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How police are easing anxiety for citizens with autism

By Charles Keeshan and Susan Sarkauskas
Sep 18, 2025 5:31 pm - Getting pulled over by a police officer, or any other unexpected encounter with law enforcement, is stressful, all the more so for a person who struggles with social interactions and communication as a result of autism. Easing that anxiety is the idea behind two suburban departments’ new Blue Envelope Program.
McHenry County Board gives raises to elected officials

By Claire O'Brien
Sep 18, 2025 4:33 pm - McHenry County elected officials will be getting raises to kick off their next terms. The McHenry County Board approved the raises this week without discussion or a separate vote.
‘Lots of oohs and aahs’: More than 20 animatronic dinosaurs take over Gail Borden Library in Elgin

By Rick West
Sep 18, 2025 4:28 pm - More than 20 animatronic dinosaurs and interactive attractions will be on display at the Gail Borden Library in Elgin as part of the Dinosaur Explorer exhibition.
US once again vetoes Security Council resolution demanding immediate Gaza ceasefire, hostage release

By FARNOUSH AMIRI
Sep 18, 2025 4:11 pm - UNITED NATIONS — The United States once again vetoed a U.N. Security Council Resolution Thursday that had demanded an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza and the re...
Growing number of Americans say US supports Israel too much in Gaza war, poll shows

By Sammy Westfall
Sep 18, 2025 4:07 pm - Compared with last year, more Americans now say the United States supports Israel too much in its war in Gaza — despite a large partisan divide on the issue — according t...
Gunman kills 2 at Israeli-run crossing between West Bank and Jordan. 4 soldiers killed in Gaza

By ISAAC SCHARF and AREEJ HAZBOUN
Sep 18, 2025 4:03 pm - JERUSALEM — A Jordanian aid truck driver opened fire and killed two people at an Israeli-run border crossing in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, officials said. The Is...
Saudi Arabia signs a mutual defense pact with nuclear-armed Pakistan after Israel’s attack on Qatar

By MUNIR AHMED and JON GAMBRELL
Sep 18, 2025 3:51 pm - ISLAMABAD — Saudi Arabia and nuclear-armed Pakistan have signed a mutual defense pact that defines any attack on either nation as an attack on both — a key accord in the ...
Trump officials ask Supreme Court to allow firing of Fed governor Lisa Cook

By Justin Jouvenal
Sep 18, 2025 3:38 pm - The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to allow it to fire Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook, an unprecedented move that would give the president g...
ICE arrests student at Elgin Community College

By Susan Sarkauskas
Sep 18, 2025 2:56 pm - Federal immigration authorities arrested a student at Elgin Community College Thursday morning, the college announced.
Paper checks going away soon for Social Security, most federal payments

By Shannon Najmabadi, Taylor Telford
Sep 18, 2025 2:28 pm - The Treasury Department will stop issuing paper checks for tax refunds, Social Security payments and most other federal programs on Sept. 30 as part of an executive order aimed at modernizing the government.

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