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Israel supports a US proposal to extend Gaza ceasefire’s first phase. But Hamas wants Phase 2
Mar 01, 2025 7:09 am - CAIRO — Israel’s government said early Sunday it supports a proposal to extend the first phase of the ceasefire in Gaza through Ramadan and Passover, though Hamas has ins...
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At least 4 construction workers are killed in an avalanche in northern India
Mar 01, 2025 7:09 am - LUCKNOW, India (AP) — At least four workers have died after an avalanche swept away a large construction crew working on a highway near India’s mountainous border with Ti...
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Zelenskyy moves on after Oval Office blowout with Trump
Mar 01, 2025 7:05 am - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked the American people and leadership and voiced hope for “strong relations,” a day after an astonishing Oval Office blowout ...
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Mar 01, 2025 4:00 am - Illinois health care programs for noncitizens greatly exceeded cost estimates, auditors say, with actual spending hitting $1.6 billion through summer 2022.
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Mar 01, 2025 4:00 am - Terminally ill patients beg lawmakers to legalize self-administered "peaceful death." But disability advocates fear the vulnerable are being pushed toward it.
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Mar 01, 2025 4:00 am - Trump's new tariffs on imports from Canada, Mexico and China could impact Illinois revenue and raise costs for consumers, as the state receives over $125 billion in imports from those countries.
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Mar 01, 2025 4:00 am - A scholarship aimed at increasing teacher diversity faces lawsuit alleging it unconstitutionally limits eligibility by race, though state lawmakers passed resolution urging its continuation.
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Mar 01, 2025 4:00 am - The Illinois education chief says schools should continue diversity programs despite Trump threatening to pull federal funds over "discriminatory equity ideology".
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European leaders pledge to stand by Ukraine after confrontational Oval Office meeting with Trump
Feb 28, 2025 8:04 pm - BERLIN — European leaders pledged late Friday to stand by Ukraine in the wake of the contentious Oval Office meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump, Vice President J...
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What US lawmakers are saying about the White House clash between Trump and Zelenskyy
Feb 28, 2025 7:10 pm - WASHINGTON — Key Republicans and Democrats in Congress have been stalwart supporters of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, but the blowup between the Ukrainian lead...