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Education Secretary Linda McMahon and Turning Point USA's Erika Kirk visit Genoa-Kingston High School

Education Secretary Linda McMahon spoke at several Illinois schools on Thursday. It was part of the U.S. Department of ...
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Illinois Senate Republicans introduce bills aimed at protecting victims of domestic violence

Illinois Senate Republicans introduced bills to protect victims of domestic violence by making it a felony to repeatedly ...
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Ahead of midterms, Illinois’ GOP members of Congress question the state’s ‘election integrity’

In a letter sent to the Illinois State Board of Elections, Reps. Mike Bost, Mary Miller and Darin LaHood urged the state to ...
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A "Jane Doe" in the R. Kelly trials is ready to share her real name. And her story.

Landfair's new memoir, Who's Watching Shorty? Reclaiming Myself from the Shame of R. Kelly's Abuse, details her turbulent adolescence and escape from a long cycle of exploitation, as she seeks to be a ...
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Two Rockford students will sing at New York's Carnegie Hall this Sunday

Two Rockford high schoolers will perform at New York City’s Carnegie Hall next week in the Honors Performance Series, a ...
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Meta goes to trial in New Mexico over child-exploitation claims

New Mexico's Department of Justice says Meta has knowingly allowed the social media platforms Instagram and Facebook to ...
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On a frozen river, Ukrainian revelers party to keep their spirits and bodies warm

In Kyiv, dance parties on a frozen river keep spirits -- and bodies -- warm after Russian strikes shattered Ukraine's energy grid.
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Illinois attorney general wins state’s first civil hate crime lawsuit

This summary was written by the reporters and editors who worked on this story.Amid a flurry of lawsuits filed in federal ...
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Day 5 of search for Nancy Guthrie: 'We still believe Nancy is still out there'

The FBI is offering a reward of up to $50,000 for information leading to the recovery of Guthrie and/or the arrest and ...
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The Winter Olympics in Italy were meant to be sustainable. Are they?

Italy's Winter Olympics promised sustainability. But in Cortina, environmentalists warn the Games could scar these mountains ...
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Their film was shot in secret and smuggled out of Iran. It won an award at Sundance

Between war, protests and government crackdowns, the filmmakers raced to finish and smuggle their portrait of Tehran's ...
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Freeport News: Major fire displaces several Freeport residents, local dairy gets a visit from the Governor, and American history lectures

A major residential fire broke out in the early hours of January 30th. A multi-residential building on the 300 block of West Clark Street was fully engulfed in flames when Freeport firefighters ...