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Metra adds another Holiday Train on UP NorthNov 28, 2023 12:00 am - After tickets for Metra's Holiday Train were snapped up in a day, the commuter railroad is adding one more trip for Santa afficionados. The extra Holiday Train will run ...
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Aurora fire leaves 37-year-old man in critical conditionNov 28, 2023 12:00 am - A 37-year-old man remains in critical condition following a house fire Monday in Aurora. Firefighters responded around 7 p.m. to a house fire in the 700 block of Lafayet...
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Elk Grove Village approves second consecutive flat tax levyNov 28, 2023 12:00 am - For the second consecutive year, Elk Grove Village trustees have passed a flat tax levy, officials announced. The approximately $27.8 million levy - for property taxes p...
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Santa Parade set for Saturday in LibertyvilleNov 28, 2023 12:00 am - Santa will travel through Libertyville beginning at 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 2. The parade will start in the southeast corner of the village. A Santa tracker map will be a...
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Greek officials angry and puzzled after UK's Sunak scraps leaders' meeting over Parthenon Marbles
Nov 28, 2023 12:00 am - LONDON - Greek officials said Tuesday that they will continue talks with the British Museum about bringing the Parthenon Marbles back to Athens, despite U.K. Prime Minis...
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France to ban smoking on beaches as it seeks to avoid 75,000 tobacco-related deaths per year
Nov 28, 2023 12:00 am - PARIS - France will ban smoking on all beaches, in public parks, forests and some other public areas as part of a national anti-tobacco plan presented by the health mini...
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Rosalynn Carter honored by family, friends, first ladies and presidents - including husband Jimmy
Nov 28, 2023 12:00 am - ATLANTA (AP) - Rosalynn Carter was memorialized Tuesday as a matriarch who felt most comfortable among the impoverished and vulnerable as she was mourned by a rare gathe...
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Tornadoes forecast in the Black Sea region as storm reportedly impacts Russian military operations
Nov 28, 2023 12:00 am - Tornadoes were forecast for the Black Sea region on Tuesday, a day after a storm that left more than 2 million people without electricity in Crimea, Russia and Ukraine. ...
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Naperville VFW hosts craft fair Dec. 3Nov 28, 2023 12:00 am - The Judd Kendall Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3873 in Naperville is hosting its Christmas Arts & Crafts Fair on Sunday, Dec. 3. It is open to the community from 1 to 4 ...
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In new challenge to indictment, Trump's lawyers argue he had good basis to question election results
Nov 28, 2023 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - Donald Trump had a "good faith" basis to question the results of the 2020 election, his lawyers said in demanding that prosecutors turn over any evidence re...