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‘The winning touchdown’: Metra exhales, passes budget without fare hikes, fiscal cliff

By Marni Pyke
Nov 13, 2025 6:01 pm - After consecutive years of gloomy budget sessions, Metra directors buoyed by additional state funding for transit approved a 2026 fiscal plan amid an optimistic atmosphere Thursday. New revenue from Springfield is also headed to the CTA and Pace, which also approved revised budgets this week.
Ammonia gas leak from a tanker truck in Oklahoma sickens dozens and forces evacuations

By CLIFF BRUNT, KATHY McCORMACK and SARAH BRUMFIELD
Nov 13, 2025 5:49 pm - A leaking tanker truck spewed dangerous ammonia gas outside a hotel overnight, filling its hallways with fumes and forcing hundreds of nearby residents of a small Oklahoma city to evacuate, authorities said Thursday. Several dozen people were treated at hospitals.
Staunton restaurant owner’s detention sparks probe into Duckworth staffer

By Beth Hundsdorfer
Nov 13, 2025 4:56 pm - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has launched a probe into the conduct of one of U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth’s aides, who is accused of misrepresenting himself to visit a Staunton restaurant owner who was detained by immigration agents.
Israel says militants in Gaza have handed over a body believed to be a hostage

Nov 13, 2025 4:46 pm - JERUSALEM — Israel said Thursday that militants in Gaza have handed over a body believed to be a hostage. The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the...
US proposal at the UN for Gaza stabilization force faces concerns from Russia, China and Arabs

By FARNOUSH AMIRI and EDITH M. LEDERER
Nov 13, 2025 4:40 pm - A U.S. proposal to provide a United Nations mandate for an international stabilization force in Gaza is facing opposition from Russia, China and some Arab countries, which have expressed unease about a yet-to-be established board that would temporarily govern the territory and the lack of any transitional role for the Palestinian Authority.
Airlines are optimistic about a quick recovery ahead of Thanksgiving once the FAA ends flight cuts

By JOSH FUNK
Nov 13, 2025 4:12 pm - Airlines are optimistic they can resume normal operations just a few days after the government lifts its order to cut some flights at 40 busy airports, but it's not clear how soon that will happen even though the federal shutdown is over.
10 years after the Bataclan massacre, Paris is still scarred by that night of terror

By JOHN LEICESTER and THOMAS ADAMSON
Nov 13, 2025 4:06 pm - With minutes of silence and somber readings of the 132 victims’ names, the French capital mourned the dead and innocence it lost on Nov. 13, 2015, but also proudly recalled how Parisians came together, looked after each other and slowly but surely rebounded in the wake of the three-hour series of coordinated assaults targeting the packed Bataclan concert hall, joyful cafes and the national stadium where France's soccer team was playing.
‘Belief in the limitless potential of our kids’: Boys and Girls Club turning old school into Impact Center

By Susan Sarkauskas
Nov 13, 2025 4:01 pm - The sounds of learning will return next year to a former school in Carpentersville, as the Boys and Girls Club of the Northwest Suburbs transforms it into an Impact Center, where middle schoolers and teens learn life, leadership and career skills.
Aurora man convicted in 2024 murder of domestic partner

By Rick West
Nov 13, 2025 1:57 pm - An Aurora man could face up to life in prison after being convicted of first-degree murder, authorities announced Thursday.
Why Elgin could increase its general property tax levy for the first time in more than a decade

By Rick West
Nov 13, 2025 1:27 pm - Elgin’s proposed 2026 budget calls for the city’s first increase in the general property tax levy in more than a decade.

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