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Jonathan Toews returns to NHL with hometown Jets after being out 2 seasons with long COVID

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — The spotlight was on Jonathan Toews when the Winnipeg Jets skated onto the ice for their season opener against Dallas on Thursday night. The Winnipeg-born Toews received a loud, long cheer from the sold-out crowd when ...
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Beloved March Madness icon Sister Jean dies at 106

(CHICAGO) -- Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, the team chaplain for the Loyola University Chicago basketball team who became a national celebrity during the school's 2018 underdog March Madness run, has died at 106.The university confirmed her death in a statement on social media."This is ...
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Attorneys for Kilmar Abrego Garcia return to court as his deportation saga continues

(BALTIMORE) -- Attorneys for wrongly deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia will be in court in Maryland on Friday for an evidentiary hearing in which government witnesses are expected to testify about the steps taken to remove him from the United States.The hearing comes ...
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Waller says interview for Fed chair went ‘great’, not political

(Reuters) -Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller on Friday said his interview with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to be the next U.S. central bank chief went well and was not at all political. Waller, seen as top contender to succeed Chair ...
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WATCH: Trump appeals Guard TRO as DHS looks to ‘double down’ law enforcement in Chicago

(The Center Square) – In today's edition of Illinois in Focus Daily, The Center Square Editor Greg Bishop reviews the latest in the legal battle over whether the Trump administration has the justification to use the National Guard in ...
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Trump administration appeals Illinois TRO blocking National Guard deployment

(The Center Square) – The Trump administration is appealing a federal judge’s temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction blocking the administration’s deployment of National Guard troops in Illinois. ...
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White House says Nobel Committee puts ‘politics over peace’

By Trevor Hunnicutt and Susan Heavey WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The White House on Friday criticized the Nobel Prize committee’s decision to grant the peace prize to a Venezuelan opposition leader instead of U.S. President Donald Trump, who aggressively lobbied for the ...
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US awards $4.5 billion in border wall contracts, DHS says

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The federal government has awarded 10 construction contracts worth $4.5 billion that will add 230 miles of barrier along the southwest U.S. border, the Department of Homeland Security said on Friday. The contracts will add hundreds of miles ...
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China hits US ships with retaliatory port fees before trade talks

HONG KONG (AP) — China has hit U.S.-owned vessels docking in the country with tit-for-tat port fees, in response to the American government’s planned port fees on Chinese ships, expanding a string of retaliatory measures before trade talks between ...
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The Latest: Trump will undergo a ‘semiannual physical’ by doctors

President Donald Trump is getting a check-up at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. The White House announced the visit earlier this week. Trump is preparing to travel to the Middle East shortly after his medical exam. White House ...
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Speaker Johnson keeps the House away as he fights to end the government shutdown

WASHINGTON (AP) — Mike Johnson is the speaker of a House that is no longer in session. The Republican leader sent lawmakers home three weeks ago after the House approved a bill to fund the federal government. And they haven’t ...
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Fiscal Fallout: Illinois has among highest-paid state employees

(The Center Square) The average wages for Illinois state employees are among the highest in the nation and belie the state's more modest cost-of-living rankings, according to state and federal data. ...
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