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More than 50,000 are under evacuation orders or warnings from fire burning north of Los Angeles
Jan 22, 2025 4:53 pm - LOS ANGELES — More than 50,000 people were ordered to evacuate on Wednesday as a huge and fast-moving wildfire swept through rugged mountains near foothill communities no...
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Supreme Court takes on accountability for police shootings
Jan 22, 2025 4:43 pm - The Supreme Court seemed inclined Wednesday to make it somewhat easier for individuals to try to hold police officers accountable for using deadly force, in a case involv...
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Woman whom prosecutors called ‘slut puppy’ can challenge death sentence
Jan 22, 2025 4:43 pm - When Brenda Andrew was on trial over allegations that she conspired with her lover to murder her estranged husband, witnesses testified about the revealing clothing she w...
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Ku Klux Klan flyers in Kentucky order immigrants to ‘leave now,’ police say
Jan 22, 2025 4:42 pm - Police are investigating after racist flyers purportedly issued by the Ku Klux Klan that directed immigrants to “leave now” and “avoid deportation” were found in several ...
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Winter storm spreads across the Deep South, creating icy danger and snowy fun
Jan 22, 2025 4:27 pm - A major storm spread heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain across the southern United States on Wednesday, breaking snow records and treating the region to unaccustomed per...
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Mount Prospect village manager gets raise, extensionJan 22, 2025 4:14 pm - Mount Prospect Village Manager Michael Cassady will receive a raise that vaults his base salary above $300,000.
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Fox Lake flip wins ‘Ugliest House of the Year’ award from national company
Jan 22, 2025 4:07 pm - A pair of Antioch home flippers purchased a 100-year-old house in Fox Lake and renovated it, earning them an “Ugliest House of the Year”’ award from their company.
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Palatine winter brush collection starts Feb. 3Jan 22, 2025 3:05 pm - The Palatine Public Works Department will conduct its annual winter curbside brush collection starting Monday, Feb. 3. Residents are asked to have all loose brush set out...
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Des Plaines man pointed gun at driver during dispute, police sayJan 22, 2025 3:04 pm - A Des Plaines man is facing charges after he pointed a gun at another person during a dispute, police said in a news release.
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No one hurt in Des Plaines garage fireJan 22, 2025 3:04 pm - No one was hurt in a residential garage fire Tuesday night in Des Plaines.