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White House floats military option for Greenland, rattling Denmark and NATO

By Michael Birnbaum and Dan Lamothe
Jan 06, 2026 8:17 pm - Danish officials are increasingly alarmed that the Trump administration has shifted toward an active effort in recent days to seize Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark, as the White House said Tuesday that “utilizing the U.S. Military is always an option” to acquire the Arctic island.
Illinois House speaker calls Bears stadium ask ‘insensitive’ amid budget pressures

By Ben Szalinski
Jan 06, 2026 8:17 pm - Illinois House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch said Tuesday that legislation giving the Chicago Bears tax breaks and state assistance to redevelop Arlington Park is not high in his agenda this spring.
Maduro raid killed about 75 in Venezuela, US officials assess

By Dan Lamothe and John Hudson
Jan 06, 2026 8:08 pm - The U.S. government assesses that about 75 people were killed during Saturday’s military raid to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, including dozens of fatalities that resulted from a gun battle at his compound in Caracas, according to officials familiar with the matter.
Carol Stream police, feds investigate child sex exploitation case

By Max Ayoub
Jan 06, 2026 7:46 pm - Carol Stream Police on Tuesday assisted agents from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security with an investigation into child sexual exploitation, officials said.
Aldrich Ames, most damaging CIA traitor in agency history, dies at 84

By Walter Pincus
Jan 06, 2026 7:32 pm - Aldrich H. Ames, the CIA officer whose spying for Moscow was the most damaging breach in the agency’s history, reportedly causing the deaths of at least 10 recruited CIA or allied intelligence agents, died Jan. 5 at the Federal Correctional Institution in Cumberland, Maryland. He was 84.
Authorities: Man yelled slurs, threatened to kill worker at Carol Stream grocery store

By Susan Sarkauskas
Jan 06, 2026 6:27 pm - A man has been charged with committing a hate crime, accused of yelling slurs at a worker at a Carol Stream grocery store and threatening to kill her.
Railroads say freight merger application falls short; UP says rivals are grandstanding

By Marni Pyke
Jan 06, 2026 6:11 pm - Four major railroads tell feds UP, Norfolk Southern’s paperwork doesn’t prove their proposed merger is in the public interest and omits key details.
High-end fitness center, retail coming to old Dominick’s site in Buffalo Grove

By Steve Zalusky
Jan 06, 2026 5:56 pm - Buffalo Grove trustees gave their endorsement this week to the plan to transform the old Dominick’s site into a high-end fitness center with retail.
Roselle firefighter rescued after falling through floor fighting house fire Tuesday

Daily Herald report
Jan 06, 2026 5:44 pm - A Roselle firefighter was uninjured after falling through a floor while battling a house fire near Schaumburg Tuesday afternoon.
Israel clears final hurdle to start settlement construction that would cut the West Bank in two

By JULIA FRANKEL and ABBY SEWELL
Jan 06, 2026 5:40 pm - Israel has cleared the final hurdle before starting construction on a contentious settlement project near Jerusalem that would effectively cut the West Bank in two, according to a government tender.

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