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Father of the last living American hostage in Gaza hopes Trump can bring his son home
Mar 22, 2025 4:34 pm - TEL AVIV — Unlike many families who blame Israel's government for not getting their loved ones released from captivity in Gaza, Adi Alexander is hesitant to point fingers...
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Venezuela to resume repatriation of migrants after deal with US, official says
Mar 22, 2025 4:01 pm - CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela will once again accept repatriation flights from the United States carrying its deported nationals after reaching an agreement with the U.S...
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The Pentagon’s DEI purge: Officials describe a scramble to remove and then restore online content
Mar 22, 2025 3:53 pm - WASHINGTON — Every day over the past few weeks, the Pentagon has faced questions from angry lawmakers, local leaders and citizens over the removal of military heroes and ...
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Gov. JB Pritzker tries to chart a path for national Democrats to counter Trump
Mar 22, 2025 3:43 pm - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker sits at a table surrounded by University of Illinois researchers who will soon be out of work, their lab set to lose its feder...
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Kitty Dukakis, wife of former governor and presidential candidate, dies at 88
Mar 22, 2025 3:32 pm - BROOKLINE, Mass. — Kitty Dukakis, the wife of former Massachusetts governor and Democratic presidential candidate Michael Dukakis, who spoke openly about her struggles wi...
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Trump promised an American boom. He now says it may take a while.
Mar 22, 2025 1:27 pm - President Donald Trump said his first day in office marked the start of a “golden age” for the U.S. He and his advisers now say it could take months or longer to arrive.
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Judge calls Trump’s use of Alien Enemies Act ‘problematic and concerning’
Mar 22, 2025 1:19 pm - A federal judge on Friday expressed doubts about the Trump administration’s use of a wartime power to deport alleged Venezuelan gang members, while also grilling a govern...
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‘The customers got us through’: Wheeling eatery’s owners recall tactics used to survive pandemicMar 22, 2025 12:45 pm - Until March 2020, the father-and-son owners of The Original Granny’s in Wheeling thought the biggest worries about their then-39-year-old restaurant would always be finding and retaining the right staff as well as keeping favored food items in stock.
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Voters to decide school, mental health, sales tax issuesMar 22, 2025 12:15 pm - From a $140.3 million school construction plan in far western Kane County to establishing a mental-health board in Palatine, voters are being asked to decide a slew of issues in the upcoming election.
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‘You just don’t get any answers from anybody’: Lockups of European tourists at US borders spark fears of traveling to America
Mar 22, 2025 8:12 am - SAN DIEGO — Lennon Tyler and her German fiance often took road trips to Mexico when he vacationed in the United States since it was only a day's drive from her home in La...