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Suburban Skyview: Island Lake star still shining bright after 60 yearsJan 05, 2025 6:00 am - The Island Lake lighted star has been shining bright for almost 60 years. Sitting on top of the 110-foot tower along Route 176 near Roberts Road, the star is a focal point each holiday season.
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Politicians should embrace these New Year’s resolutionsJan 05, 2025 5:40 am - Happy New Year! I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season and 2025 is off to a great start. Each year we are hopeful politicians will prioritize and enact policies th...
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Tesla data helped police after Las Vegas truck explosion, but experts have wider privacy concerns
Jan 04, 2025 8:36 pm - NEW YORK — Your car is spying on you. That is one takeaway from the fast, detailed data that Tesla collected on the driver of one of its Cybertrucks that exploded in Las ...
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Drivers skid and crash as wintry mix grips central US before moving east
Jan 04, 2025 8:34 pm - MISSION, Kan. (AP) — Road conditions were deteriorating Saturday in the central U.S. as a winter storm brought a mix of snow, ice and plunging temperatures, with forecast...
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Israeli airstrikes in Gaza kill at least 21, hospital workers say, as talks underway
Jan 04, 2025 8:10 pm - DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Israeli airstrikes killed at least 21 people, including at least two children, on Saturday in Gaza, hospital staff said, while a new effort at...
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Jimmy Carter’s flag-draped casket is on its way to Atlanta as 39th president's state funeral begins
Jan 04, 2025 5:20 pm - PLAINS, Ga. — Jimmy Carter 's long public goodbye began Saturday in Georgia, with the 39th U.S. president’s flag-draped casket rolling through his tiny hometown and past ...
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Hillary Clinton, George Soros and Denzel Washington received the highest US civilian honor
Jan 04, 2025 5:05 pm - WASHINGTON — In the East Room of the White House on a particularly frigid Saturday afternoon, President Joe Biden bestowed the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 19 of the ...
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Suspect arrested in string of lottery ticket thefts across DuPage CountyJan 04, 2025 4:57 pm - Yonas Beyene, 37, of Wheaton faces felony charges for a string of lottery ticket thefts from DuPage County convenience stores after being arrested near a Villa Park motel Friday.
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How Congress will certify Trump’s Electoral College victory on Jan. 6
Jan 04, 2025 4:51 pm - WASHINGTON — The congressional joint session to count electoral votes on Monday is expected to be much less eventful than the certification four years ago that was interr...
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Annual Winter Golf Tournament Offers Food, Drinks, Prizes, and FunJan 04, 2025 2:34 pm - Pink cheeks and frozen golf balls were the norm Saturday during the annual Des Plaines Chili Open golf tournament. Warm afternoon sun couldn’t compete with the frigid tem...