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Recalled toys, counterfeits and other safety hazards of the holiday season

Online buying makes it easier for recalled items or counterfeit, unsafe toys to still end up in the hands of children, experts warn.

Chicago Sun-Times

SBLive/Sports Illustrated Power 25: Montverde on Top, Donda Academy Falls Out

Most of the teams in the Power 25 will kick off their respective seasons this week.

Sports Illustrated

Congress will be taking a closer look at Sam Bankman-Fried’s political spending spree

The former FTX CEO became the Democratic party’s top donor apart from George Soros during the last election cycle.

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Cub and Boy Scouts use ‘Campsgiving’ to further forge friendships; ‘Calling it a family sounds corny, but you are really connected’

GURNEE, Ill. -- Scouting is fun. So say the young members of Gurnee Pack and Troop 677, who recently celebrated Thanksgiving early at the Gurnee Community Church, in suburban Chicago, where they hold weekly meetings.

Chicago Tribune

The 'human cannonball' is gone, but his lasagna recipe lives on

A circus performer known for being fired out of a cannon liked to make dinner for the people he worked with. One of them still makes his inspired lasagna today, and it has some surprising ingredients.

WEKU

Editorial: Cryptocurrency stars can flame out. But they can’t take their customers with them

Out of nowhere, 30-year-old Sam Bankman-Fried became a billionaire mover and shaker in the world of cryptocurrency. Careful to make friends of powerful Democrats and media columnists alike, he threw money around the halls of Congress — and everywhere else he went — while threatening to disrupt Chicago’s financial futures…

Chicago Tribune

Politicians spurn contributions from bankrupt crypto exchange FTX and its former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried

SBF had donated close to $40 million in the 2021–2022 cycle, according to OpenSecrets.

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With some races still uncalled, new members of Congress descend on Washington - Roll Call

Freshman orientation on Capitol Hill is a chance to hug, hope and watch the votes keep rolling in. Several races are still too close to call.

Roll Call

Democratic caucus will be the most progressive "in decades," Rep. Pramila Jayapal says

Jayapal added that it will have over 100 members in the 118th Congress compared to the current membership of 99.

Axios

Picture Chicago: Photography from a busy week of midterm elections

Democrats command several wins throughout Illinois and U.S. Rep. Jesus ‘Chuy’ Garcia enters the crowded race for mayor.

Chicago Sun-Times

Down-ballot Democrats deliver drubbing: Mendoza reelected state comptroller, Frerichs treasurer

Family and friends of Susana Mendoza, the incumbent Illinois comptroller, gathered at the Palmer House Hilton and clapped and cheered at her showing in early returns. Michael Frerichs lead in his bid for reelection as treasurer.

Chicago Sun-Times

What voters agree on: Democracy is in danger

That chilling finding comes from a national exit poll conducted by Edison Research for several major news organizations.

Chicago Sun-Times

Sen. Tammy Duckworth cruises to second term over Republican challenger Kathy Salvi

Illinois’ first Asian American senator now becomes its first woman reelected to a Senate seat.

Chicago Sun-Times

City Council approves Lightfoot’s $16.4 billion budget by 32-18 vote

The vote was closer than many expected and tighter than last year’s 35-15 cakewalk, which included a $76.5 million increase in the city’s property tax levy.

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As Election Day nears, officials across Illinois boost security amid fear of violence

BELVIDERE, Ill. — Hidden amid the maze of filing cabinets and desks inside the otherwise unremarkable offices of the Boone County Clerk and Recorder are five buttons employees can press if they think they are in danger.

Tribune News Service

Short-handed Michigan State pulls off stunning win over Illinois

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – To say Michigan State was a long shot on Saturday would be generous.

Chicago Sun-Times

Biden, in Joliet to bolster Rep. Lauren Underwood, calls Medicare, Social Security critics ‘idiots’

The president spoke at an elementary school gymnasium while stumping for Illinois congressional Democrats ahead of Tuesday’s crucial midterm elections.

Tribune News Service

Jon Scheyer’s journey — and time in Illinois’ FAAM league — prepared him for this moment

This was the first time Jon Scheyer felt any kind of pressure to prove himself. The first time he could sense others’ doubt and skepticism. He was in the sixth grade when he walked into a gym in Evanston, Ill., not far from his hometown of Northbrook, a well-off suburb…

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Even if there is a red wave in Illinois, in Senate race, Dem Duckworth holds lead over GOP’s Salvi

Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth heads to the Tuesday vote leading Republican Kathy Salvi in two key metrics, polls and fundraising.

Tribune News Service

Bills target corporate practices thwarting product repairs

WASHINGTON — After Dyani Chapman’s refrigerator broke, her landlord replaced it with a new one, a cheaper route than fixing the original. When her phone’s screen cracked, Chapman faced a similar dilemma.

Roll Call

Bills target corporate practices thwarting product repairs - Roll Call

There is bipartisan congressional interest behind bills to make it easier for consumers to repair what they own.

Chicago Tribune

Darren Bailey’s uphill candidacy for farmers, cops and Illinoisans who feel ‘pushed aside’

DU QUOIN, Ill. — In his thick country drawl, Darren Bailey stood at a lectern clutching a microphone, trying to convince a crowd in his rural home base of southern Illinois that he speaks their language.

Chicago Sun-Times

Final 2022 AP Illinois high school football rankings

This season’s final rankings of Illinois high school football teams in each class, according to an Associated Press panel of sportswriters.

Reason

Justice Barrett and Affirmative Action

In Grutter v. Bollinger (2003), Justice O'Connor wrote, "We expect that 25 years from now, the use of racial preferences will no longer be necessary." I never took this sentence--or really anything Justice O'Connor wrote--very seriously. And even if she was serious about that point, no one who joined her…

Chicago Sun-Times

$380 million flyover project expected to ease rail congestion

Planners hope a new rail bridge will resolve one of the largest chokepoints for passenger and freight rail traffic in the nation.

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