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Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Nov 28, 2025 9:49 pm - The longer the U.S. surveillance aircraft followed the boat, the more confident intelligence analysts watching from command centers became that the 11 people on board were ferrying drugs.Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave a verbal directive, according to two people with direct knowledge of the operation. “The order was to kill everybody,” one of them said.
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Northwestern University reaches deal to restore federal funding, officials sayNov 28, 2025 9:49 pm - Federal troubles that loomed over Northwestern University in Evanston for months seem to be over.The university announced Friday that it has reached a deal with the federal government to restore hundreds of millions of dollars in research funding, while also ending what the school's interim president calls “a deeply painful and disruptive period in our university's history.”
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Pulte proposes 66-unit townhouse development in LisleNov 28, 2025 7:48 pm - The homebuilder behind a new residential subdivision in Lisle wants to develop a townhouse community to the east of the former Family Square, an empty shopping center at the gateway to the village’s downtown.
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Arlington Heights lights up for the holidaysNov 28, 2025 7:35 pm - The Arlington Heights Special Events Commission and the Arlington Heights Park District kicked off the village’s holiday season in style Friday with its festive tree-lighting event.
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Communities honor West Virginia National Guard members shot in Washington
Nov 28, 2025 6:30 pm - West Virginia communities and officials were honoring two members of the state's National Guard who were shot in Washington, D.C., this week, lauding their dedication to serving their country.
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DC police to begin patrolling with National Guard after fatal attack
Nov 28, 2025 4:39 pm - National Guard troops patrolling in Washington, D.C., will be paired with local law enforcement personnel, at least temporarily, in the wake of the Wednesday attack that killed one Guard member and critically injured another, according to an email obtained by The Washington Post and two D.C. police officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss planning that is still in progress.
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National Guard shooting suspect was in one of CIA’s ‘Zero Units’
Nov 28, 2025 4:35 pm - The man suspected of shooting two National Guard members near the White House this week — one of them fatally — is an Afghan national who came to the United States in September 2021 because of his work with the U.S. government, including the CIA, according to authorities.
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Americans can’t quit buying cheap Chinese stuff
Nov 28, 2025 3:44 pm - This spring, the popular shopping apps Temu and Shein were walloped by new Trump administration tariffs and its gutting of the companies’ widely used delivery method from China. Temu and Shein’s American sales dried up as shoppers were hit with higher prices and baffling import bills.
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Chicago train attack prompts Trump criticism of Illinois no-cash bail
Nov 28, 2025 3:35 pm - A horrific attack on a woman riding a commuter train this month is reviving President Donald Trump’s strong opposition to cashless bail, once again pitting the White House against liberal-leaning states and cities that have embraced criminal justice reform.
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Black Friday shopping less about deals than ‘time with family’Nov 28, 2025 3:14 pm - Groups of friends and families filled Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg, carrying on Black Friday shopping traditions.