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Police investigating fatal shooting in BarringtonNov 17, 2024 9:33 pm - Barrington police are investigating the fatal shooting of a woman Sunday evening. According to police, officers were dispatched at 5:40 p.m. to the 400 block of West Russ...
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As it enters polar night, this Alaska town won’t see sunrise for 64 days
Nov 17, 2024 9:12 pm - The nation’s northernmost town — Utqiagvik, Alaska — is about to descend into months of darkness. Think of it this way: By the time the sun rises again, a new president w...
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‘Looking out for the child’: How a Lake County nonprofit helps low-income familiesNov 17, 2024 9:00 pm - “Yes” is often the resounding answer to requests for help at the weekly service committee meetings of the Mothers Trust Foundation in Lake Forest.
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A gold pocket watch given to the captain who rescued Titanic survivors sells for a record priceNov 17, 2024 8:23 pm - LONDON (AP) — A gold pocket watch given to the ship captain who rescued 700 survivors from the Titanic sold at auction for nearly $2 million, setting a record for memorab...
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Kari Lake settles election defamation case brought by Arizona officialNov 17, 2024 8:22 pm - PHOENIX - A year-long defamation case against Kari Lake, who falsely blamed a local Arizona election official for her 2022 defeat for governor and has sowed distrust in A...
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Srinivasan, Harding to face off for Virginia state senate seatNov 17, 2024 8:20 pm - A Democratic state delegate and a Republican schools activist won firehouse primaries in Loudoun County this weekend, teeing up a special election between the two to fill...
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Union workers picket for 3rd day at Las Vegas casino with no talks slatedNov 17, 2024 8:18 pm - LAS VEGAS — Picketing continued Sunday outside a hotel-casino near the Las Vegas Strip that remained open with no talks scheduled between management and union members str...
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Tropical Storm Sara weakens to tropical depression after making landfall in BelizeNov 17, 2024 8:16 pm - POTRERILLOS, Honduras (AP) — Tropical Storm Sara on Sunday weakened to a tropical depression after making landfall in Belize, where forecasters expected heavy rain to cau...
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Library of Congress says some emails hackedNov 17, 2024 8:08 pm - WASHINGTON — The Library of Congress has notified lawmakers of a “cyber breach” of its IT system by an adversary, a hack of emails between some congressional offices and ...
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Veteran news executive Reg Murphy, who survived abduction decades ago, has died at 90Nov 17, 2024 7:05 pm - Reg Murphy, a renowned journalist whose newsgathering career included stints as an editor and top executive at newspapers in Atlanta, San Francisco and Baltimore — and wh...