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House explodes, catches fire in DeKalb County

A home in Earlville, about 70 miles west of Chicago, was leveled by the time officials arrived Tuesday afternoon. The cause of the explosion wasn’t known.

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AOC slams ‘destructive and dangerous’ DeSantis for saying all Gaza refugees are antisemitic

A Palestinian American child in Chicago was stabbed to death in an apparent hate crime triggered by the confict in Israel and Gaza

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Chicago casino a sure bet for ramp-up in gambling addiction, experts say

Addiction treatment experts are bracing for a steady rise in people seeking help for gambling disorder as a result of the new Chicago casino, just like they’ve seen after other gaming expansions in Illinois.

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Outgoing Police Board president urges City Council to reject arbitrator’s ruling, says it would undermine police reform

The ruling would allow Chicago police officers accused of the most serious wrongdoing to bypass the board and take their cases to an arbitrator behind closed doors.

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NFL Power Rankings: Vikings see movement with win

The latest NFL power rankings show some movement in both directions for the Minnesota Vikings

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Afternoon Edition: After being tracked by a stranger, couple sues Apple

Plus: Why the city wants your food scraps, advice for a 92-year-old looking for a companion and more.

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Group tied to El Chapo’s sons reportedly orders halt to manufacture of fentanyl in Mexico, but experts are skeptical

“I don’t buy this for a minute,” says former DEA official Jack Riley. “Sinaloa is too heavily invested in fentanyl and its revenue to pull out.”

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The heartbreaking last words of six-year-old killed in anti-Muslim attack

Wadea Al-Fayoume, 6, was stabbed 26 times and his mother was stabbed 12 times in the attack at their Chicago suburb home

The Independent UK

Chicago fishing: Fall trout season opens Saturday as lakefront salmon fishing rolls on

The opening of Illinois’ fall trout season on Saturday leads this sprawlng raw-file Midwest Fishing Report; but salmon fishing on the lakefront keeps on going, too, and crappie fishing will soon kick in for real.

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Chicago-area student killed in shooting at Jackson State University. ‘He was a born leader.’

Jaylen Burns, an industrial technology student from the south suburbs, was killed Sunday at the Mississippi campus during homecoming weekend, officials said.

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Last words of Muslim boy stabbed to death in US were ‘Mom, I’m fine’, family reveal, as funeral held in Chicago

Wadea Al-Fayoume died after being stabbed dozens of times in a hate crime sparked by the Israel-Hamas conflict, police said

Evening Standard

Chicago announces first city-run composting program with 15 drop-off sites

Chris Sauve, deputy commissioner for sustainability and policy at DSS, said the plan for the food scrap drop-off was created after talks with officials in cities with similar programs

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Rising share of Chicago Public Schools graduates are pursuing college, study finds

The study by the University of Chicago Consortium on School Research and the To & Through Project also found that more Chicago students than ever are projected to pursue and complete college over the next decade.

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Chicago man convicted in child porn case arrested again on suspicion of possessing child pornography

During a parole check, Thomas Navolt, 28, had devices containing child pornography, Illinois State Police said.

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Father of boy killed in anti-Muslim hate attack says he hopes son’s death ‘wakes us up’

Wadea was stabbed 26 times at the family’s home in Plainfield Township, outside Chicago, on Saturday morning, and his mother over a dozen times

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Mayor Johnson cancels trip to Mexico border for look at migrant crisis, will send aides instead

A delegation led by Beatriz Ponce de Leon, deputy mayor of immigrant, migrant and refugee rights, will lead a small delegation to four Texas cities.

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Afternoon Edition: Man killed Muslim child after listening to conservative media, prosecutors say

Plus: Dick Butkus’ Billy Goat celebration, migrants prep for winter outside police stations and more.

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Chicago’s Department of Environment is back, but needs to get bigger

Resurrecting the department is a wise first step, but it needs enough staff to meet the city’s many challenges at a time of climate change and other environmental concerns.

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Breakthrough year brings Kim Petras to Chicago for ambitious tour stop

After her landmark win and provocative performance at the Grammys, pop star promises ‘a personal manifesto’ at Aragon.

The Independent UK

Woman stabbed inside of Chicago business

The 25-year-old is in a critical condition after she was stabbed in her chest and both legs

The Independent UK

Which Love Is Blind couples from season two are still together?

Cast of ‘Love Is Blind’ season two have gone through manys ups and downs since cameras stopped rolling

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Where to play golf around Chicago: Golfweek’s Best 2023 public-access courses

Anyone in a window seat on a flight into Chicago can see there are plenty of golf courses in the area.

The Conversation

Billions of birds collide with glass buildings – but architecture has solutions

At least 1,000 birds were killed in one day in early October, when they collided with a single Chicago building, McCormick Place – the largest convention centre in North America. A paradigm of architectural modernism, McCormick Place was built in stages from 1960 to 2017, and is a steel, concrete…

The Independent UK

A Palestinian mother fled to the US for safety. 12 years on, war in her homeland fueled her son’s murder

Hanaan Shahin left the West Bank in 2011 in search of a better life in the US. More than a decade later, she and her six-year-old son Wadea Al-Fayoume were targeted in a deadly attack allegedly driven by fresh violence in her homeland. Martha McHardy reports

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Man slain in South Shore late Friday

The man, 25, was in a vehicle about 10:45 p.m. Friday in the 7800 block of South Jeffery Boulevard when he was shot multiple times in his body, Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

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