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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., with Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, left, joined by former students from Holton Arms School, speaks to reporters in support of professor Christine Blasey Ford, who is accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of a decades-old sexual attack, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 20, 2018.

Kavanaugh's accuser says she would testify under right terms

Christine Blasey Ford may testify against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh after all, her attorney said, breathing new life into the prospect of a dramatic Senate showdown next week over Ford's accusation that he assaulted her when they were in high school.
Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke listens during the fourth day of his first degree murder trial for the shooting death of Laquan McDonald at the Leighton Criminal Court Building on Thursday, Sept. 20, 2018.(Antonio Perez/ Chicago Tribune via AP, Pool)

Expert: Chicago officer's shooting of teen not justified

An expert on police use of deadly force testified Thursday that a black teenager who was killed by a white Chicago police officer in 2014 did not "pose a risk of serious injury or death" to anyone when the officer opened fire
The four candidates for Illinois governor debated at the studios of NBC 5 in Chicago Thursday. From left, Democrat J.B. Pritzker, and GOP incumbent Bruce Rauner, Libertarian candidate Grayson “Kash” Jackson and Conservative Party candidate William “Sam” McCann.

'Liar,' 'failure,' 'phony': Going gets nasty with jabs in first gubernatorial debate

The fur flew among frontrunners Gov. Bruce Rauner and Democrat J.B. Pritzker in the first gubernatorial debate, and Libertarian Grayson "Kash" Jackson of Antioch and state Sen. Sam McCann of Plainview, a Conservative Party candidate.
The entrance to the Georgetown Preparatory School Bethesda, Md., is shown, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh spent most of his teen years at the preparatory school in the 1980’s. And exactly what happened one summer night during that time has become a question that threatens to unravel his chances of joining the nation’s highest court.

Inside the alcohol-soaked party culture of Brett Kavanaugh's high school

At raucous house parties and drunken beach vacations, boys from Georgetown Prep and other all-male academies would meet up with students from nearby all-girl private schools like Stone Ridge, Holy Cross, Georgetown Visitation and the non-sectarian Holton-Arms School.
President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally, Thursday, Sept. 20, 2018, in Las Vegas.
'He's been there': Trump stumps for GOP's most vulnerable senator
His own political fortunes intrinsically linked to his party holding control of Congress, President Donald Trump on Thursday offered full-throated support for the most vulnerable incumbent Republican senator, while unleashing a torrent of grievances against Democrats and the news media and claiming they are sabotaging his administration.
5 people, 3 of them infants, stabbed at home day care center
Police say five people, including three infants, were stabbed at an overnight day care center in New York City.
Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, is welcomed by protesters opposed to President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, as they demonstrate in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 20, 2018. Kavanaugh has denied stories of a sexual assault as alleged by California college professor Christine Blasey Ford.
Call for men to 'step up' puts Hawaii senator in the spotlight
"I just want to say to the men in this country: Just shut up and step up. Do the right thing, for a change," Hawaii Sen. Mazie Hirono said Tuesday, stealing the show at a press conference that featured several high-profile Democrats.
British Prime Minister Theresa May smiles when arriving at the informal EU summit in Salzburg, Austria, Thursday, Sept. 20, 2018.
UK hits back after EU trashes May's Brexit plan
The British government on Friday accused the European Union of slamming the handbrake on Brexit negotiations, after the bloc said Prime Minister Theresa May's blueprint was unworkable.
FILE — In this Feb. 15, 2018, file photo, Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas sits as he is introduced during an event at the Library of Congress in Washington. When Thomas arrived at the Supreme Court in the fall of 1991 after a bruising confirmation hearing in which his former employee Anita Hill accused him of sexual harassment, fellow justice Byron White said something that stuck with him. “It doesn’t matter how you got here. All that matters now is what you do here,” Thomas recounted in his 2007 memoir, “My Grandfather’s Son.”
For Kavanaugh, path forward could be like Clarence Thomas'
If Brett Kavanaugh does become a justice, court watchers will be looking to see whether his smooth-turned-tumultuous confirmation affects him on the bench and whether having two justices who faced allegations about their treatment of women alters the public's perception of the court, particularly on future rulings about abortion and gender discrimination.
Soprano Michele Areyzaga will open the Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra’s 58th season on Sunday, Oct. 7.
Elmhurst Symphony begins 58th season, 'Musical Masters,' Oct. 7
Be prepared for a season of spectacular music-making when the Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of Music Director and Conductor Stephen Alltop, opens its 58th season of exhilarating musical adventures on Sunday, Oct. 7.
The city of Elgin has put on hold the work of diversity consultant Denise Barreto, shown here, after complaints from police officers about some of her Facebook posts.
Elgin police officers complain about diversity consultant's Facebook posts
After Elgin police officers complained about her Facebook posts, a diversity consultant for the city said she is taking the opportunity to apply what she teaches.
Woman stabbed in Deerfield domestic dispute
Police are investigating the stabbing of a 53-year-old woman Friday afternoon in Deerfield.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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