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Four ICE detainee deaths in four days spark alarm as arrests grow

By Marianne LeVine and Douglas MacMillan
Dec 20, 2025 7:04 pm - Four people in immigration detention have died over a four-day period this month, increasing concern among advocates and some members of Congress over detention conditions.One death took place Dec. 12, another two took place on Dec. 14 and the fourth on Dec. 15, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement news releases.
Facts Matter: Post about Trump wasn’t from Rob Reiner

By Bob Oswald
Dec 20, 2025 6:23 pm - In this week’s Facts Matter column, Bob Oswald examines claims that Rob Reiner vowed not to post on X again unless President Trump goes to prison, former President Obama plans to run again and more.
Choo-choo cheer: Operation North Pole train ride, party brightens holiday for families of children battling illness

By Susan Sarkauskas
Dec 20, 2025 5:37 pm - There was a snowball fight on a Metra train Saturday. But not only was it OK, it was encouraged, because the train was full of children, firefighters, police and others en route to see Santa Claus.
Geneva woman built holiday decorating career from childhood love of Christmas

By Brenda Schory
Dec 20, 2025 5:37 pm - Michelle DeMarco of Geneva built her holiday decorating career from a childhood love of Christmas.
Paraplegic engineer becomes the first wheelchair user to blast into space

By MARCIA DUNN
Dec 20, 2025 5:12 pm - A paraplegic engineer from Germany blasted off on a dream-come-true rocket ride with five other passengers Saturday, leaving her wheelchair behind to float in space while beholding Earth from on high.
Epstein files include child porn complaint a decade before federal investigation

By Maegan Vazquez
Dec 20, 2025 4:56 pm - Justice Department files related to deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, released Friday, included a 1996 complaint to the FBI about the disgraced financier allegedly possessing and distributing “child pornography” about a decade before a federal investigation was launched into his predatory behavior with minors and young women.
Police investigating death of Mount Prospect infant

Daily Herald report
Dec 20, 2025 4:46 pm - The death of a 4-month-old Mount Prospect boy is the subject of an investigation, according to the Mount Prospect Police Department.
Everything you need to know about Christmas, and how it has evolved into a global holiday

By LUIS ANDRES HENAO
Dec 20, 2025 4:33 pm - Christmas is a Christian holiday that observes the birth of Jesus. But did you know that the earliest followers of Jesus did not annually commemorate his birth? Or that Santa Claus is inspired by the acts of kindness of a fourth-century Christian saint? And have you heard about the modern-day Japanese tradition of eating Kentucky Fried Chicken on Christmas?
US forces stop a second merchant vessel off the coast of Venezuela, American officials say

By KONSTANTIN TOROPIN
Dec 20, 2025 3:05 pm - U.S. forces on Saturday stopped a vessel off the coast of Venezuela for the second time in less than two weeks as President Donald Trump continues to ramp up pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
Russian strike on Odesa kills 8 as US hosts a Kremlin envoy for talks on peace plan

Dec 20, 2025 2:57 pm - A Russian missile strike on port infrastructure in Odesa in southern Ukraine killed eight people and wounded 27, Ukraine’s emergency service said Saturday, as a Kremlin envoy was set to travel to Florida for talks on a U.S.-proposed plan to end the nearly four-year war.

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