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A man says his stepmom locked him in a room for decades. He escaped by setting a fire
Police in Waterbury, Conn., allege the man's stepmother locked him in his room with limited food and water for over 20 years, ...
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A man says his stepmom kept him in a room for decades. He escaped by starting a fire
Police in Waterbury, Conn., allege the man's stepmother locked him in his room with limited food and water for over 20 years, ...
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Freeport News: School enrollment, measles vaccine information, and Senior Resource Center visits
In other Senior Center News, with uncertainty about possible federal budget cuts to Social Security and Medicaid, staff at ...
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Putin voices doubts over a U.S.-proposed ceasefire with Ukraine, and sets conditions
Russia's president welcomed the idea of a ceasefire but warned Ukraine might use a 30-day truce to regroup and questioned how ...
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‘You are flying.’ Inside the harrowing 100-mile police chase in Sangamon County
Police found the 2022 Dodge Ram truck reported stolen out of Kansas with stolen Missouri plates abandoned six miles south on ...
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Trump's hiring freeze has halted local head counts and could threaten the U.S. census
Some towns paid the U.S. Census Bureau to produce new local population counts to try to get more funding. But Trump's hiring ...
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Trump plans to visit the Justice Department Friday, a rare move for a president
The president is planning to give remarks on "restoring law and order," according to the White House. Trump has vowed to end ...
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Senate Democrats face major dilemma: help GOP pass funding bill or trigger shutdown
The government runs out of funding Friday at midnight, leaving Democrats to decide whether to help Republicans pass a bill to ...
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Thousands of fired federal workers must be offered reinstatement, a judge rules
Thousands of probationary federal employees fired by the Trump administration must be offered job reinstatement within the ...
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EPA says it will roll back many climate rules. But that could prove complicated
Announcing big changes to environmental rules doesn't undo facts on the ground overnight. Instead, EPA's announcement is the ...
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Editor's Note: EPA says it will roll back climate rules. That could prove complicated
Announcing big changes to environmental rules doesn't undo facts on the ground overnight. Instead, EPA's announcement is the ...
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Illinois eyes taxing drivers by the mile — rather than by the gallon of gas
Under proposed legislation, Illinois would explore the viability of reducing reliance on the state’s gas tax by putting in ...