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Pritzker: FBI can’t arrest Texas lawmakers sheltering in Illinois
Aug 07, 2025 5:23 pm - Gov. JB Pritzker brushed aside suggestions Thursday that FBI agents could be deployed to arrest a group of Texas Democratic lawmakers who have fled to Illinois to delay voting on a mid-decade Republican redistricting plan.
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Hurricane season is picking up. These conditions have forecasters most concerned.
Aug 07, 2025 4:37 pm - After a slow but deadly start to hurricane season, the Atlantic Ocean is turning more active as the typical peak of activity approaches in September.
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Mother-daughter team opening Mount Prospect art studioAug 07, 2025 4:37 pm - A mother-daughter tandem will open an art studio in Mount Prospect.
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Mount Prospect passes local grocery taxAug 07, 2025 4:35 pm - Mount Prospect trustees voted unanimously Wednesday in favor of a 1% local grocery tax, directing the $923,000 annual revenue toward public safety pensions.
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July was Earth’s third-warmest on record, EU scientists say
Aug 07, 2025 4:10 pm - The world experienced its third-warmest July on record this year, the European Union agency that tracks global warming said Thursday, with temperatures easing slightly for the month as compared with the record high two years ago.
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Soldiers hailed as heroes for tackling armed assailant at Georgia Army base
Aug 07, 2025 3:51 pm - Sgt. Aaron Turner was helping lock down a supply warehouse on Fort Stewart after gunshots were reported in a neighboring office building. Then he saw a fellow soldier walking past, wearing a hooded sweatshirt over his uniform and holding a handgun.Instead of ducking for cover, Turner said, he approached the gunman and started talking — asking what he was doing there and where he was heading.
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FBI fires senior officials, including former acting head
Aug 07, 2025 3:32 pm - The FBI has forced out at least two senior officials, including the bureau’s former acting director, in its latest purge of leaders who drew the ire of right-wing supporters of President Donald Trump, according to people familiar with the dismissals.
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Indian Prairie District 204 to hold forums as part of superintendent searchAug 07, 2025 2:45 pm - Indian Prairie Unit District 204 officials plan to host two forums to collect feedback from stakeholders on the qualities they want to see in the next superintendent of the Aurora-based school system.
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Krishnamoorthi leading investigation into license plate readersAug 07, 2025 2:08 pm - U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi is demanding answers from the leading provider of automatic license plate readers about the use of their cameras to gain information about immigrants and those seeking abortion services.
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Addison man killed in Hanover Park motorcycle crashAug 07, 2025 1:49 pm - A 19-year-old Addison man died Tuesday evening after losing control of his motorcycle in Hanover Park, authorities said.