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‘Turn that weapon into a paperweight’: Can a suburban tech company’s drone stop mass shootings?Mar 21, 2025 5:30 am - If the answer to a bad guy with a gun isn’t a good guy with a gun, how about a good guy with a drone that disables the gun? That’s the idea behind the Close Quarter Drone, the brainchild of a pair of suburban business owners who say their high-tech device could end a mass shooting long before law enforcement has a chance to respond.
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‘A spiral effect’: 40% service cuts estimated if Metra, Pace, CTA veer over the fiscal cliffMar 21, 2025 5:00 am - Transit funding shortfall could mean halving Metra service, but one suburban lawmaker says he won’t approve “a dime” without reforms.
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Judge temporarily blocks DOGE from accessing sensitive Social Security data
Mar 20, 2025 10:32 pm - A federal judge on Thursday barred U.S. DOGE Service employees from accessing sensitive Social Security Administration data and ordered members of the team led by Elon Mu...
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American prisoner released by Taliban after first high-level U.S. visit
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Judge orders that Georgetown researcher detained by ICE remain in the U.S.
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Lincolnshire-Riverwoods fire district seeks voter approval to borrow $25M for new stationMar 20, 2025 9:38 pm - Voters in the Lincolnshire-Riverwoods Fire Protection District will decide April 1 whether the district can borrow $25 million to build a new fire station and strengthen local emergency services.
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White House rescinds executive order targeting prominent law firm after it makes deal
Mar 20, 2025 8:45 pm - WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Thursday rescinded an executive order targeting a prominent international law firm after it pledged to review its hiring practices ...
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Lutnick urges Fox News viewers to buy Tesla stock, raising ethics questions
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Interior to open millions of acres in Alaska to drilling and mining
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Zelenskyy pushes back on Trump proposal to take over nuclear plant