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Congress approves temporary funding and pushes the fight over the federal budget into the new year
Nov 16, 2023 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - Ending the threat of a government shutdown until after the holidays, Congress gave final approval to a temporary government funding package that pushes a co...
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Resident injured, cats missing after early morning fire near Crystal LakeNov 16, 2023 12:00 am - One person suffered minor injuries and two cats are missing after a fire completely gutted a home near Crystal Lake early this morning. Nunda Rural Fire Protection Distr...
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Russian artist who protested Ukraine war gets 7 years in prison in latest crackdown on free speech
Nov 16, 2023 12:00 am - TALLINN, Estonia - A Russian court on Thursday convicted an artist and musician for swapping supermarket price tags with anti-war messages, sentencing her to seven years...
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Xi-Biden meeting seen as putting rocky relations back on course, though main differences remain
Nov 16, 2023 12:00 am - TAIPEI, Taiwan - Perhaps just shaking hands and sitting down together can be enough sometimes. At their four-hour meeting Wednesday, U.S. President Joe Biden and his Chi...
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Progress in childhood cancer has stalled for Blacks and Hispanics, report says
Nov 16, 2023 12:00 am - Advances in childhood cancer are a success story in modern medicine. But in the past decade, those strides have stalled for Black and Hispanic youth, opening a gap in de...
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Spain's Pedro Sánchez reelected prime minister despite controversy over amnesty for separatists
Nov 16, 2023 12:00 am - MADRID - Spain's Pedro Sánchez was reelected as prime minister by the nation's parliament on Thursday, when he leveraged a controversial amnesty deal to get the critical...
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Rep. George Santos won't seek reelection after scathing ethics report cites evidence of lawbreaking
Nov 16, 2023 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - The House Ethics Committee in a scathing report Thursday said it has amassed "overwhelming evidence" of lawbreaking by Republican Rep. George Santos of New ...
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Get a photo with Santa this weekend at Elgin's historic cobblestone houseNov 16, 2023 12:00 am - The historic Nancy Kimball Cobblestone House in Elgin is offering mini photo sessions with Santa this weekend. Photos are available from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday an...
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Revised Cumberland Crossing plan in Des Plaines mixes apartments, shops and restaurantsNov 16, 2023 12:00 am - Real estate developers who scrapped two resoundingly unpopular plans for large apartment buildings in Des Plaines earlier this year have a new concept they hope will res...
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Mundelein model railroad club hosts open house SaturdayNov 16, 2023 12:00 am - The North Central O Gauge Model Railroad Club is hosting an open house from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at its new location in Mundelein. The club is back in operation a...