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Scientists change how El Niño is labeled to keep up with spike in temperature
Feb 20, 2026 7:04 pm - The natural El Nino cycle, which warps weather worldwide, is both adding to and shaped by a warming world, meteorologists said.A new study calculated that an unusual recent twist in the warming and cooling cycle that includes El Nino and its counterpart La Nina can help explain the scientific mystery of why Earth's already rising temperature spiked to a new level over the past three years.
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Arlington Heights man charged in Thursday’s 7½-hour standoffFeb 20, 2026 6:04 pm - Police announced charges Friday for a 50-year-old Arlington Heights man who authorities say illegally entered an Arlington Heights home Thursday and engaged police in a 7...
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Two injured in crash near Gilberts schoolFeb 20, 2026 5:13 pm - Two people were injured Thursday in a single-vehicle crash that required extrication in Gilberts, authorities said.
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‘This was not some inflection point’: Officials in Illinois play defense now that Indiana Bears bill is in motionFeb 20, 2026 5:11 pm - Officials including Gov. JB Pritzker and Arlington Heights Village Manager Randy Recklaus went on defense Friday amid movement in Indiana on legislation aimed at luring the Chicago Bears across state lines.
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Police search former Prince Andrew’s home a day after his arrest
Feb 20, 2026 4:55 pm - Police searched the former home of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor again on Friday, a day after he was arrested and held in custody for nearly 11 hours on suspicion of misconduct in having shared confidential trade information with the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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No one hurt in Des Plaines house fireFeb 20, 2026 4:43 pm - No one was hurt Friday in a house fire on the 500 block of Patricia Lane in Des Plaines.
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Trump says climate repeal saves $1.3 trillion. The EPA’s math differs.
Feb 20, 2026 4:34 pm - When President Donald Trump on Feb. 12 announced the “single largest deregulation in American history” — the repeal of climate emissions standards for all vehicles and the key scientific determination underpinning them, in one swoop — he said it would save Americans $1.3 trillion.
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No injuries in Gilberts house fireFeb 20, 2026 4:31 pm - No one was hurt and a house sustained minimal damage from a fire Wednesday in Gilberts.
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DC protesters say they were attacked by guards of Azerbaijani president
Feb 20, 2026 4:21 pm - Protesters calling for the release of political prisoners in Azerbaijan said they were attacked Thursday afternoon by bodyguards protecting Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev outside the Waldorf Astoria hotel on Washington’s Pennsylvania Avenue, a few blocks from the White House.
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‘Run, eat, get on the plane, sleep. Repeat’: Glen Ellyn man completes globe-trotting World Marathon ChallengeFeb 20, 2026 4:16 pm - Glen Ellyn’s Lincoln Bode recently completed the World Marathon Challenge — seven marathons on seven continents in seven days — to raise funds and awareness for the Michael J. Fox Foundation.