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David Johansen, singer from the seminal punk band the New York Dolls, dies at 75
Mar 01, 2025 9:10 pm - NEW YORK — David Johansen, the wiry, gravelly-voiced singer and last surviving member of the glam and protopunk band the New York Dolls who later performed as his campy, ...
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Thousands report outage affecting Microsoft services like Outlook
Mar 01, 2025 9:01 pm - Thousands of Microsoft 365 customers reported having issues with services like Outlook on Saturday. In a series of posts on the social platform X, the company said it wa...
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DOGE presses to check federal benefits payments against IRS tax records
Mar 01, 2025 7:39 pm - Officials from Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service have expressed interest in using personal tax records to check federal benefits payments for fraud, which would mobilize the ...
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Pentagon orders up to 3,000 troops, Stryker combat vehicles to border
Mar 01, 2025 7:35 pm - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered about 3,000 active-duty troops to the southern U.S. border, including soldiers from a motorized brigade equipped with 20-ton ar...
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As Trump warms to Putin, U.S. halts offensive cyber operations against Moscow
Mar 01, 2025 6:42 pm - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered U.S. Cyber Command to halt offensive cyber and information operations against Russia as President Donald Trump seeks to end Pre...
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Zelenskyy embraced by British prime minister a day after White House blowout
Mar 01, 2025 6:26 pm - LONDON — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer embraced Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Saturday and told him he had the nation's unwavering support a day after ...
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Making music: 40 years of Jazz in the MeadowsMar 01, 2025 5:31 pm - The 40th annual Jazz in the Meadows music festival took place Saturday at Rolling Meadows High School, with performances from up to 50 schools.
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Trump’s Oval Office thrashing of Zelenskyy shows limits of Western allies’ ability to sway US leader
Mar 01, 2025 5:23 pm - WASHINGTON — All it took was 90 seconds for weeks of tortured diplomacy to unwind in spectacular fashion. President Donald Trump’s Oval Office thrashing of Ukraine's Volo...
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Joseph Wambaugh, author who knew gritty reality of cop life, dies at 88
Mar 01, 2025 5:10 pm - Before the release of Joseph Wambaugh’s first novel, “The New Centurions,” he received an unusual offer from the star of the strait-laced TV police drama “Dragnet” to loo...
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Hundreds brave icy waters during Purple Plunge cancer charity eventMar 01, 2025 5:08 pm - Around 550 people, some wearing elaborate costumes and others wearing only swimsuits, jumped into icy waters during the Purple Plunge at Breezewald Park in Lake Zurich Saturday. The annual event raises funds for cancer patients.