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Learn how to eat healthy if you have diabetesAug 04, 2026 9:26 am - A dietitian will lead a discussion about eating healthy with diabetes Friday, Aug. 14, at the Des Plaines Public Library.
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No injuries in townhouse fire in Elgin Monday nightAug 04, 2026 9:25 am - No one was injured during a fire that damaged a townhouse on Elgin’s east side Monday night.
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Put together patriotic pouches at Des Plaines Public LibraryAug 04, 2026 9:25 am - Adult Des Plaines Public Library patrons can celebrate the country’s 250th anniversary by creating patriotic pouches in the Canvas makerspace.
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Leonardo DiCaprio and Jeff Bezos lead $200M project to save 100 of globe’s most threatened species
Aug 04, 2026 6:46 am - Foundations funded and co-founded by Leonardo DiCaprio and Jeff Bezos have launched an initiative committing $200 million to revive 100 of Earth’s most threatened species, including endangered lemurs, salamanders, pangolins, pigs and echidnas.
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As Colombia prepares for presidential inauguration, outgoing leader doubles down on fraud claims
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Nauru, the world’s 3rd-smallest country, changes its name to Naoero
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Cubans sleep on seaside boardwalk to seek relief from crippling blackouts, summer heat
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Europe’s hot, dry summer takes its toll with fires in France and Greece, and drought in the UK
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Contractors building border wall ordered to stop drilling wells in drought-stricken New Mexico
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Former ‘60 Minutes’ correspondents Pelley, Alfonsi go from newsroom to classroom