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17+ min ago (21+ words) Democrats on the House Oversight Committee on Friday released 19 photos obtained from the estate of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein....

26+ min ago (48+ words) A federal appeals court has blocked the immediate release of hundreds of immigrants detained during a Chicago-area immigration crackdown. Federal court blocks release of hundreds of immigrants arrested in a Chicago-area crackdown Federal court blocks release of hundreds of immigrants arrested in a Chicago-area crackdown...

31+ min ago (35+ words) President Trump is facing a major setback after a redistricting bill fails in state Senate Indiana GOP redistricting bill fails even with pressure from Trump Indiana GOP redistricting bill fails even with pressure from Trump...

48+ min ago (428+ words) College bowl season arrives Saturday, and this year's mix of the CFP games and a few dozen other meaningless bowls is chock full of storylines. Unfortunately many of those storylines involve big-name coaches who won't be coaching, from Lane Kiffin to Marcus Freeman to Sherrone Moore. In addition to the coaches, hundreds of kids will be playing for the chance to end their season on a high note and perhaps increase their visibility for the transfer portal or NFL draft. After a long season of debating everything from Bill Belichick's girlfriend to the CFP rankings, it's finally time to sit back and enjoy the good, bad and ugly of the college bowl season, which is brought to you by the likes of ESPN, TNT and the CW, in conjunction with the SEC, Big Ten and corporate sponsors galore and cities…...

51+ min ago (22+ words) BERL'N (AP) " Alemania convoca al embajador de Rusia por acusaciones de sabotaje, ciberataques e interferencia en elecciones alemanas. More in En Espa'ol...

55+ min ago (645+ words) The Lake County Board recently approved $1.2 million for Lake County PASSAGE, which will go toward expanding the 20-year-old network acting as the "central nervous system" of Lake County roadways. At the county's Libertyville campus, the Transportation Management Center is something of a miniature NASA control room: A few pairs of desks and computers face a wall of screens, displaying views of intersections across the county. From there, Lake County Department of Transportation engineers and staffers track, analyze and manage drivers' daily commute, all part of what's known as Lake County PASSAGE. PASSAGE's work is largely invisible to everyday drivers, but behind the scenes, their engineers are always looking at how to improve traffic flow. That includes modifying signals for holidays, events and weekends, taking into account the different traffic patterns each can have. Center manager Ryan Legare called PASSAGE an…...

57+ min ago (880+ words) Gabe Mobley has found his place at Bishop Noll. The 6-foot-4 guard began his career at Hillcrest and then transferred to St. Laurence for his sophomore year. Mobley returned to Hillcrest for his junior year but remained there for just one semester. He joined the Warriors for the second semester. "When he first got here, he was quiet," Bishop Noll coach Ryan Schooler said. "He was a quiet kid, and I said, "We need to make you more vocal and bring you out of your shell." He was never really put in the position that he"s forced to be in this year because he is a senior, he is one of our offensive weapons. I said, "Gabe, you need to show more emotion on the court." "He"s stepping into that role of being a leader. But it"s…...

1+ hour, 7+ min ago (382+ words) El Banco Central de Rusia present" una demanda contra la instituci"n financiera belga Euroclear, la c'mara de compensaci"n con sede en Bruselas que posee la mayor'a de los activos congelados de Mosc" en Europa, inform" el banco el viernes. De momento no est' claro qu" podr'a lograr la demanda, ya que fue presentada en Mosc". La Comisi"n Europea, el brazo ejecutivo de la UE, estima que en Europa se mantienen activos rusos congelados por un valor de 210.000 millones de euros (247.000 millones de d"lares). A finales de septiembre, Euroclear ten'a alrededor de 193.000 millones de euros (225.000 millones de d"lares) de ese dinero. El Banco Central de Rusia indic" que con la demanda, presentada en la Corte de Arbitraje de Mosc", busca recuperar los da'os que sufri" cuando se le prohibi" gestionar y disponer de sus fondos y…...

1+ hour, 10+ min ago (25+ words) Here's how you can help Kids Above All's annual holiday gift drive and give back this holiday season. Kids Above All's annual holiday gift drive...

1+ hour, 18+ min ago (209+ words) Rekia Boyd would have been 36 years old last month. To honor that milestone, A Long Walk Home " the art organization that empowers young people to end violence against Black girls and women " held a party for family and community to celebrate her life. Cooke John's vision for the Rekia Boyd Monument Project is called "Sweet Harbor." It centers various wood shapes in a lush green space for sitting, playing and engaging with. Cooke John is interested in collecting words from healing circles and capturing sounds of people having a good time to create a score that plays. The soundscape is an audio component that makes the park space multi-sensory. "These projects are deeply emotional, personal, also political," Ross said. "When people have been suppressed, ignored, misrepresented for centuries" to have an opportunity where we're saying, "how do we change the…...