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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...
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JD Vance gets his long-awaited moment to admonish Ukraine’s Zelenskyy
Feb 28, 2025 7:04 pm - COLUMBUS, Ohio — Vice President JD Vance was dismissing Ukraine long before he upended an Oval Office meeting Friday by calling Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy “d...
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Trump officials start gutting civil rights offices, as part of DOGE’s secret plan
Feb 28, 2025 6:35 pm - Agencies across the federal government are gutting offices that enforce civil rights and antidiscrimination laws under a Trump administration push to shrink the workforce...
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Oak Forest man charged in October death of co-worker at Gurnee facilityFeb 28, 2025 5:16 pm - An Oak Forest Man has been charged with aggravated driving under the influence in the death of a Chicago man who was run over by a piece of equipment in October while working as a private contractor at an Illinois tollway facility in Gurnee.
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West Chicago Police seeking information on armed robbery suspectFeb 28, 2025 4:51 pm - The West Chicago Police Department is looking for the public’s help in identifying and locating an armed robbery suspect.