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Two women dead after torrential rain floods in New Jersey and parts of New York subway

The unnamed pair were swept off the road and trapped in their car as waters surged in the Cedar Brook, in Plainfield, on Monday night

The Independent UK

Father of 6-year-old Palestinian American boy fatally stabbed in Plainfield Township files wrongful-death lawsuit

Wadea Al-Fayoume, 6, was killed, and his mother, 32, was critically injured Oct. 14. Their landlord, Joseph Czuba, 71, is charged in the attack.

Chicago Sun-Times

Plainfield man charged with killing Wadea Al-Fayoume, 6, wounding mother pleads not guilty

Joseph Czuba, 71, stabbed a Palestinian American mother and her young son, killing the boy, after blaming them for the war in the Middle East because of their Muslim faith, according to state prosecutors.

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Chicago religious leaders urge peace after killing of six-year-old Muslim boy

Muslim, Jewish and Christian leaders shook hands, talked and prayed together after killing of Wadea Al-Fayoume

The Guardian - US

‘An all-American boy’: Classmates mourn six-year-old Muslim boy stabbed to death

Friends and family hold vigil for Wadea Al-Fayoume, a Palestinian American boy killed in an alleged hate crime in Illinois

The Guardian - US

Slain Palestinian American boy remembered: ‘We are Plainfield strong; we are here for Wadea’

Tuesday night vigil honors 6-year-old Wadea Al-Fayoume, who police said was killed by his family’s landlord because he was Muslim.

Chicago Sun-Times

Father of boy killed in anti-Muslim hate attack says he hopes son’s death ‘wakes us up’

Wadea was stabbed 26 times at the family’s home in Plainfield Township, outside Chicago, on Saturday morning, and his mother over a dozen times

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Funeral held for 6-year-old boy fatally stabbed in Plainfield, targeted because of faith authorities said

Thousands of people flocked to the Mosque Foundation in Bridgeview to mourn Wadea Al-Fayoume. Mourners waved Palestinian flags and called for peace.

Chicago Sun-Times

Landlord accused of killing six-year-old Muslim boy and stabbing mother

Joseph Czuba, 71, charged with hate crime after attack allegedly driven by Israel-Hamas war

The Guardian - UK

Tornadoes touching down in new areas; season is starting sooner and lasting longer, experts say

John Sergeant, chief of emergency medical services at the Naperville Fire Department, was 12 years old when he first saw what a tornado could do. At the time, Sergeant had gone to help family members in the aftermath of the devastating tornado that killed 29 people and injured 350 others…

Chicago Tribune

West Loop fatal hit-and-run photo released

The driver of a black Mercedes ran a stop sign early Saturday in the 800 block of West Washington, striking James Richard Thompson, 26, of Plainfield, as he crossed the street, police say.

Chicago Sun-Times

17-year-old girl killed in Plainfield crash

The girl was driving a Hyundai Elantra when she crashed into an embankment, police said.

Chicago Sun-Times

Plainfield bank robbed hours after another heist in Lawndale

Authorities described the suspect as a man about 25 years old wearing blue jeans, a dark baseball cap, a white Covid-style mask, and glasses.

Chicago Sun-Times

VP Kamala Harris back in Chicago Tuesday to address National Education Association convention

Harris was just in Illinois on June 24 for events in Plainfield and Chicago.

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In Illinois, Vice President Kamala Harris speaks of ‘past tense’ era of abortion rights

Said Harris at a YMCA in Plainfield: “Today, as of right now, as of this minute, we can only talk about what Roe v. Wade protected. Past tense.”

Chicago Sun-Times

Vice President Kamala Harris visits Illinois on Friday: stops in Chicago, Plainfield

Harris will highlight the administration’s work on maternal health and will speak at a convention of Latino officials.

Chicago Sun-Times

Plainfield comedian Joel Kim Booster charms in first Netflix special, ‘Psychosexual’

Thanks to his likable presence, his edgy material never feels mean-spirited or condescending.

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