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How Trump’s ballroom will dwarf the White House

By Aaron Steckelberg, Manuel Canales, Maureen Linke and Javier Zarracina
Oct 25, 2025 6:29 pm - President Donald Trump’s project to build an expansive new White House ballroom officially broke ground Monday. Crews tore down the East Wing in only four days, despite Trump’s claim that the ballroom wouldn’t interfere with the existing building.
GOP-dominated Florida town votes to keep the name Gulf of Mexico Drive

By Lori Rozsa
Oct 25, 2025 5:32 pm - Of the hundreds of towns that crowd Florida’s coastline bordering the broad blue sea between America and Mexico, only one has a street named Gulf of Mexico Drive.
Kamala Harris leaves door open for 2028 presidential run

Oct 25, 2025 5:23 pm - Kamala Harris isn’t ruling out another run for the White House.In an interview with the BBC posted Saturday, Harris said she expects a woman will be president in the coming years, and it could “possibly” be her.
June Lockhart, beloved mother figure from ‘Lassie’ and ‘Lost In Space,’ dies at 100

By BOB THOMAS and BETH HARRIS
Oct 25, 2025 3:40 pm - LOS ANGELES — June Lockhart, who became a mother figure for a generation of television viewers whether at home in “Lassie” or out among the stars in “Lost In Space,” has ...
Aurora adopted a data center moratorium. Will other cities follow suit?

By Katlyn Smith
Oct 25, 2025 2:46 pm - Aurora has enacted a temporary zoning moratorium on data centers. In neighboring Naperville, at least one city council member said he’s exploring the idea of a similar pause.
Looking to improve traffic flow and 911 response times, Des Plaines pursuing new railroad underpass

By Russell Lissau
Oct 25, 2025 2:46 pm - Des Plaines officials will pursue creating a railroad underpass for a section of Algonquin Road.
Trump travels to Asia and a meeting with China’s Xi as the US government shutdown drags on

By MICHELLE L. PRICE and MARK SCHIEFELBEIN
Oct 25, 2025 2:19 pm - President Donald Trump headed for Asia for the first time this term, a trip where he’s expected to work on investment deals and peace efforts before meeting face-to-face with Chinese President Xi Jinping to try to de-escalate a trade war.
Russian missile and drone attacks kill 4 in Ukraine as Zelenskyy pleads for air defense

By SAMYA KULLAB and ELISE MORTON
Oct 25, 2025 2:11 pm - Russian missile and drone attacks on Ukraine overnight into Saturday killed at least four people and wounded 20, officials said, and prompted fresh pleas from Ukraine's president for Western air defense systems. In the capital, Kyiv, two people were killed and 13 were wounded in a ballistic missile attack in the early hours of Saturday, Kyiv's police said.
Car hits Wauconda grocery store

By Susan Sarkauskas
Oct 25, 2025 1:05 pm - No one was injured when a car hit a grocery store in Wauconda Saturday.
Suburban businesses should beware new taxes disguised as ‘solutions’

By Matt Paprocki
Oct 25, 2025 12:30 pm - Suburban business owners long have depended on and contributed to Chicago’s economy. Three major proposals could shape the economic landscape before the year ends: a tax-laden fix for the transit deficit, a proposed business head tax and new levies on the tech sector.

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