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Hundreds of migrant children are stranded in Spain’s Ceuta after mass crossing
Aug 03, 2026 7:14 pm - The teenage girl made it through the waves to Spanish territory. Her little brother did not, drowning in the Mediterranean, while their mother disappeared in the chaos when tens of thousands of people surged through the breakwater, trying to leave Morocco behind.
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‘Full circle moment’: Husband and wife set to launch transformation of shuttered Rolling Meadows firehouseAug 03, 2026 6:36 pm - Husband-and-wife business owners Michael and Emily Schumann will convert a former 1958 Rolling Meadows fire station into Abide Coffee + Bakery, with a $1.8 million renovation set to begin this fall.
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Bodies of missing suburban kayakers recovered in Door CountyAug 03, 2026 6:13 pm - The search for two suburban kayakers who went missing Saturday while paddling in Door County, Wisconsin, ended tragically Monday with the discovery of their bodies, authorities said.
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Washington state fires destroy hundreds of buildings and force Spokane-area residents to evacuate
Aug 03, 2026 6:03 pm - Some residents returned to devastated neighborhoods in eastern Washington state to find their homes leveled by wildfires that erupted across a parched landscape over the weekend, covering yards in charred debris. In some cases, only chimneys were left standing.
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Man who killed top Minnesota lawmaker and her husband makes first state court appearance
Aug 03, 2026 5:53 pm - The man serving two life terms plus 40 years after pleading guilty to federal charges related to killing a top Democratic lawmaker and her husband made his initial appear...
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Trump says Pirro ‘folded like an umbrella’ in bid to drop Reflecting Pool vandalism charges
Aug 03, 2026 5:47 pm - President Donald Trump said Monday that U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro “choked” and “folded like an umbrella” in moving to drop charges against a former Olympian accused of vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
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Maryland Democrats begin advancing redistricting constitutional amendment
Aug 03, 2026 5:38 pm - Democrats who control the Maryland Legislature began advancing legislation Monday intended to clear the way for a partisan redistricting process that could help their party pick up an additional U.S. House seat by 2028.
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Aurora man charged with murder after fatal wrong-way crash on Dan Ryan in Chicago FridayAug 03, 2026 5:36 pm - An Aurora man is facing murder charges after a fatal wrong-way crash Friday on the Dan Ryan Expressway in Chicago.
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El-Sayed and Stevens close Michigan Senate primary offering different visions for Democrats
Aug 03, 2026 5:34 pm - DETROIT — U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens and Abdul El-Sayed spent the final hours of Michigan's fiercely contested Democratic Senate primary making their closing pitches in sett...
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Ethics panel recommends House censure Rep. Chuck Edwards for conduct with two aides
Aug 03, 2026 5:29 pm - The House Ethics Committee recommended Monday that Rep. Chuck Edwards, R-N.C., be censured after finding that he engaged in persistent unprofessional and inappropriate conduct toward two young female aides in his congressional office.