Lifestyle
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Harper’s Job Placement Resource Center prepares students for jobs, internshipsOct 19, 2025 6:10 pm - With resume workshops, interview coaching and employer partnerships, Harper College’s Job Placement Resource Center equips students and alumni with skills and connections to launch their careers.
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Pope gives Venezuela reason to celebrate by canonizing its beloved 'doctor of the poor' as 1st saintOct 19, 2025 4:32 pm - VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV canonized Venezuela’s beloved “doctor of the poor” Sunday before tens of thousands of people, offering the South American nation its firs...
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Traditionalists push Pope Leo to resurrect the Latin MassOct 19, 2025 4:20 pm - ROME - Inside the frescoed nave of a church near the Colosseum, women in black veils and clean-cut young men listened in reverent silence to a largely forbidden rite: a R...
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Learn about Diwali, the Festival of Lights
Oct 19, 2025 12:34 pm - Diwali is the most important festival of the year in India — and for Hindus in particular. It is celebrated across faiths by more than a billion people in the world’s mo...
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Out of grief, hope for others: Suicide prevention organizations work together to spur dialogue, reduce rates in schoolsOct 19, 2025 9:03 am - In 2023, suicide was the second-leading cause of death of those between ages 10 and 34 in America. Larry and Mary Jo Butz of Hawthorn Woods know personally the impact of that statistic. Now, through Megan Butz Legacy of Hope and Elyssa’s Mission, they are working with schools to educate and identify at-risk students.
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A T-shirt worn by Taylor Swift sparks a $2M windfall for sea otters
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Special Strong inclusive gym services now available in several Western suburbsOct 18, 2025 2:45 pm - Special Strong, a specialty fitness provider for people with mental, physical and cognitive challenges, had a grand opening celebration Saturday in Elmhurst for its new franchise serving the Western suburbs.
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‘Best hobby ever’: Glen Ellyn birdman shares joys of birding with new bookOct 18, 2025 2:28 pm - Glen Ellyn's Jeff Reiter, a birding "evangelist" and longtime Daily Herald columnist, has put together his best “Words on Birds” in one nine-part book.
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The workers whose health care is most at stake in the government shutdown
Oct 18, 2025 1:44 pm - They are restaurateurs and beauticians, landscapers and mediators, chiropractors and funeral directors. They are freelancers, contractors and gig workers. And they now find themselves stuck in the middle of the political battle that has shut down the government.
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‘An exciting new chapter’: Meet Chicago Northwest touts Renaissance Schaumburg’s $30M renovationOct 18, 2025 1:28 pm - Meet Chicago Northwest is touting the completion of the $30 million renovation of the Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center Hotel as “an exciting new chapter for one of the region’s most iconic hospitality landmarks.”