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Facts Matter: Home Depot doesn’t have a deal with ICE agentsAug 10, 2025 4:00 am - In this week’s Facts Matter column, Bob Oswald examines claims that a major store chain has a deal with ICE and that President Bill Clinton spent time on Jeffrey Epstein’s island.
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Summer’s best meteor shower peaks soon. But the moon will interfere with viewing the Perseids
Aug 09, 2025 9:27 pm - WASHINGTON — Summer's most dazzling meteor shower, the Perseids, peaks soon. This year, a bright moon will dampen viewing at the time of peak early Wednesday morning, so...
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Longtime Northwest suburban tourism leader dies at 91Aug 09, 2025 6:36 pm - Former Northwest suburban marketing chief Thomas Rivera, who lobbied and gained the respect of governors and brought tourism dollars back to the region, has died at age 91. He considered the opening of the Schaumburg convention center his crowning achievement.
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Acai berry producers are concerned as Trump imposes tariffs on Brazil's exports
Aug 09, 2025 4:54 pm - BELEM, Brazil — When U.S. President Donald Trump imposed tariffs of 50% on Brazilian exports in July, acai producer Ailson Ferreira Moreira felt immediately concerned. Af...
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Studying bank deposits, Sandra Grimes found a deadly CIA traitor
Aug 09, 2025 4:50 pm - In the middle of 1985, it seemed that every month a new American asset providing information on the Soviets had disappeared.A network that took years of spycraft to develop was evaporating through arrests and executions. At least eight Soviet informants were killed. No one knew what was going on. The intelligence community thought their communications were compromised. But they also feared the worst: a traitor.
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London police arrest 365 people as pro-Palestinian protesters defy new law
Aug 09, 2025 4:05 pm - LONDON — British police said they arrested 365 people in central London on Saturday as supporters of a recently banned pro-Palestinian group intentionally flouted the law...
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Astronauts return to Earth with SpaceX after 5 months at the International Space Station
Aug 09, 2025 3:57 pm - Four astronauts returned to Earth on Saturday after hustling to the International Space Station five months ago to relieve the stuck test pilots of Boeing’s Starliner. Th...
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CDC shooter believed COVID vaccine made him suicidal, father tells police
Aug 09, 2025 3:54 pm - ATLANTA — A Georgia man who opened fire on the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters, shooting dozens of rounds into the sprawling complex and kil...
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Cicero man charged after high-speed chase throughout DuPage CountyAug 09, 2025 3:32 pm - A 31-year-old Cicero man was charged with multiple offenses, including aggravated fleeing and eluding police, after a road rage incident and high-speed chase through DuPage County.
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Israel faces growing condemnation over military expansion in Gaza
Aug 09, 2025 3:11 pm - DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — International condemnation grew Saturday over Israel's decision for a military takeover of Gaza City, while tens of thousands of Israelis rall...