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SUV driver dies after hitting parked truck on I-90 shoulder near Elgin

By Christopher Placek
Sep 28, 2025 11:07 am - An SUV driver died after crashing into a parked semitruck on Interstate 90 near Elgin on Saturday.
Experts, parents push back on misleading Tylenol-autism claims

By Jessie Molloy and Janelle Walker
Sep 28, 2025 8:36 am - Illinois parents, doctors and medical associations are among those speaking out against claims made by President Donald Trump that the pain reliever Tylenol is linked to autism.
Facts Matter: Trump shared video clip with false claims on Truth Social

By Bob Oswald
Sep 28, 2025 4:00 am - In this Facts Matter column, Bob Oswald looks at a video clip shared by President Donald Trump, inaccurate reporting on Charlie Kirk tributes and a fake misspelling.
‘A sense of comfort and peace’: How some suburban care facilities are using doll therapy for dementia and Alzheimer’s patients

By Barbara Vitello
Sep 28, 2025 4:00 am - About a month after her mother moved into an Elmhurst memory care facility, Gail Bekin bought her a doll. “She never put it down,” said Bekin. For decades, health care providers have incorporated certain techniques — music, art and pet therapy as well as caring for baby dolls — to help treat people with dementia or Alzheimer’s.
‘A thorough check is the key’: Cooler weather approaching but ticks still with us

By Mick Zawislak
Sep 28, 2025 12:00 am - Cooler days are coming but that doesn’t mean we’re out of the figurative woods when it comes to ticks, whose bites can cause serious illnesses.
Trump’s looming shutdown: Mass layoffs, fewer regulations and military deployments

By Jacob Bogage
Sep 27, 2025 8:39 pm - Under the Trump administration’s plans for a government shutdown, the Labor Department would cut off most activities - then fire thousands of employees. National parks would close, and their staffs could face layoffs. Phone help lines at the Internal Revenue Service would go unstaffed, perhaps permanently.
Trump to meet Monday with top four congressional leaders as government shutdown risk looms

By SEUNG MIN KIM and LISA MASCARO
Sep 27, 2025 8:12 pm - President Donald Trump plans to meet with the top four congressional leaders at the White House on Monday, one day before the deadline to fund the federal government or face a shutdown.The meeting involving House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune as well as House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer was confirmed Saturday by a White House official and two other people familiar with the planning.
UN imposes ‘snapback’ sanctions on a hungrier, poorer and more anxious Iran

By JON GAMBRELL and AMIR VAHDAT
Sep 27, 2025 8:06 pm - The United Nations reimposed sanctions on Iran early Sunday over its nuclear program, further squeezing the Islamic Republic as its people increasingly find themselves priced out of the food they need to survive and worried about their futures.
4 dead after flooding in Arizona, including in mining community hit hard by rain

Sep 27, 2025 6:16 pm - Four people have died after heavy rain caused flooding in Arizona, sending some people in a rural community to their rooftops for safety, officials said Saturday.
Stampede at a political rally for popular actor Vijay in southern India kills 36, injures 40

Sep 27, 2025 6:06 pm - NEW DELHI — A stampede at a rally for a popular Indian actor and politician in the southern state of Tamil Nadu killed at least 36 people and injured 40 others, the state...

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