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Why your allergies are lasting longer and are more intense this fallOct 27, 2024 7:46 am - Temperatures in the Chicago area have been unusually mild this fall, giving ragweed and other allergen-producing plants more time to grow.
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‘Happy Jack’ pumpkin greets Goebbert’s Farm visitorsOct 27, 2024 6:00 am - Wearing a fresh coat of orange paint trimmed with green, black and white and resting atop a farm silo, “Happy Jack,” a fiberglass pumpkin, has been drawing visitors to Goebbert's Farm in South Barrington since 1979.
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Costumed dogs, owners join for Buffalo Grove’s Howl-O-Ween CelebrationOct 26, 2024 9:29 pm - Cuteness and creativity were on display during the Howl-O-Ween Canine Costume Contest at the Dan Schimmel Pavilion in Willow Stream Park in Buffalo Grove on Saturday. Ab...
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‘Look what somebody wrote on it’: Naperville Central investigating report of racial slur on student’s lockerOct 26, 2024 9:26 pm - Naperville Central High School and police officials are investigating an incident involving a racial slur written on a student’s athletic locker.
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Trump denigrates Detroit while appealing for votes in a suburb of Michigan's largest city
Oct 26, 2024 6:07 pm - Donald Trump further denigrated Detroit while appealing for votes Saturday in a suburb of the largest city in swing state Michigan."I think Detroit and some of our areas makes us a developing nation," the former president told supporters in Novi. He said people want him to say Detroit is "great," but he thinks it "needs help."
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'Take our lives seriously,' Michelle Obama pleads as she rallies for Kamala Harris in Michigan
Oct 26, 2024 5:54 pm - Michelle Obama delivered a searing speech in support of Kamala Harris during a rally in Kalamazoo, Michigan. It was her first appearance on the campaign trail since the Democratic National Convention over the summer. Obama's speech focused on abortion rights and challenged men to vote for Harris to be the country's first female president.
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Pope Francis' Catholic church reform process ends without giving more equity to women
Oct 26, 2024 5:39 pm - Pope Francis' yearslong process to reform the Catholic Church closed Saturday with recommendations that fell short of giving women more equity as hoped, but reflected the pope's aims for a church that at least listens more to its followers.
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Foreign threats to US election on rise, but officials are moving faster to expose them
Oct 26, 2024 5:27 pm - Foreign threats to the upcoming U.S. election are on the rise as Nov. 5 approaches, and U.S. officials are moving more aggressively to call them out. Russia, Iran and China have all launched campaigns designed to support or oppose certain candidates, while also stoking division and distrust in elections. But lessons learned from past election cycles have led U.S. officials to adopt a more aggressive stance
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Israel's first open attack on Iran targets missile sites and apparently spares oil and nuclear ones
Oct 26, 2024 5:21 pm - Israel has attacked Iran with pre-dawn airstrikes in retaliation for the barrage of ballistic missiles the Islamic Republic fired on Israel earlier this month. It's the first time Israel's military has openly attacked Iran. Crucially, there is no indication that Iran's oil or nuclear sites were struck. Iran insists the strikes caused only "limited damage," and Iranian state-run media downplayed them
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Catching rays: Solar panel project planned for inside the old Danada horse trackOct 26, 2024 2:00 pm - DuPage County forest preserve leaders want to install solar panels in an area inside a former horse track that was part of the former estate of Dan and Ada Rice.