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Cracks emerge in House GOP after speaker’s threat to saddle California wildfire aid with conditionsJan 23, 2025 7:43 am - California Republicans are pushing back against suggestions by President Donald Trump, House Speaker Mike Johnson and other Republicans that federal disaster aid for victims of wildfires that ravaged Southern California should come with strings attached, possibly jeopardizing the president's policy agenda in a deeply divided Congress at the outset of his second term.
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No one hurt in Des Plaines garage fireJan 22, 2025 3:04 pm - No one was hurt in a residential garage fire Tuesday night in Des Plaines.
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At least 76 people killed in a hotel fire at a ski resort in northwestern TurkeyJan 21, 2025 1:28 pm - A fire raged through a 12-story hotel at a popular ski resort in northwestern Turkey early Tuesday during a school holiday, killing at least 76 people — at least two of them when they jumped from the building to escape the flames, officials said.
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One person treated for burns after Palatine house fireJan 20, 2025 4:34 pm - One person was taken to a hospital with nonlife-threatening burns after a fire Sunday morning at a Palatine home.
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Sign up for suburban public safety alertsJan 15, 2025 7:22 am - Residents of 13 communities in the Northwest suburbs can sign up to receive alerts about local public safety emergencies.
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No injuries in Elgin house fire that causes over $200K in damageJan 15, 2025 7:21 am - Nobody was hurt during a fire on the 600 block of Ludlow Avenue in Elgin Monday that caused over $200,000 in fire and smoke damage to a single-family home.
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Former Des Plaines Fire Chief David Clark dies at 86Jan 14, 2025 6:27 pm - Des Plaines firefighters will honor former Chief David Clark with a bell-ringing ceremony Wednesday before a funeral Mass the next morning.
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Another fire breaks out at Elgin homeless encampment, as city moves closer to relocating residentsJan 12, 2025 1:28 pm - Another fire broke out late Saturday night at a homeless encampment along the Fox River in Elgin, engulfing multiple structures but causing no reported injuries, authorities said.
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Early morning fire closes Wheeling Burger KingJan 09, 2025 2:33 pm - No one was hurt when a fire broke out early Thursday at a Burger King restaurant in Wheeling.
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Wheeling 911 calls now to be handled by Northwest Central DispatchJan 08, 2025 12:18 pm - Starting Thursday, 911 calls for police or fire service in Wheeling will be fielded by the Northwest Central Dispatch System.