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District 21 board member steps down after 18 yearsMar 18, 2025 8:55 pm - Longtime Wheeling Township Elementary District 21 board member Staci Allan has resigned, citing her ongoing battle with multiple sclerosis.
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Chicago Loop DMV open for REAL ID walk-ins as May 7 tsunami continuesMar 18, 2025 8:37 pm - Illinois Secretary of State adds downtown Chicago REAL ID center ahead of May 7 deadline. Suburban DMV locations also offer Saturday walk-ins.
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‘Very unusual’: Experts say carbon monoxide deaths in vehicles outside are rareMar 18, 2025 8:37 pm - The recent deaths of two teens from carbon monoxide poisoning while sitting in a parked car are very unusual, experts say. Possible factors investigators are considering: a potential exhaust leak, wind conditions and after-market exhaust work.
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‘Tesla Takedown’ protest drives crowd to LisleMar 18, 2025 8:35 pm - Protesters flocked to a Tesla dealership in Lisle on Tuesday to voice displeasure over DOGE leader and Tesla co-founder Elon Musk.
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Cheer coach accused of stealing from Lake Zurich District 95Mar 18, 2025 7:55 pm - An Algonquin woman accused of stealing $38,000 from Lake Zurich District 95 turned herself in to police Tuesday, officials said. Gabriele N. Kelly, 26, is charged with tw...
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NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams return to Earth after 9 months in space
Mar 18, 2025 6:58 pm - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Stuck in space no more, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams returned to Earth on Tuesday, hitching a different ride home to close out a...
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Pentagon is cutting up to 60,000 civilian jobs. About a third of those took voluntary resignationsMar 18, 2025 6:47 pm - WASHINGTON — Roughly 50,000 to 60,000 civilian jobs will be cut in the Defense Department, but fewer than 21,000 workers who took a voluntary resignation plan are leaving...
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Trump administration plans a 25% staff cut at IRS taxpayer help office
Mar 18, 2025 6:44 pm - The Trump administration is set to cut more than 20% of the staff at the taxpayer help branch of the IRS, according to a document obtained by The Washington Post, elimina...
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Trump administration moves to reinstate thousands of probationary workers
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EPA plans to cut scientific research program, could fire more than 1,000 employees