Articles filed under Politics
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Will Wheeling Township's do-over referendum make the ballot? Clerk not sayingNov 22, 2023 12:00 am - State legislators insist that a bill signed last week by Gov. J.B. Pritzker prevents Wheeling Township from placing a do-over referendum on the March ballot, asking agai...
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Israel and Hamas call a truce to free hostages in swap for prisoners, and allow more aid into GazaNov 22, 2023 12:00 am - JERUSALEM - Israel and Hamas agreed to a four-day cease-fire in the war in Gaza - a diplomatic breakthrough that will free dozens of hostages held by militants as well a...
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Exit poll says Dutch anti-Islam populist Geert Wilders wins most votes with a landslide marginNov 22, 2023 12:00 am - THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Far-right, anti-Islam populist Geert Wilders was headed for a landslide victory Wednesday in the Dutch election, according to an exit poll, in a...
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'Larger than life': Illinois GOP icon James 'Pate' Philip Jr. has diedNov 22, 2023 12:00 am - Former state Senate President James Peyton "Pate" Philip Jr. was a powerful suburban Republican at a time when that really meant something in Illinois. Philip led the Se...
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China is expanding its crackdown on mosques to regions outside Xinjiang, Human Rights Watch saysNov 22, 2023 12:00 am - The Chinese government has expanded its campaign of closing mosques to regions other than Xinjiang, where for years it has been blamed for persecuting Muslim minorities,...
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Israel and Hamas have reached a deal on a cease-fire and hostages. What does it look like?Nov 22, 2023 12:00 am - TEL AVIV, Israel - A temporary cease-fire agreement to facilitate the release of dozens of people taken hostage during Hamas' raid on Israel is expected to bring the fir...
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Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon kill 2 journalists of a Pan-Arab TV station, 4 Palestinian militantsNov 21, 2023 12:00 am - BEIRUT - An Israeli strike in southern Lebanon on Tuesday killed two journalists who were reporting for a Beirut-based TV station on military activity along the border w...
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Shhhh! The Ukrainians don't know yetNov 21, 2023 12:00 am - In Ukraine, war continues and begins to go unnoticed. Note I wrote "Ukraine" and not "The Ukraine." The first indicates I went to college. The second indicates I may hav...
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60 years after JFK's death, today's Kennedys choose other paths to public serviceNov 21, 2023 12:00 am - NEW YORK - Patrick Kennedy, son of Sen. Ted Kennedy and nephew of President John F. Kennedy, remembers being a young state legislator in Rhode Island some 30 years ago a...
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Analysis: Iran-backed Yemen rebels' helicopter-borne attack on ship raises risks in crucial Red SeaNov 21, 2023 12:00 am - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - The helicopter-borne Houthi attack on an Israel-linked ship in the Red Sea highlights the danger now lurking in one of the world's key ship...