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GOP network props up liberal third-party candidates hoping to siphon off Harris votes
Sep 01, 2024 6:38 pm - Across the country, a network of Republican political operatives, lawyers and their allies is trying to shape November's election in ways that favor former President Donald Trump.
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Trump issues statement from Gold Star families defending Arlington Cemetery visit
Sep 01, 2024 5:48 pm - Donald Trump's campaign issued a statement Sunday from the Gold Star military families who invited him to Arlington National Cemetery as they defended the Republican presidential nominee and insisted that Vice President Kamala Harris is the candidate politicizing fallen U.S. service members.
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‘He would love it’: Wiffle ball tournament honors Itasca teenSep 01, 2024 5:20 pm - Bennet Taft loved wiffle ball. So it’s only fitting that a wiffle ball tournament held Sunday honored the memory of the 13-year-old Itasca boy, who died of asthma in February 2023.
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Israelis erupt in protest to demand a cease-fire after 6 more hostages die in Gaza
Sep 01, 2024 4:52 pm - Tens of thousands of grieving and angry Israelis surged into the streets Sunday night after six more hostages were found dead in Gaza, chanting “Now! Now!” as they demanded that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reach a cease-fire with Hamas to bring the remaining captives home.
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Chicago man charged after ‘road-rage’ shooting in DuPage CountySep 01, 2024 12:56 pm - A 24-year-old Chicago man was ordered to remain in custody at the DuPage County jail while awaiting trial in connection with what authorities described as a road rage shooting Saturday night near Darien.
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Motorcyclist charged with DUI after crash critically injures passengerSep 01, 2024 10:16 am - A motorcyclist faces a felony driving under the influence and other charges stemming from a crash Saturday night near Antioch that left his passenger critically injured.
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Family confirms death of Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Israeli-American hostage with Chicago rootsSep 01, 2024 9:38 am - President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris in separate calls Sunday talked with Jon Polin and Rachel Goldberg Polin, the couple with Chicago roots whose son, Hersh Goldberg-Polin held hostage in Gaza, was found murdered by Hamas on Saturday.
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Garage fire leaves Fox River Grove home uninhabitableSep 01, 2024 9:22 am - A home was left uninhabitable and two firefighters were evaluated for heat exhaustion after a garage fire Saturday afternoon in Fox River Grove, officials said.
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The Biz Week That Was: More food options at O’Hare, losing money on electricity and a theater turning 100 among the highlightsSep 01, 2024 6:06 am - Coffee, headphones and cookies among O’Hare’s latest products to tempt travelers on the fly Five new businesses have landed at O’Hare International Airport’s Termina...
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Metra delivers on new bike policy and suburbanites reap the benefitsSep 01, 2024 6:00 am - More cyclists than ever are bringing their bikes on the train as a result of Metra’s new Bikes on Trains policy, in which retrofitted cars allow more space for bikes.