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- Just in: French arrests near 1,000 as protest clashes spread to several cities (CBS News)
- Just in: Illinois rallies past No. 25 Oregon 21-10 in Champaign (Fighting Illini Athletics)
- Just in: Ottawa hospital committee endorses Rep. Briel, criticizes challenger Bishop (Starved Rock Media)
- Just in: 2027 Starved Rock calendars on sale to benefit the state parks (Starved Rock Media)
- Just in: Suspect arrested after fire engulfs Hitler's Eagle's Nest retreat in Germany (CBS News)
- Just in: About 75 walkers in La Salle raise money to fight polio (Starved Rock Media)
- Just in: No. 24 Northwestern routs Rutgers 42-14, improves to 6-1 (Northwestern Athletics)
- Just in: France reports 135 arrests as police use tear gas on protesters (Euronews)
- Just in: About 250,000 march in Madrid to defend Spain's state pensions (The Local Spain)
- Just in: Marquette beats Princeville 42-21 in Class 1A playoff opener (Starved Rock Media)
- Just in: L-P tops Galesburg 28-20 for Class 5A playoff win (Starved Rock Media)
- Just in: Typhoon Champi passes Taiwan, leaving one dead and over 500 injured (The Standard (Hong Kong))
- Just in: Brewers host Rays tonight in World Series Game 2, leading 1-0 (MLB.com)
- Just in: U.S. cuts staff at four Middle East embassies over Iranian threats (PBS NewsHour)
- Just in: Bailey makes possible Bears move to Indiana a campaign issue against Pritzker (Daily Herald / Chicago Tribune)
- Local: Rotary clubs set out this morning for the World's Largest Polio Walk (Starved Rock Media)
- Local: Body pulled from the Hennepin Canal near Wyanet (Starved Rock Media)
- Local: Mendota man jailed on warrants for battery and weapons charges (Starved Rock Media)
- Local: Fire destroys shed, damages property near Marseilles (Starved Rock Media)
- Local: September was a solid month for home sales across the Valley (Starved Rock Media)
- Local: Drug Take Back Day today in Ottawa and Princeton (Starved Rock Media)
- Local: Grand opening date set for new Ag Center at L-P (Starved Rock Media)
- Local: IVCC joins statewide 'Feed the Need' food drive (Starved Rock Media)
- Local: 'Skeleton Strut' brings Halloween cheer to Mendota (Starved Rock Media)
- Illinois: Thousands of manufacturing jobs headed to the Joliet area as Hyundai expands (CBS Chicago)
- Illinois: Illinois moves to bring video gambling under its self-ban program (Capitol News Illinois)
- Illinois: Pritzker doling out big money to Democrats nationwide (Chicago Sun-Times)
- Illinois: Elections board calls viral voting-machine video a 'hoax' (The Center Square)
- Illinois: Du Quoin hearing draws sharp rebuke of prison-closure plan (Capitol News Illinois)
- National: Virginia state Senate leader Louise Lucas indicted (Democracy Now)
- National: Pollster admits it fabricated surveys that shaped real races (Democracy Now)
- National: Book excerpt alleges $2 billion funneled to Jared Kushner (Democracy Now / Vanity Fair)
- National: DOJ opens criminal probe of former Noem adviser Lewandowski (Democracy Now / NYT)
- National: Viral video shows ICE agents trying to take toddlers from father (Democracy Now)
- International: Israel orders West Bank lockdown after two soldiers killed (Democracy Now)
- International: Super Typhoon Champi barrels toward Taiwan and eastern China (Yahoo News)
- International: Study: heat waves killed about 50,000 in Europe this year (Democracy Now)
- International: Roughly 150,000 rally in Belgrade against Serbia's president (Democracy Now)
- International: U.S. envoy warns war with Iran could last another year (Democracy Now / FT)
- Sports: Brewers take Game 1 of the World Series, 3-2 over the Rays (MLB.com)
- Sports: Bears roll past the Patriots 30-24 on Thursday night (Bleacher Nation)
- Sports: Bulls grab first win, topping the Bucks 132-125 (Bleacher Nation)
- Sports: Canadiens top Blackhawks 4-1 despite a Bedard goal (NHL.com)
- Light Features: Deployed mom surprises her second-grader at school (RedState – Feel-Good Friday)
- Light Features: Chicago mom turns her yard into a monarch butterfly oasis (Good Good Good)
- Light Features: A bear becomes the first known to get a prosthetic paw (Good Good Good)
- Light Features: 12-year-old collects nearly 30,000 diapers for families in need (Good Good Good)
- Light Features: Maine returns 11,000 acres of homeland to the Penobscot Nation (Good Good Good)
- Funny & Offbeat: Fighter pilots' mystery migraines traced to too-tight helmets (Oddee)
- Funny & Offbeat: Dog that sniffs out 'sea vomit' wins Animal of the Year (Oddee)
- Funny & Offbeat: The mysterious hum that keeps haunting neighborhoods (Oddee)
- Funny & Offbeat: College professor charged in a strange serial 'pee vandalism' case (Oddee)
- Funny & Offbeat: A black market for In-N-Out burgers is booming in California (Oddee)
- Just in: Tom's Take spotlights IVCC's 21st Century Scholars (Starved Rock Media)
- Just in: Police report three gunpoint robberies at a Woodlawn ATM in Chicago (FOX 32 Chicago)
