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How runway safety system slowed plane, averted disaster in WheelingSep 04, 2025 2:18 pm - A concrete safety system slowed down a small airplane that overshot a Chicago Executive Airport runway Wednesday and kept it from hurtling onto a nearby road.
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Northwestern University president says he will resign following tenure marked by White House tension
Sep 04, 2025 2:00 pm - Northwestern University President Michael Schill announced Thursday that he will resign, ending a three-year tenure marked by the freeze of hundreds of millions of dollar...
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Aurora police seek witness to motorcycle crashSep 04, 2025 1:20 pm - Aurora police are looking for the driver of a car that was near a Tuesday motorcycle crash. They say the driver may have witnessed the crash and could provide important information.
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Podcasters and influencers: The unexpected jobs covered under Trump’s ‘no tax on tips’ plan
Sep 04, 2025 1:09 pm - Golf caddies, blackjack dealers and house painters are among the jobs covered under the Trump administration's preliminary list of occupations not required to pay income tax on their tips under Republicans' new tax cuts and spending bill.
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Aurora man gets 34 years in federal prison for child sex exploitationSep 04, 2025 1:05 pm - An Aurora man has been sentenced to 34 years in federal prison for enticing children to produce sexually explicit images of themselves.
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Senators grill RFK Jr. over chaos at CDC: Takeaways from the hearing
Sep 04, 2025 12:30 pm - Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Thursday defended his tenure in a Senate hearing, following upheaval at the Centers for Disease Control and P...
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Pentagon approves use of Navy base for Chicago ICE operations
Sep 04, 2025 11:49 am - The Pentagon has approved the use of a Navy base on the outskirts of Chicago as a staging ground from which the Trump administration can launch operations against undocum...
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Mount Prospect green lights plan for new Lincoln Middle SchoolSep 04, 2025 11:46 am - Mount Prospect village board members this week approved Mount Prospect Elementary District 57’s plans to build a new Lincoln Middle School.
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Rojo drops out of House 52nd Dem race, endorses Chan DingSep 04, 2025 11:37 am - The field of Democratic candidates running for state Rep. Martin McLaughlin’s 52nd District seat has narrowed to two. Jesse Rojo, a U.S. Army veteran and policy advocate, announced Wednesday he will exit the Democratic primary race and endorse Erin Chan Ding, recently reelected school board member in Barrington Area Unit District 220.
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Travis Kelce on what’s changed since his engagement to Taylor Swift: ‘I got one more ring’
Sep 04, 2025 11:05 am - SAO PAULO — Kansas City Chiefs tight end and three-time Super Bowl winner Travis Kelce made teammate Patrick Mahomes and reporters laugh on Thursday when asked what has c...