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Florida suit claims company concealed serious risks of ChatGPT
Jun 02, 2026 7:21 am - The state of Florida filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman on Monday, claiming the company knowingly released and aggressively marketed ChatGPT to the public while concealing serious risks, including offering instructions to children considering suicide and helping suspects plot crimes.
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Colorado elections clerk released from prison after governor commutes sentence
Jun 02, 2026 7:20 am - Tina Peters, the former county clerk convicted of participating in a scheme to chase election conspiracy theories promulgated by President Donald Trump, was released from...
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Trump reconsidering $1.8 billion fund, AP source says, as Justice Department temporarily pauses it
Jun 02, 2026 7:07 am - President Donald Trump is reconsidering whether to move forward with a $1.8 billion fund meant to compensate his allies, a person familiar with his thinking said Monday, as the Justice Department said it would temporarily pause its implementation to comply with a court order.
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Lacking money and support, Trump’s Board of Peace stalls in Gaza
Jun 02, 2026 7:06 am - Seven months after President Donald Trump announced his peace plan for Gaza and more than four months since he convened his Board of Peace to implement and pay for it, the plan is stalled and expected donations to the fund it created are nonexistent.
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Pentagon bars journalists from its press office, saying it has become a 'classified space'
Jun 02, 2026 7:04 am - In another of a series of moves restricting media access at the Pentagon, the Defense Department has declared that its press office is now a classified space inaccessible to journalists.
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Pride flag debate heats up in PalatineJun 01, 2026 10:37 pm - Palatine residents with opposing views on the Pride flag flying at village hall aired their opinions on the first day of Pride Month at Monday’s village council meeting.
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$30M water park plans get green light at Wheeling village hallJun 01, 2026 8:08 pm - The Wheeling Park District’s plan to build a new aquatic center has cleared a critical bureaucratic hurdle.
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Naperville home uninhabitable after fire; $850,000 damagesJun 01, 2026 5:39 pm - No one was injured during a late Sunday night fire that left a house uninhabitable in Naperville, authorities said.
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‘Why would they close?’: ALDI closes its Buffalo Grove storeJun 01, 2026 5:18 pm - ALDI announced it is closing its Buffalo Grove store on Sunday. A sign on the door said the grocery location at 1202 W. Dundee Road will shutter permanently at 5 p.m.
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Utility work related to Barrington underpass expected to cause traffic delaysJun 01, 2026 5:12 pm - Drivers passing through Barrington can expect some delays related to the Route 14 underpass project, beginning Tuesday.