Articles filed under Politics
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Des Plaines setting aside $11 million in 2024 budget to finish police station expansionOct 12, 2023 11:00 pm - More than $11 million is included in Des Plaines' proposed 2024 budget to wrap up the multi-year expansion of the city's police station. As are millions of dollars to re...
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Tens of thousands protest after Muslim prayers across Mideast over Israeli airstrikes on GazaOct 12, 2023 11:00 pm - JERUSALEM (AP) — Tens of thousands of Muslims demonstrated Friday across the Middle East in support of the Palestinians and against Israeli airstrikes pounding Gaza, und...
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US defense secretary is in Israel to meet with its leaders and see America's security assistanceOct 12, 2023 11:00 pm - TEL AVIV, Israel — U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is in Israel on Friday for meetings with senior government leaders and to see firsthand some of the U.S. weapons a...
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Palestinians flee northern Gaza after Israel orders 1 million to evacuate as ground attack loomsOct 12, 2023 11:00 pm - JERUSALEM — Palestinians fled in a mass exodus from northern Gaza Friday after Israel's military told some 1 million people to evacuate toward the southern part of the b...
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Some want to grant temporary House speaker more power as Republican gridlock stalls CongressOct 12, 2023 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — When Rep. Patrick McHenry took the House speaker's gavel for the first time, he slammed it down with such force at adjournment that it gained viral internet...
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A music festival survivor fleeing the attack, a pair of Hamas militants and a deadly decisionOct 12, 2023 11:00 pm - KIBBUTZ RE'IM, Israel — The two militants were just ahead of him, spraying gunfire from their motorcycle at passing cars. One militant was driving, the 50-year-old man s...
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Social Security benefits will increase by 3.2% in 2024 as inflation moderatesOct 11, 2023 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — Millions of Social Security recipients will get a 3.2% increase in their benefits in 2024, far less than this year's historic boost and reflecting moderatin...
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More Americans support striking auto workers than car companies, an AP-NORC poll showsOct 11, 2023 11:00 pm - A majority of Americans support higher pay for auto workers who are on strike against Detroit's Big Three carmakers, although approval of the workers' other demands is m...
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As desperation in Gaza grows, Israel says it won't allow aid to flow until Hamas releases hostagesOct 11, 2023 11:00 pm - JERUSALEM — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken vowed American support to Israel on Thursday as its military pulverized the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip with airstrikes and...
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25 years after Matthew Shepard's death, LGBTQ+ activists say equal-rights progress is at riskOct 11, 2023 11:00 pm - It's been 25 years since Matthew Shepard, a gay 21-year-old University of Wyoming student, died six days after he was savagely beaten by two young men and tied to a remo...