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        National Politics

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        National Politics

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        National News

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        National Politics

        Minnesota police chief says ICE stopped off-duty officer at gunpoint

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        National Politics

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        Fayette Education Foundation gets matching funds to restart Imagination Library

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        National Politics

        Doctors say immigration crackdown is keeping patients from care

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        Actor Timothy Busfield granted release in New Mexico child sex abuse case

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        Madison County man arrested, charged with first-degree rape

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        Spain Train Crash

        World News

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        Associated Press
        Illinois Weather

        National News

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        National Politics

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        We Follow Through

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        Ajay Patel
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        National Politics

        ICE Director calls on state officials: Cooperate with federal immigration surge

        Haley Bull
        Biden Guns

        National Politics

        Supreme Court hears Hawaii guns case that could affect concealed carry laws

        Ava-joye Burnett
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        Lawmakers consider amendments for senior property tax relief, pardon limits

        Karolina Buczek
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        Cold case haunts Lee Co. family more than a decade after woman's shooting death

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        Johnson urges unity in first-ever US House speaker address to UK Parliament

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        National News

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        Crime

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        Radio Vida

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        National Politics

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        National News

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