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No injuries after vehicle crashes into Libertyville strip mallAug 03, 2025 7:25 am - No injuries were reported Saturday after a vehicle crashed into an exterior wall of a strip mall in Libertyville, authorities said.
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Fire leaves Des Plaines home uninhabitableAug 03, 2025 7:09 am - Fire investigators are searching for the cause of a blaze Saturday evening that left a Des Plaines home uninhabitable.
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India indicates it will keep buying Russian oil despite Trump’s threats
Aug 02, 2025 9:25 pm - India has indicated that it would continue buying oil from Russia despite threats by U.S. President Donald Trump.The Indian foreign ministry said its relationship with Russia was “steady and time-tested,” and should not be seen through the prism of a third country.
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Senate heads home with no deal to speed confirmations as irate Trump tells Schumer to ‘go to hell’
Aug 02, 2025 9:22 pm - WASHINGTON — The Senate left Washington Saturday night for its monthlong August recess without a deal to advance dozens of President Donald Trump's nominees, calling it q...
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Aurora building evacuated after reports of falling bricksAug 02, 2025 7:51 pm - A building on Galena Boulevard in Aurora was evacuated Saturday night after the fire department — responding to calls about crumbling bricks hitting the sidewalk — deemed the structure unsound.
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The Trump economy. The latest financial figures offer warning signs; White House says ‘best is yet to come’
Aug 02, 2025 7:29 pm - For all of President Donald Trump’s promises of an economic “golden age,” a spate of weak indicators this week told a potentially worrisome story as the impacts of his policies are coming into focus.
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Rare aerial imagery shows displacement and destruction in Gaza
Aug 02, 2025 7:14 pm - Blocks upon blocks of crumbling buildings, punctuated by vast tent encampments. Scenes of devastation where neighborhoods once stood.A chance to ride along on a Jordanian aid flight Wednesday carrying out airdrops over the Gaza Strip offered a rare opportunity for low-altitude aerial views of the scale of destruction and displacement in the territory.
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Israeli fire again kills Gaza aid-seekers as US envoy meets with hostages’ families
Aug 02, 2025 7:03 pm - Israeli forces opened fire near two aid distribution sites run by the Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation as crowds of hungry Palestinians again sought food, killing at least 10 people, witnesses and health workers said Saturday. The violence came a day after U.S. officials visited a GHF site and the U.S. ambassador called the troubled system “an incredible feat.”
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Smoke from Canadian wildfires brings unhealthy air to large swaths of the Midwest
Aug 02, 2025 6:57 pm - Smoke from Canadian wildfires hovered over several Midwestern states Saturday, bringing warnings of unhealthy air for at least the third day.
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Pope thrills hundreds of thousands of young Catholics at Holy Year youth festival
Aug 02, 2025 6:51 pm - Pope Leo XIV urged hundreds of thousands of young people on Saturday to have the courage to make radical choices to do good, as he presided over his first big encounter with the next generation of Catholics during the highlight of the Vatican’s 2025 Holy Year.