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Speeding could be factor in Palatine pickup truck crash, police saySep 20, 2025 7:36 pm - Palatine police are examining evidence in a high-impact crash involving a 21-year-old man Saturday.
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Marchers head to Naval Station Great Lakes seeking end to mass deportationsSep 20, 2025 7:36 pm - Interfaith leaders from the suburbs and Chicago marched to Naval Station Great Lakes Saturday to protest ICE arrests.
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Honoring ‘Tio Beto’: Elgin street named for Korean War soldier missing for yearsSep 20, 2025 6:30 pm - “Every time I leave my house or open the window I can see his name,” family member says of new street name for Korean War corporal.
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California bans most law enforcement officers from wearing masks during operations
Sep 20, 2025 5:52 pm - California became the first state to ban most law enforcement officers, including federal immigration agents, from covering their faces while conducting official business under a bill that was signed Saturday by Gov. Gavin Newsom and swiftly denounced by Trump administration officials.
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Russia launches a large-scale attack on Ukraine, killing 3 and wounding dozens
Sep 20, 2025 5:45 pm - Russia launched a large-scale missile and drone attack targeting regions across Ukraine early Saturday, killing at least three people and wounding dozens more, Ukrainian officials said.
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Members of Congress take steps to tighten their own security after Kirk’s killingSep 20, 2025 5:40 pm - As House Speaker Mike Johnson gathered lawmakers this week to mourn Charlie Kirk, he summed up the grief felt by many on Capitol Hill — and the pervasive fear.
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Trump’s media enforcer is relishing his Jimmy Kimmel moment
Sep 20, 2025 3:16 pm - Naming Brendan Carr to chair the Federal Communications Commission in November, President-elect Donald Trump heralded him as a “warrior for free speech.”Now, after spearheading the Trump administration’s successful push for ABC to take comedian Jimmy Kimmel off the air, Carr has become a gleeful avatar of what critics say is a sweeping government crackdown on speech — and his backers see as an overdue reckoning with an instinctively liberal broadcast industry.
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Emerging TikTok deal with China ensures US control of board and crucial algorithm, White House says
Sep 20, 2025 3:04 pm - An emerging TikTok deal with China will ensure that U.S. companies control the algorithm that powers the app's video feed and Americans will hold a majority of seats on a board overseeing U.S. operations, the White House said Saturday.
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Israeli strikes kill 14 in Gaza City as some countries prepare to recognize Palestinian state
Sep 20, 2025 3:02 pm - Israeli strikes killed at least 14 people overnight in Gaza City, health officials said, as Israel ramps up its offensive and urges Palestinians to leave. Later on Saturday, thousands of people joined the families of Israeli hostages still being held by Hamas to demand that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu negotiate an end to the war.
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Walking in his father’s bootsteps: Son retraces dad’s World War II journey across EuropeSep 20, 2025 2:00 pm - Wayne resident Tom Breen recently retraced the route his father Vernon took during his World War II combat tour through Europe.