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Police: Child found gun dropped on elementary school playground
Sep 07, 2025 11:26 am - A man was cited for possessing a firearm in a school zone after police said a child found a gun he dropped on a Crystal Lake school playground.
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Geneva group’s plan to host Jan. 6 organizer draws pickets, protests
Sep 07, 2025 8:41 am - A Geneva group’s plan to host the Stewart Rhodes, founder of the far-right Oath Keepers and a convicted Jan. 6 organizer, has stirred a hornet’s nest of protest on social media, a petition of more than 1,000 signatures and pickets in front of a local country club.
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RFK Jr. allies claim momentum as Florida targets vaccines: ‘Fight is coming’
Sep 06, 2025 7:24 pm - Mack Butler was among those cheering this week as Florida Surgeon General Joseph A. Ladapo announced plans to scrap all school vaccine requirements in the state, a move t...
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RFK Jr.’s family members say he is a ‘threat’ to Americans’ health and call for his resignation
Sep 06, 2025 7:20 pm - WASHINGTON — Members of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s family are calling for him to step down as health secretary following a contentious congressional hearing this past week, ...
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Appeals board rules undocumented immigrants ineligible for bond hearingsSep 06, 2025 7:15 pm - A federal immigration board said Friday that immigrants who arrived in the United States illegally are ineligible for bond hearings while they challenge deportation proce...
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Thousands protest for a ‘Free DC’ on the fourth week of federal control in Washington
Sep 06, 2025 7:07 pm - Thousands of protesters marched across Washington, D.C., on Saturday in one of the largest demonstrations against President Donald Trump's federal takeover of policing in the nation’s capital.
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Chicago’s Mexican Independence Day celebrations shadowed by Trump’s threats for the city
Sep 06, 2025 7:07 pm - President Donald Trump's plan to dispatch National Guard troops and immigration agents into Chicago has put many Latino residents on edge, prompting some to carry their U.S. passports while giving others pause about openly celebrating the upcoming Mexican Independence Day.
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Seoul is ‘deeply concerned’ as Hyundai plant raid tests U.S. relations
Sep 06, 2025 7:05 pm - South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has pledged “all-out efforts” to protect Korean nationals in the United States after a large-scale immigration raid at a Hyundai factory in Georgia, the country’s foreign minister said at an emergency meeting Saturday.
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Pritzker condemns Trump’s ‘Chipocalypse’ social post
Sep 06, 2025 6:07 pm - President Donald Trump’s Truth Social post saying Chicago was about to find out “why it’s called the Department of War” drew swift rebuke from Illinois leaders Saturday morning.
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Police dog finds suspect in Antioch-area DUI crashSep 06, 2025 5:27 pm - A man from an unincorporated area near Antioch was charged with driving intoxicated and fleeing from a crash Friday night, leaving his 21-year-old passenger behind, authorities said.