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Trump taps Yale doctor who pushed unproven COVID treatment to lead US cancer effort

By Ariana Eunjung Cha
Dec 17, 2025 7:33 pm - Harvey Risch, a Yale public health researcher long respected for his work in cancer research but who has faced controversy for promoting an unproven COVID-19 treatment, has been selected by President Donald Trump to lead the nation’s cancer initiative.
FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino says he plans to resign next month as bureau’s No 2 official

By ERIC TUCKER
Dec 17, 2025 7:18 pm - FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino said Wednesday that he will resign from the bureau next month, ending a brief and tumultuous tenure in which he clashed with the Justice Department over the handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files and was forced to reconcile the realities of his law enforcement job with provocative claims he made in his prior role as a popular podcast host.
Pride and joy of Northwest Indiana? Bears president floats move as deal for Arlington Park stalls

By Christopher Placek
Dec 17, 2025 5:52 pm - Stymied by hopes of a property tax break and infrastructure dollars for a new stadium and entertainment complex in Arlington Heights, Chicago Bears officials Wednesday expanded their stadium search across state lines to Northwest Indiana.
Man charged in connection to recent Streamwood bomb threat

By Eric Peterson
Dec 17, 2025 5:39 pm - A Hoffman Estates man was arrested and charged Tuesday in connection with an unfounded bomb threat at a Streamwood Walmart on Dec. 1.
Investigators seek older video that might show the Brown campus shooter days before the attack

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI and LEAH WILLINGHAM
Dec 17, 2025 4:43 pm - With the search for the Brown University shooter in its fifth day Wednesday, authorities were asking the public to review any security or phone footage from the week before the attack in the hopes it might help investigators identify the person, believing the attacker may have cased the scene ahead of time.
Rob and Michele Reiner’s son appears in court on murder charges while siblings speak of their loss

By ANDREW DALTON and CHRISTOPHER WEBER
Dec 17, 2025 4:34 pm - Nick Reiner made his first court appearance Wednesday in Los Angeles on two counts of first-degree murder in the killing of his parents, actor-director Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer Reiner, while the couple's other two children made their first public statement on their crushing loss.
Trump officials say they will dismantle ‘global mother ship’ of climate and weather forecasting

By Ruby Mellen and Carolyn Y. Johnson
Dec 17, 2025 4:26 pm - The Trump administration said Tuesday it was breaking up one of the world’s preeminent earth and atmospheric research institutions, based in Colorado, over concerns about “climate alarmism” — a move that comes amid escalating attacks from the White House against the state’s Democratic lawmakers.
Foreigner, Air Supply highlight Elk Grove’s record $1.1 million summer concert lineup

By Christopher Placek
Dec 17, 2025 4:15 pm - Elk Grove Village’s 16th summer concert series featuring Jake Owen, Fitz and the Tantrums, Foreigner, Smash Mouth and Air Supply will cost $1.1 million - the town’s priciest ever.
Trump administration admits to targeting blue states for energy grant cuts

By Meryl Kornfield and Hannah Natanson
Dec 17, 2025 4:08 pm - The Trump administration acknowledged in a court filing this week that a decision to cut energy grants during the government shutdown was influenced by whether the money would go to a state that tended to elect Democrats statewide or nationally.
Elgin woman sentenced to 20 years for starving a 7-year-old

By Dave Oberhelman
Dec 17, 2025 3:39 pm - Eulalia Vences, of Elgin, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for the starvation, torture and neglect of a child.

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