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House speaker chaos stuns lawmakers, frays relationships and roils Washington
Oct 04, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Lawmakers who had been sitting in stunned silence gasped at the declaration: The office of speaker "is hereby declared vacant." For the first time ever, a H...
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Robbery suspects fleeing traffic stop crash into Des Plaines police vehicle, injure officerOct 04, 2023 1:00 am - A pair of men linked to a robbery in Chicago were arrested Tuesday in Des Plaines, after the stolen vehicle they were in crashed into a police squad while trying to flee...
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Trump lawyers go after accountant and appeal major pretrial ruling in New York fraud case
Oct 04, 2023 1:00 am - NEW YORK - Warned to mind his out-of-court comments, former President Donald Trump returned to his New York civil fraud trial Wednesday as his defense lawyers closely qu...
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Kane County Health Department to host free Halloween eventOct 04, 2023 1:00 am - The Kane County Health Department will host a free Halloween event on Friday, Oct. 27 that will double as a training exercise for public health workers and first respond...
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5 people were wounded in a shooting after a homecoming event at Morgan State University in Baltimore
Oct 04, 2023 1:00 am - BALTIMORE - A shooting interrupted a homecoming week celebration at Baltimore's Morgan State University on Tuesday, wounding five people and prompting an hourslong lockd...
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Downtown Cary streetscape taking shape
Oct 04, 2023 1:00 am - The new downtown Cary streetscape is starting to take shape as contractors lay down new brick crosswalks along Main Street. Detours are expected to continue through this...
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Prosecutor opens trial for FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried saying he stole at least $10 billion
Oct 04, 2023 1:00 am - NEW YORK - A prosecutor opened a fraud trial Wednesday by telling jurors that FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was on top of the world a year ago, hobnobbing with celebriti...
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Trio wins Nobel Prize in chemistry for work on quantum dots, used in electronics and medical imaging
Oct 04, 2023 1:00 am - STOCKHOLM (AP) - Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for their work on quantum dots - tiny particles just a few nanometers in diameter that can r...
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Sirens blare across Russia as it holds nationwide emergency drills
Oct 04, 2023 1:00 am - MOSCOW - Sirens wailed across Russia and TV stations interrupted regular programming to broadcast warnings Wednesday as part of sweeping drills intended to test the read...
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Embattled DCFS director resigning in wake of blistering auditor's report
Oct 04, 2023 1:00 am - Chicago Sun-Times Illinois Department of Children and Family Services Director Marc Smith on Wednesday announced he would step down from his high-profile post by year's ...