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Illinois tornado outbreak: Kankakee County cleans up damage left by tornado, record-breaking hail; several injured
KANKAKEE COUNTY, Ill. (WLS) — Suspected tornadoes left extensive damage in Kankakee County in Illinois and Indiana on Tuesday. ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24/7. Click here to watch The National Weather Service said a supercell that went from Pontiac, Illinois to Indiana spawned at least two tornadoes in Aroma Park and near Wheatfield in Indiana. NWS initially said there…
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What the latest government shutdown shows about privatizing TSA
Long security lines snaked into baggage claim areas and parking garages at some U.S. airports this weekend, a possible indicator of more widespread travel problems as the latest government shutdown drags on. That kind of disruption, while not yet widespread, is not a concern that typically surfaces at San Francisco International Airport, the largest of nearly two dozen U.S. airports…
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Trump issues blunt message to Senate majority leader to pass voter ID legislation – US politics live | Trump administration
Trump issues blunt message to Senate majority leader to pass voter ID legislation As John Thune battles conservative blowback for refusing to alter Senate rules and mandate a traditional “talking” filibuster that would force Democrats to hold the floor to block the Save America Act, Donald Trump had a blunt message for the Senate majority leader. “He’s got to be…
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Kansas revoked driver’s licenses of 1,700 transgender residents
Some 1,700 Kansans had their driver’s licenses invalidated last month. It wasn’t for racking up speeding tickets or a DUI charge, but because they are transgender. Kansas is one of five states to prohibit trans people from changing the gender marker on their licenses, but it is the first to pass a law that retroactively cancels licenses that were already…
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TSA absences double during shutdown, 300 officers quit, as some airports see longer security lines
Washington — Unscheduled absences among airport security officers have more than doubled during the ongoing Department of Homeland Security shutdown, with more than 300 employees leaving the agency since the start of the DHS shutdown, according to internal TSA statistics obtained exclusively by CBS News. TSA officer call-out rates have climbed into double-digit percentages at some airports, including half the…
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Iran war live updates: Regime issues threat against protesters; drone reportedly hits major US diplomatic facility in Iraq | World news
Drone hits US diplomatic facility in Iraq Following on from our previous report on a drone hitting a major US diplomatic facility in Iraq – Reuters has reported on an internal State Department alert that there were no injuries and everyone was accounted for at the facility. The drone hit the Baghdad Diplomatic Support Center, next to the Baghdad airport,…
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Live updates: Tornado Watches issued as intense tornadoes, giant hail threaten millions
Kankakee, Illinois power outages surge after violent tornado strike As the large and extremely dangerous tornado moved through Kankakee, Illinois, it left a trail of snapped utility poles and shredded power lines in its wake. Data from PowerOutage.com shows local utility providers are reporting a spike in outages, with thousands of residents in Kankakee plunged into darkness with more storms…
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Ground war in Iran would be hell
Ten days into President Trump’s Iran war, what was supposed to have been a swift, Venezuela-style operation has widened into a massive air campaign that the Pentagon reportedly believes could last into September. And as the mission’s ill-defined objectives continue to bloat — from regime change and denuclearization to “unconditional surrender” — there is growing talk of a ground invasion.…
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The grim choice facing the Trump administration: Economic or naval collapse?
The Trump administration is currently trapped between the specter of a global economic recession and a naval catastrophe. As the conflict with Iran intensifies, the world’s energy arteries are constricting to a point of “nonlinearity,” where every day the Strait of Hormuz remains closed doesn’t just double the economic pain — it multiplies it exponentially. So, the Trump administration is…
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What is Trump’s endgame in Iran as the US-Israel war escalates? | US-Israel war on Iran News
More than two decades after the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, the United States, alongside Israel, has launched a war against Iran that has now entered its second week. Yet as the missile strikes on Iran mount, so do the shifting and at times contradictory positions articulated by US President Donald Trump on what the United States is truly…
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