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Appeals court determines asylum seeker has right to hearing

WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal appeals court in California determined Thursday that a Sri Lankan man who is a member of the Tamil ethnic minority has the right to go before a judge after failing an initial asylum screening. The decision could have majo...

Updated: Mar 07, 2019 at 03:30 PM

Scouting Fox Valley girls lacrosse

Top teams: Geneva, Huntley, St. Charles Co-op, D300 Co-op, U46 Co-op (JV). Top returning players: Kaz Black, Huntley, sr., G; Brooke Borchart, Huntley, jr., A; Grace Sowers, Geneva, soph., MF; Alyssa Davidson, Geneva, sr., MF; Maddie Wiltrout, St. C...

Updated: Mar 12, 2019 at 11:51 PM

Real estate professionals invited to learn more about U-46

Real estate agents, brokers, trainers, property managers and appraisers are invited to a Real Estate Professionals Breakfast to learn more about the state's second largest school district before the busy spring home buying season. The breakfast is b...

Updated: Mar 07, 2019 at 04:52 PM

Immanuel Lutheran girls basketball win 4th consecutive state title

The four-time defending state champion girls' basketball team from Immanuel Lutheran School in Palatine lived up to its billing as one of the top teams in the state by claiming their fourth consecutive state title at the Lutheran Sports Association ...

Updated: Mar 08, 2019 at 05:49 PM

'Jeopardy!' host Alex Trebek says he has pancreatic cancer

LOS ANGELES (AP) - "Jeopardy!" host Alex Trebek said he has been diagnosed with advanced pancreatic cancer but intends to fight the disease and keep on working. In a video posted online Wednesday, the 78-year-old said he was announcing his illness...

Updated: Mar 06, 2019 at 08:05 PM

Asian shares mostly higher, led by Chinese markets

BANGKOK (AP) - Asian markets were mostly higher Wednesday after a listless day of modest losses on Wall Street. Chinese benchmarks led the advance, lifted by promises the legislature will enact measures to open the economy and cool trade tensions. T...

Published: Mar 06, 2019 at 07:00 AM

Today in History

Today in History Today is Wednesday, March 6, the 65th day of 2019. There are 300 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On March 6, 1857, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Dred Scott v. Sandford, ruled 7-2 that Scott, a slave, was not an Ame...

Published: Mar 06, 2019 at 07:00 AM

Omar's Israel remarks expose Democrats' simmering divisions

WASHINGTON (AP) - Back in January, the Democrats welcomed their brash young newcomers to Congress with smiles and hugs. That was before the new colleagues dragged the party's simmering divisions over Israel out in the open. Provocative comments from...

Updated: Mar 06, 2019 at 10:01 AM

New Justice pick opens key job for post-Mueller probes

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump's nomination of Jessie Liu for the third-highest spot in the Justice Department creates a vacancy that could allow Trump to name the person who will oversee the most politically charged cases in Washington, i...

Updated: Mar 06, 2019 at 01:05 PM

Family devastated after losing 10 relatives in tornado

BEAUREGARD, Ala. (AP) - Cousins Cordarrly Jones and Demetria Jones have a hard time counting all the relatives they lost to a monster tornado that wiped out a rural community in Alabama. Their grandparents, 89-year-old Jimmy Jones and 83-year-old Ma...

Updated: Mar 06, 2019 at 09:40 PM