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Firefighters get a handle on Spokane wildfires as tens of thousands remain evacuated
Aug 05, 2026 4:15 pm - Firefighters have taken advantage of cooler weather to begin getting a handle on wildfires that have displaced tens of thousands of people around Washington state's second-largest city, but hotter, drier and breezier days lie ahead.
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Man arrested at Trump’s California golf course faces illegal weapons charges
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Perez Hilton hospitalized after harming himself on live stream
Aug 05, 2026 4:00 pm - Perez Hilton, the celebrity blogger, was hospitalized Tuesday after live-streaming himself committing acts of self-harm on TikTok, according to a statement from police that didn’t name Hilton but was sent in response to a question about him.
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Streamwood Park District expecting big return on solar energy investment at Park PlaceAug 05, 2026 3:48 pm - ComEd presented the Streamwood Park District with a $94,695 rebate check Tuesday for its investment in a solar energy installation on the roof of the Park Place Family Recreation Center.
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South Barrington police nab 36 drivers for speedingAug 05, 2026 3:38 pm - The South Barrington Police Department’s July traffic safety enforcement campaign resulted in 36 speeding tickets, police announced Wednesday.
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‘She was proud to wear the badge’: Stevenson High School grad and South Carolina sheriff’s deputy rememberedAug 05, 2026 3:24 pm - Funeral services were held Wednesday for Stevenson High School graduate Jillian Olson, a 29-year-old sheriff’s deputy in South Carolina who died during an underwater training session last week on Lake Murray.
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‘This is going to be fun’: Firms hired to restore historic Des Plaines buildingAug 05, 2026 3:02 pm - The exterior and interior restorations of a historic building in downtown Des Plaines will begin soon.
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US attorney’s office offers mea culpa in ‘Broadview Six’ case, says no further inquiry warranted
Aug 05, 2026 1:53 pm - Prosecutors for embattled Chicago U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros said in a court filing late Tuesday that while mistakes were made in the now-defunct “Broadview Six” case against immigration protesters, corrective measures have since been taken and there is no evidence of vindictive prosecution that would warrant further hearings or sanctions.
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Man sentenced to 22 years in pimping of teen girl
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Batavia woman makes neighborhood ‘stick library’ for dogs: ‘I think it brings joy to people’