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Trump says stopping suspected drug boats doesn’t work. But the US reports record cocaine seizures

By JOSHUA GOODMAN and JIM MUSTIAN
Nov 15, 2025 7:48 pm - In justifying American military strikes on boats suspected of smuggling drugs, President Donald Trump has asserted that the longtime U.S. strategy of interdicting such vessels at sea has been a major failure.
The unpopular and politically weak 90-year-old Palestinian leader struggles for a role in Gaza

By LEE KEATH
Nov 15, 2025 7:35 pm - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas turned 90 on Saturday, still holding authoritarian power in tiny pockets of the West Bank, but marginalized and weakened by Israel, deeply unpopular among Palestinians, and struggling for a say in a postwar Gaza Strip.
First strong winter rains soak Gaza’s makeshift shelters

By WAFAA SHURAFA
Nov 15, 2025 6:29 pm - Winter's first strong rainfall sent water cascading through parts of Gaza's sprawling Muwasi tent camp on Saturday, as the territory struggles to cope with flooding and devastated infrastructure after two years of war.
‘They were just arresting people’: Family seeks release of longtime Des Plaines resident detained by feds

By Russell Lissau
Nov 15, 2025 5:00 pm - A Des Plaines man detained by U.S. Border Patrol agents despite being an American citizen is fighting for his father’s release.
Why do so many Democratic U.S. House members in the suburbs have primary challengers?

By Russell Lissau
Nov 15, 2025 5:00 pm - Reflecting what some experts see as a national trend, four of the six congressional representatives running for reelection in the North, West or Northwest suburbs next year are facing primary challenges.
Once a shadowy dealmaker, former Zelenskyy associate is accused in Ukrainian corruption scandal

By SAMYA KULLAB
Nov 15, 2025 4:05 pm - Before the revelation of a multimillion dollar embezzlement and kickbacks scandal involving Ukraine's state nuclear energy company brought his name to the forefront, Tymur Mindich was a shadowy presence — navigating deals and moving behind the scenes with unseen influence, known to many, yet rarely spoken of.
Marjorie Taylor Greene’s alliance with Trump breaks down in insults

By Frances Vinall and Maegan Vazquez
Nov 15, 2025 3:45 pm - President Donald Trump has stunned Washington after he turned his back on one of his staunchest allies in Congress, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, calling the Georgia Republican a “traitor” and withdrawing his endorsement over what the congresswoman says is a form of backlash over her support of the release of files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Arachnid super-web reveals the surprising ‘constant party’ life of cohabiting spiders

By STEPHEN McGRATH
Nov 15, 2025 3:38 pm - What is thought to be the world’s largest-known spider's web, housing tens of thousands of arachnids, has been discovered in a cave on the Albanian-Greek border.
Man charged with attempted sex assault, battery in Hinsdale, Downers Grove and Darien

By Eric Peterson
Nov 15, 2025 2:54 pm - A Willowbrook man is being detained following accusations of attempted sexual assault in Hinsdale and of grabbing women in Downers Grove and Darien.
Federal officials confirm Homeland Security officers are in Charlotte for immigration enforcement

Nov 15, 2025 2:48 pm - Federal officials confirmed that a surge of immigration enforcement in North Carolina’s largest city had begun as agents were seen making arrests in multiple locations Saturday.

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