- Just in: Suspect detained after alleged attack on Bennett's security team in Tel Aviv (The Times of Israel)
- Just in: French arrests near 1,000 as protest clashes spread to several cities (CBS News)
- Just in: Illinois rallies past No. 25 Oregon 21-10 in Champaign (Fighting Illini Athletics)
- Just in: Ottawa hospital committee endorses Rep. Briel, criticizes challenger Bishop (Starved Rock Media)
- Just in: 2027 Starved Rock calendars on sale to benefit the state parks (Starved Rock Media)
- Just in: Suspect arrested after fire engulfs Hitler's Eagle's Nest retreat in Germany (CBS News)
- Just in: About 75 walkers in La Salle raise money to fight polio (Starved Rock Media)
- Just in: No. 24 Northwestern routs Rutgers 42-14, improves to 6-1 (Northwestern Athletics)
- Just in: France reports 135 arrests as police use tear gas on protesters (Euronews)
- Just in: About 250,000 march in Madrid to defend Spain's state pensions (The Local Spain)
- Just in: Marquette beats Princeville 42-21 in Class 1A playoff opener (Starved Rock Media)
- Just in: L-P tops Galesburg 28-20 for Class 5A playoff win (Starved Rock Media)
- Just in: Typhoon Champi passes Taiwan, leaving one dead and over 500 injured (The Standard (Hong Kong))
- Just in: Brewers host Rays tonight in World Series Game 2, leading 1-0 (MLB.com)
- Just in: U.S. cuts staff at four Middle East embassies over Iranian threats (PBS NewsHour)
- Just in: Bailey makes possible Bears move to Indiana a campaign issue against Pritzker (Daily Herald / Chicago Tribune)
- Local: Rotary clubs set out this morning for the World's Largest Polio Walk (Starved Rock Media)
- Local: Body pulled from the Hennepin Canal near Wyanet (Starved Rock Media)
- Local: Mendota man jailed on warrants for battery and weapons charges (Starved Rock Media)
- Local: Fire destroys shed, damages property near Marseilles (Starved Rock Media)
- Local: September was a solid month for home sales across the Valley (Starved Rock Media)
- Local: Drug Take Back Day today in Ottawa and Princeton (Starved Rock Media)
- Local: Grand opening date set for new Ag Center at L-P (Starved Rock Media)
- Local: IVCC joins statewide 'Feed the Need' food drive (Starved Rock Media)
- Local: 'Skeleton Strut' brings Halloween cheer to Mendota (Starved Rock Media)
- Illinois: Thousands of manufacturing jobs headed to the Joliet area as Hyundai expands (CBS Chicago)
- Illinois: Illinois moves to bring video gambling under its self-ban program (Capitol News Illinois)
- Illinois: Pritzker doling out big money to Democrats nationwide (Chicago Sun-Times)
- Illinois: Elections board calls viral voting-machine video a 'hoax' (The Center Square)
- Illinois: Du Quoin hearing draws sharp rebuke of prison-closure plan (Capitol News Illinois)
- National: Virginia state Senate leader Louise Lucas indicted (Democracy Now)
- National: Pollster admits it fabricated surveys that shaped real races (Democracy Now)
- National: Book excerpt alleges $2 billion funneled to Jared Kushner (Democracy Now / Vanity Fair)
- National: DOJ opens criminal probe of former Noem adviser Lewandowski (Democracy Now / NYT)
- National: Viral video shows ICE agents trying to take toddlers from father (Democracy Now)
- International: Israel orders West Bank lockdown after two soldiers killed (Democracy Now)
- International: Super Typhoon Champi barrels toward Taiwan and eastern China (Yahoo News)
- International: Study: heat waves killed about 50,000 in Europe this year (Democracy Now)
- International: Roughly 150,000 rally in Belgrade against Serbia's president (Democracy Now)
- International: U.S. envoy warns war with Iran could last another year (Democracy Now / FT)
- Sports: Brewers take Game 1 of the World Series, 3-2 over the Rays (MLB.com)
- Sports: Bears roll past the Patriots 30-24 on Thursday night (Bleacher Nation)
- Sports: Bulls grab first win, topping the Bucks 132-125 (Bleacher Nation)
- Sports: Canadiens top Blackhawks 4-1 despite a Bedard goal (NHL.com)
- Light Features: Deployed mom surprises her second-grader at school (RedState – Feel-Good Friday)
- Light Features: Chicago mom turns her yard into a monarch butterfly oasis (Good Good Good)
- Light Features: A bear becomes the first known to get a prosthetic paw (Good Good Good)
- Light Features: 12-year-old collects nearly 30,000 diapers for families in need (Good Good Good)
- Light Features: Maine returns 11,000 acres of homeland to the Penobscot Nation (Good Good Good)
- Funny & Offbeat: Fighter pilots' mystery migraines traced to too-tight helmets (Oddee)
- Funny & Offbeat: Dog that sniffs out 'sea vomit' wins Animal of the Year (Oddee)
- Funny & Offbeat: The mysterious hum that keeps haunting neighborhoods (Oddee)
- Funny & Offbeat: College professor charged in a strange serial 'pee vandalism' case (Oddee)
- Funny & Offbeat: A black market for In-N-Out burgers is booming in California (Oddee)
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