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A bright start: Cook program brings nurses to expectant moms and infants, tackles mortality trends

By Marni Pyke
May 10, 2026 7:48 am - Healthy Beginnings run by the Cook County Department of Public Health gives moms “confidence” in caring for their infants, client says.
Suburban Skyview: Barrington’s Route 14 railroad underpass work continues

By Paul Valade
May 10, 2026 5:30 am - Drivers traverse the temporary four-lane roadway around the construction site of the railroad track underpass project on Route 14 in Barrington on Friday, April 24. The underpass will ease traffic congestion and improve emergency response times by separating vehicle and rail traffic.
WHO head seeks to reassure residents of Spanish island where hantavirus-stricken ship is headed

By IAIN SULLIVAN and ELENA BECATOROS
May 09, 2026 9:42 pm - The head of the World Health Organization sought Saturday to reassure residents of the Spanish island where passengers of a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship are expected to be evacuated, issuing them a direct message that the virus was “not another COVID.”
US outlines plan to monitor Americans returning from hantavirus-hit ship

By Maegan Vazquez
May 09, 2026 9:39 pm - Public health officials in the United States outlined their plans to transport and monitor the 17 American passengers set to disembark from a cruise ship at the center of a hantavirus outbreak.
Hungary’s Péter Magyar sworn in as prime minister, ending Viktor Orbán’s 16-year rule

By JUSTIN SPIKE
May 09, 2026 8:33 pm - Hungary's Péter Magyar took the oath of office Saturday to become the country's new prime minister, kicking off a fresh political era after 16 years of Viktor Orbán's autocratic rule.
Indonesian rescuers find 1 body after volcano eruption as search continues for 2 more

May 09, 2026 8:27 pm - Rescuers on Saturday recovered the body of an Indonesian woman who was caught in a volcanic eruption at Mount Dukono on Indonesia 's remote island of Halmahera a day earlier, as search operations continued to find the bodies of two Singaporeans, officials said.
Israeli drone strikes near Beirut kill 4 and southern airstrikes kill at least 13

By BASSEM MROUE
May 09, 2026 8:20 pm - Three Israeli drone strikes on vehicles just south of Beirut on Saturday killed four people while a series of airstrikes on southern Lebanon killed at least 13, including a man and his 12-year-old daughter, state media and the Health Ministry said.
‘I had to come back and do something’: How Arlington Heights deacon made it his mission to help mothers and babies in Africa

By Christopher Placek
May 09, 2026 6:43 pm - After witnessing mothers and babies dying from malaria in a Ugandan clinic, an Arlington Heights deacon was inspired to start a foundation to help local villagers. Proceeds from agribusinesses supported by the foundation go toward medical clinics that serve mothers and babies.
Moscow marks Victory Day with a scaled down Red Square parade under tight security

May 09, 2026 6:24 pm - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday voiced confidence in a victory in Ukraine as he oversaw a military parade on Red Square commemorating the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II — a show that didn't include heavy weapons for the first time in nearly two decades.
Eight children killed in Louisiana mass shooting remembered at funeral

By JOHN RABY
May 09, 2026 6:16 pm - Faith leaders and politicians paid tribute at a funeral Saturday to eight children who were killed in a mass shooting last month in Louisiana.

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