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‘Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight’ shows war through one child’s extraordinary eyesJul 17, 2025 2:04 pm - “Are we racists?” That’s the blunt question posed by Bobo, a white girl living on a farm in Africa, to her horrified mother. It feels thoroughly organic when voiced by Lexi Venter, an extraordinary first-time actor who gives one of the more compelling child performances in recent memory in “Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight.”
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Illinois bet on solar to meet its climate goals. Trump has the industry in his crosshairs.Jul 17, 2025 1:41 pm - Congress’ latest budget package slashed federal tax incentives for solar developments. Industry insiders said the latest federal policies create “a lot of uncertainty.” Illinois facilitates significant funding for the renewables industry, particularly for solar, which provides some insulation against the federal action.
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The House is poised to OK Trump's $9 billion cut to public broadcasting and foreign aidJul 17, 2025 1:34 pm - The House is expected late Thursday to approve President Donald Trump's request to claw back about $9 billion for public broadcasting and foreign aid as Republicans target institutions and programs they view as bloated or out of step with their agenda.
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Embeth Davidtz drew on her childhood in South Africa to adapt memoir for filmJul 17, 2025 12:53 pm - In 1974, when it seemed as though everyone was leaving South Africa, Embeth Davidtz’s family was going back. And it’s where she’d return decades later to direct her first film, “Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight,” an adaptation of Alexandra Fuller’s memoir about growing up during the Bush War in Zimbabwe.
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Geneva History Museum to host historic home tourJul 17, 2025 12:31 pm - The Geneva History Museum is hosting an historic home tour of four houses and St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in the downtown historic district, which offers a rare opportunity to walk through the houses.
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McHenry County deputies cleared in fatal shooting of man after standoff near Crystal LakeJul 17, 2025 12:07 pm - Officers involved with the April fatal shooting of a rural Crystal Lake man have been cleared to return to full duty following an investigation into the incident, according to the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office.
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Bears need a return to form from defensive end SweatJul 17, 2025 11:16 am - Injuries played a role in Montez Sweat’s lower production last season. Sweat missed the Bears’ Week 9 game against the Arizona Cardinals with a shin injury and never looked 100% the rest of the year even though he played every game the rest of the season. The Bears also didn’t create much pressure from other points on the defensive line to help Sweat.
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Movie review: ‘Smurfs’ has Rihanna but not much elseJul 17, 2025 10:44 am - “Smurfs” gets as much mileage as it can from its pop singer-voice actor Rihanna, who supplies a new song, giving a half-hearted injection of star power to an otherwise uninspired, modestly scaled, kiddo-friendly cartoon feature.
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In their own words: Trump, Patel, Bongino and Bondi on the Epstein scandalJul 17, 2025 9:50 am - When Jeffrey Epstein died in prison, then-President Donald Trump speculated that authorities might be wrong in ruling it a suicide.
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US retail sales bounce around in a whipsaw trade environmentJul 17, 2025 9:22 am - After an earlier pullback, consumers picked up their spending in June showing resilience despite anxiety high over tariffs and the U.S. economy. Retail sales rose a better-than-expected 0.6% in June, the Commerce Department said Thursday, after two consecutive months of spending declines, a 0.1% pullback in April and a 0.9% slowdown in May.