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Major flight delays at O’Hare due to burst pipe at air traffic control towerJan 20, 2026 10:46 am - A burst pipe at O’Hare’s International Airport’s busiest air traffic control tower caused delays for thousands of passengers Tuesday.
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Affordability a priority in new General Assembly session, Illinois leaders say
Jan 20, 2026 10:37 am - House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch says this spring’s election-year legislative session will be squarely focused on tackling Illinois voters’ priorities.
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Spain begins 3 days of mourning for deadly train wreck while death toll ticks up to 41
Jan 20, 2026 10:05 am - ADAMUZ, Spain — Spanish emergency workers searched Tuesday for more victims in the wreckage of a deadly train accident in southern Spain that killed at least 41 people, a...
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Russia's top diplomat says NATO faces a deep crisis over Greenland
Jan 20, 2026 10:04 am - MOSCOW — The bid by U.S. President Donald Trump to take over Greenland heralds a “deep crisis” for NATO and raises questions about the alliance's preservation as a single...
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Wall Street slumps and Europe stocks sink as Trump threatens tariffs on 8 NATO members
Jan 20, 2026 10:04 am - NEW YORK — Stocks slumped in morning trading on Wall Street Tuesday after President Donald Trump threatened to hit eight NATO members with new tariffs as tensions escalat...
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‘Exciting, but bittersweet’: Wheeling aquatic center won’t open this summer because of constructionJan 20, 2026 10:02 am - Wheeling’s Family Aquatic Center won’t open as usual this summer because a planned multimillion-dollar replacement should be underway.
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Trump’s Greenland threats spark outrage and defiance from EU, testing longtime NATO alliances
Jan 20, 2026 10:01 am - DAVOS, Switzerland — President Donald Trump’s pledge to provoke a sweeping tariff fight with Europe to get his way in taking control of Greenland has left many of Americ...
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Plan for 72 affordable housing units on Fox River in Batavia to get public hearing Wednesday
Jan 20, 2026 10:01 am - A public hearing is scheduled for Wednesday for a 72-unit affordable housing complex at the former quarry east of the Fox River that one Batavia alderman described as a plan to turn a “rock field into someplace people can live.”
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From AI-powered robotic mayor to aircraft fuselage, plans for $3 million Rosemont museum unveiledJan 20, 2026 6:00 am - The $3 million Donald E. Stephens Rosemont History Museum will feature interactive exhibits - including a talking animatronic likeness of the late mayor - to showcase the village’s evolution over the past 70 years.
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Leaders trying to figure out how Trump’s Board of Peace will work
Jan 19, 2026 9:25 pm - Israel has been asked to join U.S. President Donald Trump’s new Board of Peace that will supervise the next phase of the Gaza peace plan, an Israeli official said Monday,...