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Barbara Flynn Currie, 40-year veteran of Illinois House, trailblazer for women in Springfield, diesApr 17, 2026 6:49 pm - Former Illinois House Majority Leader Barbara Flynn Currie, who served 40 years in the General Assembly, died Thursday at 85. Currie was first elected to the House in 1978, at a time when women made up only a small minority of the legislature. After 18 years in Springfield, Currie was promoted to House Majority Leader, the first woman to hold the second-in-command role. Currie retired from the General Assembly in 2019 but was then appointed to head the Illinois Pollution Control Board, a post she held until her death.
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Now with Atlanta, Angel Reese says she is grateful for her 2 years in Chicago but wanted moreApr 17, 2026 5:51 pm - Angel Reese was surrounded by the love — and the talent — during her first news conference with the Atlanta Dream she felt was missing in her two years in Chicago.
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Traffic and trepidation in the Persian Gulf could keep gasoline prices from dropping quicklyApr 17, 2026 5:31 pm - NEW YORK — After U.S. President Donald Trump and Iran’s foreign minister said the Strait of Hormuz was fully open to commercial vessels after almost seven weeks of war, o...
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Some states will go from record heat to a freeze — thanks to AlaskaApr 17, 2026 5:28 pm - Throughout March in the West, temperatures surged to unprecedented levels for this time of year, due to a remarkable heat dome. Then in April, that record-breaking heat...
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What to know about singer D4vd’s arrest in 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez’s killingApr 17, 2026 5:05 pm - Seven months after a 14-year-old girl’s body was found in D4vd’s towed SUV, the alt-pop singer has been arrested on suspicion of killing her, authorities said.
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The truce in Lebanon is key to ending the wider Iran war, but challenges remainApr 17, 2026 4:57 pm - BEIRUT — A truce took hold Friday between Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah, providing relief on both sides of the border and an opening for Iran and the United States to re...
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The Supreme Court hands a win to oil and gas companies fighting environmental lawsuits in LouisianaApr 17, 2026 4:52 pm - WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court handed a win Friday to oil and gas companies fighting lawsuits over coastal land loss and environmental degradation in Louisiana. The unani...
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Oil prices drop 9% and Wall Street rallies to a record after Iran reopens the Strait of HormuzApr 17, 2026 4:44 pm - NEW YORK — Oil prices dropped back to where they were in the early days of the Iran war, and U.S. stocks raced to another record Friday after Iran said the Strait of Horm...
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GOP governor candidate Darren Bailey moves into Chicago apartmentApr 17, 2026 4:42 pm - Darren Bailey isn’t just trying to win over voters — he wants this year’s campaign to be an impressive experience for Chicago residents. The Republican nominee for governor said he’s moved into an apartment on Chicago’s near South Side that will serve as a sort of “headquarters” for his Chicago-area campaign operation.
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Energy demand in ComEd territory could double by 2040, in part driven by data centersApr 17, 2026 3:44 pm - A House committee got an overview this week of how data centers are driving up energy demand and threatening potential shortfalls in the second of three planned hearings on the matter.The fundamental issue is that data centers have created a sudden and massive spike in demand for electricity, and Illinois doesn’t yet have the supply to accommodate it.