonquin Garden Club will transform a small plot in the Dixie Briggs Fromm Nature Preserve in Dundee Township into a "mini-forest."
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‘Many live paycheck to paycheck’: Shutdown will impact local workers, airports and services, stakeholders sayOct 01, 2025 12:35 pm - Thousands of city and suburban federal employees will be without pay with courts and pollution monitoring impacted by shutdown.
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Divers halt missing-person search of Fox River in Carpentersville
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Crystal Lake police contradict claim about rifle outside public library
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Four women honored for leadership at Barrington area eventOct 01, 2025 11:27 am - Nearly 100 community business owners and leaders gathered at Biltmore Country Club in North Barrington recently for the eighth annual Outstanding Women Leaders Awards Luncheon.
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Sewing with fire: Harper student brings together fashion, welding skillsOct 01, 2025 11:12 am - At Harper College, Katsiaryna Piatsevich is pursuing an unlikely duo of credentials in welding and fashion. Her latest achievement: Watching her garments walk the runway at a Rome fashion show.
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Mount Prospect putting new life into an old reservoirOct 01, 2025 9:18 am - An old warhorse of Mount Prospect’s water infrastructure is getting back into shape, as crews carry out much needed repairs at the village’s potable water reservoir Booster Pumping Station 4.