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Citing potential for damage, St. Charles to require city approval for downtown murals
Feb 01, 2026 11:06 am - Citing concerns about the potential for damage to buildings, St. Charles will now require city approval for murals in historic districts.
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Search on for suspect in Grayslake shootingFeb 01, 2026 8:41 am - Grayslake police are searching for a suspect in a shooting Friday evening that left one person injured at a home on the 500 block of Lincoln Avenue.
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New SNAP work requirements go into effect Feb. 1, threatening recipient eligibility
Feb 01, 2026 8:24 am - H.R. 1, or the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, signed into law last July, changes the work requirements for the federal food assistance program known as SNAP. Starting Feb. 1, adults aged 18 to 64 without dependents under age 14 must work, participate in employment and training programs or volunteer at least 80 hours each month to receive benefits.
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Suburban Skyview: Prehistoric adventures await at Volo MuseumFeb 01, 2026 6:15 am -
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Powerful storm starts hitting East Coast, including parts unaccustomed to heavy snow
Jan 31, 2026 8:46 pm - Blizzardlike conditions stemming from a “bomb cyclone” were starting to bring heavy snow to the Southeast and were ushering in frigid temperatures to much of the East Coast Saturday, as tens of thousands of homes and businesses remained without power after being hit by a different icy storm last week.
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Epstein files lead to resignation in Slovakia and calls in Britain for former prince to cooperate
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Trump says feds won’t intervene during protests in Democratic-led cities unless asked to do so
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Mathematician Gladys West dies at 95. She was a hidden figure behind GPS.
Jan 31, 2026 5:48 pm - Dr. Gladys West, who died Jan. 17 at 95, used her mathematical skills to become a barrier-breaking researcher for the Navy, mastering a bulky supercomputer known as Stretch while calculating satellite orbits and developing a precise model of the Earth’s surface. Her research laid the groundwork for the Global Positioning System, GPS, a technology that has made getting lost a thing of the past.
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Power outages hit Ukraine and Moldova as Kyiv struggles against the winter cold
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Palatine girl reported missing found safeJan 31, 2026 5:31 pm - A 14-year-old girl who had been reported missing has been located safe and returned home, Palatine police said Saturday.