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Employees, local lawmakers rally against layoffs, service cuts at Choate
State to cut about 250 jobs, eliminate program, mental health beds at the facility.
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Chicago Bears right tackle Darnell Wright lands 4-year, $116 million contract, AP source says
The contract is the biggest ever for a right tackle and includes the most guaranteed money for an offensive lineman in NFL history, according to ESPN.
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Clay Holmes says he is looking forward to pitching in front of the Cubs’ stellar defense
Holmes is joining a new-look staff in Chicago after the Cubs bolstered their rotation and bullpen ahead of Monday's trade deadline.
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Mets to pay $8.1M to Pirates as part of Weaver trade, Cubs to send Toronto nearly $5M with Taillon
Chicago agreed to pay $4,956,791 to Toronto as part of Sunday's trade that sent the right-hander to the Blue Jays for a player to be named.
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AP Exclusive: Trump’s immigration crackdown has detained more than 50 military spouses and parents
Ramirez Zavala spent most of his life in the U.S. working as a ranch hand in rural Illinois.
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Takeaways from AP’s review of military families detained under Trump’s immigration crackdown
More than 50 parents and spouses of service members have been detained.
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North Carolina congressman Edwards quits reelection bid after committee recommends his censure
Embattled North Carolina Republican congressman Chuck Edwards withdrew from his reelection campaign on Wednesday, two days after the House Ethics Committee recommended he be censured for unprofessional and inappropriate conduct toward two young female aides in his office.
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Stevens and El-Sayed are in a close race for Michigan’s Democratic Senate nomination
Moderate candidate U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens and progressive favorite Abdul El-Sayed were in a tight race for Michigan's Democratic U.S. Senate nomination in the early morning hours of Wednesday.
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Illinois Assistive Technology Program uses Meta glasses to improve accessibility
"The glasses have a very, very small learning curve," said IATP Director of Training Jessica Schuyler-Weir. "So what we want to do now is figure out how these glasses are going to benefit adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities who want to work in the community."
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UIS Lincoln Studies fellow to author 1908 Springfield Race Riot history
The 1908 events helped lead to the founding of the NAACP the following year.
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Utility’s idle transmission tower caused 2025 Eaton fire that killed 19, Los Angeles officials say
Sparks from an idle transmission tower owned by Southern California Edison caused the 2025 Eaton fire in the Los Angeles area that killed 19 people and destroyed more than 9,400 homes and businesses, Los Angeles County fire officials said in a report released Tuesday.
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Jordan: District 186’s cell phone ban ‘stricter’ than new state ban
Jordan says the district's policy -- which does include some rules for emergencies -- is more "forward-thinking" than state law.
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Durbin, voting against AG nomination, says Todd Blanche can’t be trusted
Senator Dick Durbin said prior to Tuesday's vote there are loopholes in that deal with holdout Republicans.
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Cubs restock staff at deadline, acquire pitcher Clay Holmes and outfielder Tyrone Taylor from Mets
Chicago acquired right-hander Clay Holmes and outfielder Tyrone Taylor from the last-place New York Mets on Monday for touted infield prospect Jefferson Rojas. The Cubs also added reliever Ryan Zeferjahn and left-hander Braxton Garrett in two other deals ahead of Monday's deadline.
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School backpack overload: Heavy bags can strain kids’ bodies
The American Academy of Pediatrics is based in Illinois.
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Musk likely to face tough questions during SpaceX’s first earnings call as a public company
Investors in Elon Musk's space company get a chance to question him Tuesday after SpaceX issues its first quarterly earnings since going public.
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25 states sue over Trump’s new tariffs, calling them ‘pretext’ to replace his old ones
Illinois has joined the lawsuit.
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McDonald’s posts strong second quarter profit, names new chief of US operations
The Chicago burger chain earned $2.36 billion, or $3.32 per share, for the three months ended June 30. A year earlier it earned $2.25 billion, or $3.14 per share.
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25 states sue over Trump’s new tariffs, calling them ‘pretext’ to replace his old ones
Twenty-five states sued the Trump administration Monday over its latest tariffs, calling them a pretext for replacing import taxes the Supreme Court struck down in February.
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Judge denies Trump administration access to Illinois voter data
Law does not give DOJ ‘general auditing power’ over state election officials.
