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Our Lady of Guadalupe sculpture makes appearance in Des PlainesAug 27, 2025 10:20 pm - A life-size sculpture of the “Pilgrim Mother” — Our Lady of Guadalupe — made its first U.S. stop in Des Plaines Wednesday as part of an international tour. The exhibition will be open to the public in the St. Joseph Chapel at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe and remain on display there through Sept. 30.
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National Guard troops deployed in DC add sanitation, landscaping duties
Aug 27, 2025 8:57 pm - The August air was crisp Tuesday as members of D.C’s National Guard, a key component of President Donald Trump’s federal takeover of the District, scooped, spread and smoothed mounds of mulch around the city’s treasured Tidal Basin cherry trees.As they raked, specks of dirt and mulch floated upward into early morning sunbeams, an idyllic image starkly at odds with the president’s portrayal of Washington as a violent, lawless dystopia.
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Louisiana urges Supreme Court to bar use of race in redistricting, in attack on Voting Rights Act
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CDC director being ousted refuses to resign, says RFK Jr. is ‘weaponizing public health’
Aug 27, 2025 8:06 pm - The Trump administration moved Wednesday to oust Susan Monarez as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention after she faced pressure to change vaccine policy, sparking the resignation of other senior CDC officials and a showdown over whether she could be removed.Hours after the Department of Health and Human Services announced Monarez was no longer the director, her lawyers responded with a fiery statement saying she has not resigned or been fired.
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Man accused of secretly recording people in bathrooms at Naperville clubAug 27, 2025 8:02 pm - A man is accused of secretly videotaping 11 people in restrooms at a boxing club in Naperville.
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A man has been accused of carjacking women, twice within a week, in Naperville and Warrenville.Aug 27, 2025 7:20 pm - A man has been accused of carjacking women twice recently in Naperville and Warrenville. Archie Banks, 63, of the 1500 block of Westminster Drive, Naperville, is accused ...
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Journalist’s final images show the Gaza hospital stairwell where she was killed by an Israeli strike
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Crystal Lake man convicted in $8M Ponzi scheme wants to take back plea to defrauding American Legion group
Aug 27, 2025 6:38 pm - A Crystal Lake man due to be sentenced next week in connection with an $8 million Ponzi scheme is trying to take back a guilty plea in which he admitted to defrauding a local veterans’ organization.
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Aurora institutes grocery taxAug 27, 2025 6:36 pm - Aurora will impose a 1% tax on groceries, when the state drops its tax in January.
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Why are gas prices up just before Labor Day road trips start?Aug 27, 2025 6:33 pm - It’s the last fling before fall. Here’s what to expect at airports, gas stations in other states and on the roadways this long weekend.