Articles filed under Chicago Sun-Times
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Fixing typewriters is a devotion for Downers Grove ‘old soul’Feb 14, 2024 6:40 am - Lucas Dul tinkers in a windowless workshop, his machines heaped on shelves — some pristine, some tucked away in their original leather cases, others mere carcasses. This 23-year-old is devoted to a technology most probably consider all but extinct: the typewriter.
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Palestinian-American brothers from Lombard taken in Israeli raid in Gaza, family saysFeb 09, 2024 5:44 am - Two Palestinian-American citizens with Lombard roots were taken by Israeli soldiers in an early morning raid in Gaza on Thursday, a family member said, months after U.S. ...
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Illinois challenge to Trump’s candidacy won’t be delayed, Cook County judge rulesFeb 07, 2024 8:42 pm - A Cook County judge Wednesday denied a bid by former Republican President Donald Trump to stall an objection to his candidacy in Illinois until after the U.S. Supreme...
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Hoffman Estates man gets 6 days behind bars for grabbing police baton during Jan. 6 riotFeb 07, 2024 8:21 pm - A federal judge Tuesday sentenced a Hoffman Estates man to six days in prison for grabbing a police baton as officers tried to clear the U.S. Capitol Rotunda during the J...
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Controversial West Chicago trash site halted by state boardFeb 02, 2024 3:42 pm - A controversial proposal to add a sizable garbage operation in West Chicago will not move forward after a state panel ruled that the city had failed to notify all nearby ...
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Muslim scholar who’s a convicted child sex offender helps oversee Islamic boarding school in ElginJan 27, 2024 9:55 am - After he was convicted in 2016 of molesting a girl and sexually abusing a young woman, Mohammad Saleem was told by a judge that he’s no longer allowed “at or in the Insti...
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‘Our lives are at stake’: U.S. citizens with Lombard roots stuck in GazaJan 23, 2024 7:50 pm - The Elagha family was shaken awake early last Wednesday by a pre-dawn Israeli airstrike outside their front door. They’re in at least their third home in Gaza in the past...
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TSA intercepted 122 firearms at Chicago airports in 2023, including record number at MidwayJan 11, 2024 8:52 am - The Transportation Security Administration intercepted 122 firearms at both Chicago airports last year, and a new record was set at Midway International Airport. Officers...
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Metra implementing fare overhaul, eliminating ticket windowsJan 03, 2024 11:33 pm - Big changes are coming to Metra over the coming weeks as the commuter rail agency introduces a new fare structure Feb. 1. Metra is overhauling ticket prices, reducing zon...
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Metra passengers left high and dry waiting for special New Year’s Eve train that departed earlyJan 04, 2024 6:42 am - Some New Year’s Eve revelers who opted to take a special, late-night Metra BNSF train were left scrambling to find alternative transportation after the train departed ear...