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Drought, fires and deforestation battered Amazon rain forest in 2024
Dec 28, 2024 2:53 pm - BOGOTA, Colombia — 2024 was a brutal year for the Amazon rain forest, with rampant wildfires and extreme drought ravaging large parts of a biome that’s a critical counter...
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Lisle honors resident for helping fellow veterans in need through renaming of his streetDec 28, 2024 2:05 pm - Lisle officials, first responders, friends and neighbors were on hand Saturday morning as the community gathered to see selfless veteran and volunteer Don Smith honored with the renaming of the block he’s lived on for 33 years.
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Geneva murder suspect makes first court appearanceDec 28, 2024 11:03 am - A Geneva man accused of murdering two people made his first appearance in court Saturday.
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County official charged with DUI will keep driver's license, judge rules
Dec 28, 2024 10:30 am - Prosecutors argued Samantha Steele’s license should be revoked, but her lawyer convinced the judge to block the revocation, arguing she wasn’t properly warned before refusing to submit to DUI testing. Steele — a member of the county’s property-tax appeal panel — was arrested last month after crashing into parked cars.
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New Lake County-wide dispatch system hires executive directorDec 28, 2024 9:33 am - An executive director has been hired to head the Lake County Consolidated Emergency Communications system set to become fully operational in 2025.
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Man charged with murder of two people in GenevaDec 27, 2024 11:52 pm - A man has been charged with killing two people in a domestic violence case in Geneva.
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Israeli troops forcibly remove staff and patients from northern Gaza hospital, officials say
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Azerbaijani and US officials suggest plane that crashed may have been hit by weapons fire
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US to send $1.25 billion in weapons to Ukraine, pushing to get aid out before Biden leaves office