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King Charles III prays with pope in historic visit, a welcome respite from royal troubles at home

By NICOLE WINFIELD
Oct 23, 2025 6:20 pm - VATICAN CITY — King Charles III and Queen Camilla prayed Thursday with Pope Leo XIV in a historic visit to the Vatican to forge closer relations between the Church of Eng...
Can you pass the new US citizenship test?

By Daniel Wu
Oct 23, 2025 5:52 pm - Would you be able to pass a U.S. citizenship test on America’s government and history? This week, it got harder.
Trump administration will allow controversial road through Alaskan refuge

By Dino Grandoni
Oct 23, 2025 5:32 pm - The Trump administration announced Thursday it is moving forward with a controversial land deal to allow for the construction of a road through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge, a pristine stretch of coastal wildlands in southwest Alaska.
Many happy returns: How feds say Glen Ellyn woman pulled off $900K retail fraud scheme

By Charles Keeshan and Susan Sarkauskas
Oct 23, 2025 4:43 pm - A Glen Ellyn woman stole an estimated $900,000 from a retail chain by making fraudulent merchandise returns, federal authorities allege in a recent court filing. Here’s how authorities say she pulled it off.
McHenry County Board proposes tax levy increase while also looking for spending cuts

By Claire O'Brien
Oct 23, 2025 4:36 pm - McHenry County officials are continuing to look for ways to cut expenses and increase revenue as the county board prepares to vote on next year’s budget and a proposed property tax levy increase.
Trump issues disaster declarations for Alaska and other states but denies Illinois and Maryland

By GABRIELA AOUN ANGUEIRA
Oct 23, 2025 3:52 pm - President Donald Trump approved major disaster declarations for Alaska, Nebraska, North Dakota and the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe late Wednesday, while denying requests from Vermont, Illinois and Maryland and leaving other states still waiting for answers.
Lithuanian president says Russian military planes violated the Baltic country’s airspace

Oct 23, 2025 3:46 pm - Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda said that Russian military planes violated Lithuania’s airspace on Thursday evening, condemning the breach as a blatant infraction on the territorial integrity of his European Union and NATO-member country.
Trump’s turnaround on sanctions targets Russia’s oil companies that fund the war in Ukraine

By DAVID McHUGH
Oct 23, 2025 3:43 pm - The U.S. and the European Union are hitting Russia with another round of sanctions, aiming to cut into oil and gas export earnings that fund Moscow's war against Ukraine.
Man accused of hiding Antioch woman’s body held in Lake County jail days after being ordered deported

By Steve Zalusky
Oct 23, 2025 3:26 pm - The same week a judge ordered Jose Luis Mendoza-Gonzalez deported, the man charged with hiding the body of a 37-year-old Antioch woman in a garbage container was ordered held in the Lake County jail instead.
Elgin could allow DACA recipients to be hired as firefighters and paramedics

By Rick West
Oct 23, 2025 2:58 pm - The Elgin City Council gave unanimous preliminary approval Wednesday to allow people with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) status to be hired as firefighters and paramedics.

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