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Trump’s border wall expansion just bulldozed an ancient tribal site

By Jake Spring and John Muyskens
May 02, 2026 3:38 pm - President Donald Trump’s expansion of the wall along the southern border with Mexico has damaged a rare Native American archaeological site in the Arizona desert, area residents said Thursday, as the administration moves to rapidly build hundreds of miles of additional barriers in a $46.5 billion project.
Spring cleaning

By Joe Lewnard
May 02, 2026 3:14 pm -
Prosecutors: Defendant in Arlington Heights stabbing smoked marijuana before attack

By Barbara Vitello
May 02, 2026 12:31 pm - More details emerge in the case of an early morning stabbing April 30 in Arlington Heights.
Why some lawmakers defected from the party line in megaproject bill affecting Bears stadium

By Marni Pyke
May 02, 2026 12:00 pm - “Rosemont on steroids” or “billionaire boys club” are among the reasons Democrats and Republicans cited for their votes on the Bears stadium-linked megaproject bill.
‘Fear rippled through the community’: 50 years later, Columbo murders still haunt Elk Grove

By Barbara Vitello
May 02, 2026 11:45 am - On May 7, 1976, Elk Grove Village police Detective Raymond J. Rose stepped into a Brantwood Avenue home and encountered one of the most shocking crimes in suburban Cook County history. Frank Columbo, 52, his wife Mary, 50, and their 13-year-old son, Michael, were dead. Each had been shot, bludgeoned and stabbed. “It was so horrific and out of the ordinary,” Rose said.
Illinois State Board of Education wants to revamp how it counts low-income students

By PETER HANCOCK
May 02, 2026 12:05 am - SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois State Board of Education is asking lawmakers this year for $200,000 to develop a new way of counting low-income students. Although that’s only ...
Air Force says former Qatari 747 will be ready to fly Trump as Air Force One this summer

By JONATHAN J. COOPER
May 01, 2026 8:22 pm - The U.S. Air Force has finished modifying and testing a Boeing 747 jet donated by Qatar for temporary use as Air Force One and expects to have it ready for President Donald Trump to use this summer, the service announced late Friday.
Israel strikes in southern Lebanon kill 10 people as a Hezbollah drone wounds 2 Israeli soldiers

By BASSAM HATOUM and BASSEM MROUE
May 01, 2026 8:14 pm - Israel carried out several airstrikes Friday on southern Lebanon that killed at least 10 people, while the militant Hezbollah group said it fired rockets and drones at northern Israel where two soldiers were wounded.
US military reaches deals with 7 tech companies to use their AI on classified systems

By BEN FINLEY and MATT O'BRIEN
May 01, 2026 8:08 pm - The Pentagon said Friday that it has reached deals with seven tech companies to use their artificial intelligence in its classified computer networks, allowing the military to tap into AI-powered capabilities to help it fight wars.
Trump to downsize US military presence in Germany

By Noah Robertson, Michael Birnbaum and Adam Taylor
May 01, 2026 7:51 pm - The Pentagon on Friday said that it is withdrawing about 5,000 troops from Germany amid a feud between President Donald Trump and Chancellor Friedrich Merz over the U.S. war in Iran.

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