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(Almost) freezing for a reason: More than 150 take the polar plunge in Fox Lake

By Steve Zalusky
Mar 22, 2026 5:51 pm - More than 150 swimmers braved cold water and gusting winds Sunday to raise money for Special Olympics Illinois during the Fox Lake Polar Plunge.
Cuba begins to restore power after nationwide grid collapse

By ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ
Mar 22, 2026 5:38 pm - HAVANA (AP) — Cuba began restoring its energy system on Sunday, a day after a nationwide collapse of the entire grid left millions of people in the dark for the third tim...
Trump's changing course on Strait of Hormuz strategy raises questions about US war preparation

By COLLIN BINKLEY
Mar 22, 2026 5:34 pm - WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — At war with Iran, President Donald Trump is cycling through an increasingly desperate list of options as he searches for a solution to the crisis ...
Under Trump, legal immigration to U.S. is falling from most countries

Lauren Kaori Gurley, Federica Cocco
Mar 22, 2026 5:28 pm - The United States issued about a quarter million fewer visas in the first eight months of 2025 compared with the same period in 2024, as the Trump administration introduc...
Trump touted bigger tax refunds this year, but Americans will likely spend them on gas

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
Mar 22, 2026 5:10 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy was supposed to start the year with a bang, fueled by an unusually large jump in tax refunds from President Donald Trump's tax cut legi...
Nonprofits, unions and airports rally to feed TSA officers as shutdown drags

By GABRIELA AOUN ANGUEIRA, THALIA BEATY and JAMES POLLARD
Mar 22, 2026 5:06 pm - Across the country, collections are popping up to help Transportation Security Administration officers who have been without full pay for more than a month due to the par...
Enhanced role for immigration officers at US airports as shutdown frustrates travels and screeners

By SEUNG MIN KIM and LISA MASCARO
Mar 22, 2026 5:02 pm - WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's decision to order federal immigration agents to U.S. airports to help with security during a budget impasse is drawing concerns tha...
Syrian authorities' new limits on alcohol sales in Damascus spark backlash

By OMAR SANADIKI
Mar 22, 2026 4:56 pm - DAMASCUS, Syria — Crowds of Syrians rallied Sunday to protest authorities' efforts to limit the sale and consumption of alcohol in Damascus, reflecting rising anxiety in ...
Illinois State University students among 6 injured in Normal shooting

Daily Herald report
Mar 22, 2026 4:56 pm - Six people, including two Illinois State University students and two minors, were injured in a shooting early Sunday in a residential neighborhood near the school’s Normal campus.
Israeli settlers smash cars and set fires in the West Bank as 4 Palestinians killed in Gaza

By SAM METZ
Mar 22, 2026 4:52 pm - RAMALLAH, West Bank — Israeli settlers rampaged through multiple Palestinian villages overnight Saturday and into Sunday, smashing cars, setting fires and wounding severa...

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