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New German leader Friedrich Merz will meet Trump at the White House next week
May 31, 2025 5:23 pm - BERLIN — German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will travel to Washington next week to meet U.S. President Donald Trump, with the war in Ukraine and trade tensions among the it...
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Death toll reaches 151 in north-central Nigerian town submerged in floods, with thousands displaced
May 31, 2025 5:15 pm - ABUJA, Nigeria — The death toll from devastating flooding in a market town in Nigeria’s north-central state of Niger rose to at least 151 on Saturday, the local emergency...
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Spike in steel tariffs could imperil Trump promise of lower grocery prices
May 31, 2025 5:08 pm - NEW YORK — President Donald Trump’s doubling of tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum could hit Americans in an unexpected place: grocery aisles. The announcement Friday ...
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States are rolling out red carpets for data centers. But some lawmakers are pushing back
May 31, 2025 5:02 pm - HARRISBURG, Pa. — The explosive growth of the data centers needed to power America's fast-rising demand for artificial intelligence and cloud computing platforms has spur...
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Des Plaines library’s summer reading program starts June 7May 31, 2025 3:40 pm - The Des Plaines Public Library’s summer reading program launches Saturday, June 7.
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Deep cuts erode the foundations of US public health system, end progress, threaten worse to come
May 31, 2025 3:14 pm - Americans are losing a vast array of people and programs dedicated to keeping them healthy. Gone are specialists who were confronting a measles outbreak in Ohio, workers who drove a van to schools in North Carolina to offer vaccinations and a program that provided free tests to sick people in Tennessee.
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Hamas seeks amendments to Gaza ceasefire proposal but US envoy calls it ‘unacceptable’
May 31, 2025 3:07 pm - TEL AVIV, Israel — Hamas is seeking amendments to the latest U.S. ceasefire proposal for Gaza, a senior official with the group told The Associated Press on Saturday, but...
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Trump fast-tracks Utah uranium mine, but industry revival may wait for higher prices
May 31, 2025 2:53 pm - SALT LAKE CITY — In the southeastern Utah desert famous for red rock arches and canyon labyrinths, the long-dormant uranium mining industry is looking to revive under Pre...
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Naperville hosts Soap Box Derby, top racers qualify for world championshipMay 31, 2025 2:17 pm - Boys and girls between 7 and 20 years old competed Saturday in the gravity-powered soap box derby car races in Naperville. Racers competed in three core divisions — Stock, Superstock and Masters — and the winners qualified to compete in Akron, Ohio at the World Championship race on July 14.
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Algonquin landowner wants to create a public riverfront park. Village says no thanks
May 31, 2025 2:12 pm - Along North River Road in Algonquin is a vacant property with more than 400 feet of frontage on the Fox River that a local resident is hoping to sell to the village for use as a public park — but officials have said they’re not interested.