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US envoy arrives in Israel to monitor Gaza food distribution as humanitarian crisis worsens
Jul 31, 2025 3:32 pm - DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff arrived in Israel on Thursday to discuss the worsening humanitarian situation in Gaz...
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Trump plans to revive the Presidential Fitness Test for American schoolchildren
Jul 31, 2025 3:24 pm - President Donald Trump on Thursday plans to reestablish the Presidential Fitness Test for American schoolchildren, a program created in 1966 to help interest young people in following healthy, active lifestyles.
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Ukraine's Parliament approves law restoring independence of anti-graft watchdogs following backlash
Jul 31, 2025 3:13 pm - KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s Parliament on Thursday overwhelmingly approved a bill presented by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that restores the independence of two of the co...
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Russian missile and drone attack on Kyiv kills at least 13 people and injures more than 130
Jul 31, 2025 3:10 pm - KYIV, Ukraine — Russian missile and drone attacks overnight on Ukraine's capital city killed at least 13 people, including a 6-year-old boy, and wounded 132 others, autho...
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Appellate judges question Trump's authority to impose tariffs without Congress
Jul 31, 2025 3:05 pm - WASHINGTON — Appellate court judges expressed broad skepticism Thursday over President Donald Trump’s legal rationale for his most expansive round of tariffs. Members of...
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U.S. childhood vaccination rates fall again as exemptions set another record
Jul 31, 2025 3:01 pm - U.S. kindergarten vaccination rates inched down again last year and the share of children with exemptions rose to an all-time high, according to federal data posted Thursday.
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Turbulence forces Delta flight to land and sends 25 people to hospitals
Jul 31, 2025 2:58 pm - Serious turbulence on a Delta Airlines flight headed to Europe sent 25 people to hospitals and forced the plane into an emergency landing in Minneapolis, the airline said...
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Mount Prospect Family Health Fair set for Aug. 13Jul 31, 2025 2:49 pm - The Mount Prospect Human Services Department will host a Family Health Fair from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Aug. 13, at the Busse Pocket Park.
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DuPage County to resurface Gary Avenue to Route 64Jul 31, 2025 2:48 pm - Wheaton drivers may want to avoid a county-controlled section of Gary Avenue due to roadwork.
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Mexican Independence Day Festival to return to West Chicago after hiatusJul 31, 2025 2:48 pm - New leadership and West Chicago Alderman Julieta Alcántar-Garcia are planning the return of the city’s Mexican Independence Day Festival in September.