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US suspends avocado inspections in Mexican state of Michoacan due to threat

By MARIA VERZA
Aug 05, 2026 9:39 pm - The United States announced Wednesday that it had suspended all government operations in the Mexican state of Michoacan because of a "threat to U.S. interests," including a halt to the inspections of avocados required for their export.
‘Reckless and dangerous’: Suit filed in deadly Fox River boat crash

By Charles Keeshan
Aug 05, 2026 7:48 pm - A Lisle man was intoxicated and driving “in a reckless and dangerous manner” July 25 when he caused a Fox River boat crash that took the life of a former U.S. Marine from Des Plaines, according to a wrongful-death lawsuit filed Wednesday.
Trump, Hegseth clashed at Camp David over Iran missile depletion concerns

Tara Copp, Natalie Allison, Noah Robertson
Aug 05, 2026 7:09 pm - President Donald Trump’s frustration over the Iran war boiled over at Camp David last week, where he demanded answers from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on why he had apparently been misled on extreme munitions shortages that now threaten to limit military options with Iran, two people familiar told The Washington Post.
AP Exclusive: Trump’s immigration crackdown has detained more than 50 military spouses and parents

By JACK BROOK, SAFIYAH RIDDLE and AARON KESSLER
Aug 05, 2026 7:02 pm - President Donald Trump’s administration has detained dozens of parents and spouses of active-duty U.S. troops as it rolls back immigration protections for military families to pursue its mass deportation agenda, an Associated Press investigation found.
Scientists are certain a wayward SpaceX rocket slammed into the moon as predicted

By MARCIA DUNN
Aug 05, 2026 5:53 pm - A SpaceX rocket that launched a pair of lunar landers slammed into the moon as predicted on Wednesday after drifting off course for the past year, scientists reported.
Legal aid groups alarmed as Trump administration awards $150M migrant child contract to Texas firm

By REBECCA SANTANA, VALERIE GONZALEZ, CYBELE MAYNES-OSTERMAN and RYAN J. FOLEY
Aug 05, 2026 5:15 pm - The Trump administration has awarded a $150 million contract to give legal representation to migrant children traveling alone to the U.S. to a small Texas law firm with ties to the administration but little experience in immigration law, prompting legal aid groups who’ve long represented those children to warn that the move could make them vulnerable to deportation.
North Carolina congressman Edwards quits reelection bid after committee finds inappropriate conduct

By GARY FIELDS and LISA MASCARO
Aug 05, 2026 5:11 pm - Embattled North Carolina Republican congressman Chuck Edwards withdrew from his reelection campaign on Wednesday, two days after the House Ethics Committee recommended he be censured for unprofessional and inappropriate conduct toward two young female aides in his office.
US moves to shut a Kentucky organ donation group, citing safety failures

By LAURAN NEERGAARD
Aug 05, 2026 5:06 pm - The Trump administration said Wednesday it will shut down a Kentucky organ donation group accused of continuing plans for organ retrieval from some patients who unexpectedly showed signs of life.
Three people charged with threatening judge, witness and officials tied to Nolan Wells investigation

By JOSH KELETY
Aug 05, 2026 4:54 pm - Three people have been charged with threatening a judge, a witness and local officials connected to the investigation into the death of Nolan Xavier Wells, an 18-year-old found dead after a July Fourth boat trip with friends to an island off Mississippi’s Gulf Coast.
Woodstock motorcyclist dies after colliding with pickup truck in Naperville

By Dave Oberhelman
Aug 05, 2026 4:48 pm - A 23-year-old Woodstock man died Tuesday night in Naperville after the motorcycle he was driving collided with a pickup truck.

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