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‘More important to do it right’: DuPage County hits pause on revamp of Heritage GallerySep 19, 2025 5:35 pm - Officials have paused plans to revamp the former DuPage Heritage Gallery at the county’s administration building in Wheaton.
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Wheaton rejects cat lounge along Roosevelt RoadSep 19, 2025 5:17 pm - Wheaton City Council members have rejected a proposal to create a cat lounge in a vacant strip mall space off Roosevelt Road.
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Trump administration proposes selling nearly $6 billion in weapons to Israel
Sep 19, 2025 4:56 pm - The Trump administration has told Congress it plans to sell nearly $6 billion in weapons to Israel, a fresh surge of support for the U.S. ally as it faces increasing isolation over its war in Gaza.
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Israel killed 31 journalists in Yemen strike, press freedom group says
Sep 19, 2025 4:51 pm - Thirty-one journalists and media workers were killed in Israeli airstrikes on a newspaper complex in Yemen last week, according to a report released Friday by the Committee to Protect Journalists.The attack was the deadliest against journalists since the Magindanao massacre in the Philippines 16 years ago and the second-deadliest the New York-based press freedom group has ever recorded.
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Woman charged with intent to deliver controlled substance in BartlettSep 19, 2025 4:35 pm - A Chicago woman received drug-related charges after her arrest during a traffic stop in Bartlett Wednesday night.
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Kennedy’s vaccine advisers change COVID shot guidance, calling them an individual choice
Sep 19, 2025 4:23 pm - Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s new vaccine advisers added confusion Friday to this fall’s COVID-19 vaccinations — declining to recommend them for anyone and leaving the choice up to those who want a shot.Until now, the vaccinations had been recommended as a routine step in the fall for nearly all Americans who wanted them — just like a yearly flu vaccine.
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Speakers again debate transgender students’ access to sports teams at District 211 meetingSep 19, 2025 3:27 pm - Supporters and critics of a state law enabling transgender students to participate on sports teams consistent with their gender identity again debated the issue at the Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 board meeting Thursday.
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Wall Street coasts to the finish of its latest record-setting week
Sep 19, 2025 3:26 pm - Wall Street tacked on some more gains as it glided to the finish of its latest record-setting week. The S&P 500 rose 0.5% Friday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.4%, and the Nasdaq composite climbed 0.7%.
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ICE arrests nearly 550 in Chicago area as part of ‘Midway Blitz’
Sep 19, 2025 3:02 pm - Immigration enforcement officials have arrested more than 400 people as part of an operation in the Chicago area that launched a little less than two weeks ago, a top Immigration and Customs Enforcement official said Friday.
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Protesters try to block vehicles at key immigration building in suburban Broadview
Sep 19, 2025 1:39 pm - Protesters tried to block vehicles Friday outside a federal immigration enforcement building in suburban Chicago, leading to a confrontation with authorities who used a chemical agent to disperse the crowd.