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Facts Matter: Salt trucks not blocking Chicago streets from ICESep 14, 2025 4:00 am - In this week’s Facts Matter column, Bob Oswald examines claims that Chicago has lined up salt trucks to block troops from coming to the city, a company CEO issued a nasty reply to complaints about taking a memento from a child and more.
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FACT FOCUS: Assassination of Charlie Kirk prompts flood of false and misleading claims onlineSep 13, 2025 6:22 pm - A flood of false and misleading claims filled social media in the two days it took officials to arrest and publicly identify 22-year-old Tyler Robinson as the suspect in ...
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How Charlie Kirk’s social media machine rewired a generation’s politicsSep 13, 2025 6:10 pm - Last month, as social media buzzed with news that Taylor Swift was engaged to Travis Kelce, Charlie Kirk advised one of the world’s most successful female musicians to le...
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Trump demands NATO action on Russian oil before any U.S. sanctionsSep 13, 2025 5:47 pm - President Donald Trump on Saturday said that he would impose major additional U.S. sanctions on Russia only after all NATO countries increased pressure on Russian Preside...
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They witnessed Charlie Kirk’s assassination. Now students reckon with the traumaSep 13, 2025 5:40 pm - OREM, Utah (AP) — One student holed up in his house for two days after witnessing Charlie Kirk’s assassination, nervous about going back to the Utah college campus where ...
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Israel ramps up strikes on Gaza City and hospital says at least 32 are deadSep 13, 2025 5:36 pm - DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — A barrage of airstrikes killed at least 32 people across Gaza City as Israel ramps up its offensive there and urges Palestinians to evacu...
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‘Lots of loyal golfers’: Village Green golf course in Mundelein closing after more than 60 yearsSep 13, 2025 5:35 pm - The last public rounds since Village Green golf course opened at Winchester and Midlothian roads in Mundelein in 1962 will be played Sunday.
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Patel faces congressional hearings after missteps in Kirk assassination probe and turmoil at FBISep 13, 2025 5:33 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) — Hours after the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, FBI Director Kash Patel declared online that “the subject” in the killing was in cu...
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Aussie guitar virtuoso bringing his magic to Elmhurst UniversitySep 13, 2025 4:19 pm - Australian guitar prodigy Joe Robinson will perform a benefit concert at Elmhurst University on Oct. 4. Proceeds will support university's music department.
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Montini Catholic to host fall open house for prospective familiesSep 13, 2025 3:58 pm - Montini Catholic offers open houses, information sessions, and shadow days for prospective families to explore its Lasallian college prep high school in Lombard.