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Former Vice President Dick Cheney says he will vote for Kamala Harris

His daughter Liz Cheney, who endorsed Harris on Wednesday, first announced her father’s endorsement of Harris during an event in Texas on Friday.

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GOP-tilted websites showed where Illinois judges live despite a law that protects their privacy

U.S. District Judge Virginia Kendall attends a naturalization ceremony in Wrigleyville in 2022. The newly seated chief judge of the Northern District of Illinois said she was horrified when told personal information about judges remained online

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How much difference will who's elected president make to you? Here’s what you told us.

The responses not surprisingly tended to fall under party lines. But we also heard things like this: “The president gets too much blame and credit for things. Ultimately, your decisions and actions are what dictate your life.”

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Who were the 6 hostages whose bodies the Israeli military recovered from Gaza?

The military said the six were killed shortly before Israeli forces were to rescue them. The bodies were found in a tunnel beneath the southern Gaza city of Rafah. The news sparked calls for mass protests by families of the hostages.

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Top-ranked Loyola vs. nationally respected East St. Louis is the state's premier Week 1 matchup

The Ramblers will take on East St. Louis at ISU’s Hancock Stadium on Saturday at 7 p.m.

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With demolition under way at River West site, new design for Bally's casino is hardly a winner

Nobody visits a casino for its architecture. But given the River West complex’s size, its proximity to downtown’s fine architecture, and primo, chef’s-kiss-of-a-site along the Chicago River, the city deserves a better design.

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CPS to offer Chicago teachers raises up to 5% in each of the next four years

This could represent a breakthrough in talks between CPS and the teachers union and comes as CPS’ beleaguered CEO got support from nearly 400 administrators.

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Kamala Harris and Tim Walz touch on personal stories and policy issues in first interview

Kamala Harris talked about working across the aisle, Trump’s lies about her race, the Israel-Hamas war and more during the sit-down interview, her first since President Joe Biden exited the presidential race.

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Simplistic 'Reagan' offers a take on the president as rosy as Dennis Quaid's cheeks

President Ronald Reagan (Dennis Quaid) delivers his historic 1987 “tear down this wall” speech at Brandenburg Gate in West Berlin in a scene from “Reagan

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Feds file new indictment in Trump Jan. 6 case, keeping charges intact but narrowing allegations

Special counsel Jack Smith files a new indictment in Donald Trump’s alleged efforts to undo the 2020 presidential election, keeping the same criminal charges but narrowing the allegations following the Supreme Court immunity ruling.