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Texas Democrats who fled to Illinois faced bomb threat, police say  Politico Republicans Raise the Pressure on Texas Democrats to End Their Walkout  The New York Times Texas Democrats receive bomb threat in escalating standoff over redistricting  The Guardian Texas lawmakers evacuated from Illinois hotel following threat: Police  NBC 5 Chicago Texas House Dems faced potential bomb threat in Illinois, police say  CNN Source link

Texas House Democrats evacuated from hotel in Illinois after bomb threat  Houston Chronicle Republicans Raise the Pressure on Texas Democrats to End Their Walkout  The New York Times Bomb threat at Q Center on 5th Avenue in St. Charles forces Texas Democrats to evacuate ahead of planned event with Sen. Durbin  ABC7 Chicago Texas Democrats receive bomb threat in escalating standoff over redistricting  The …

Democratic state legislators from Texas were evacuated from their suburban Chicago hotel Wednesday morning following a threat at the property, and a news conference set to feature Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin was canceled. Later in the morning, Gov. JB Pritzker authorized Illinois State Police to become involved in protecting the lawmakers. “I am aware of reports that threats were made …

Inside Texas Democrats’ plan to seek refuge with Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker  The Washington Post Texas Democrats hold the line from hotel rooms as Abbott promises arrests  Politico Trump says GOP is “entitled” to five more Texas seats amid redistricting push  Axios What happens next in Texas redistricting and for Democrats facing civil arrest warrants  CNN G.O.P. Bets Big on Hispanic Voters With New …

The Illinois governor, JB Pritzker, has vowed to protect the Democratic members of the Texas house of representatives who left the state in an attempt to block Republican efforts to redraw Texas’s congressional maps. “We’re going to do everything we can to protect every single one of them and make sure that – ’cause we know they’re doing the right …

Illinois family among hundreds who watched cruise ship leave without them during tsunami warning  KSDK Waves reach US west coast after Russian earthquake as Japan lifts tsunami warnings  BBC ‘It’s chaos’: Cruise passenger describes Hawaii tsunami  SFGATE Watertown couple recounts tsunami warning, fleeing to higher ground  WWNY Why Did Such a Powerful Earthquake Produce Such a Weak Tsunami?  The New York Times Source link

CHICAGO (WLS) — Air Quality Alerts remain in effect for the Chicago area Friday due to smoke from Canadian wildfires. ABC7 Accuweather Meteorologist Jaisol Martinez says the smoke in the lower levels of the atmosphere will not be as dense Friday as on Thursday, but will likely remain at unhealthy and unhealthy for sensitive groups levels through the day. The …

Story Links CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Fighting Illini head coach Brad Underwood announced Thursday that Mihailo Petrovic has signed a Big Ten Athletics Aid Agreement with the University of Illinois. Petrovic is a 6-foot-3-inch, 180-pound point guard from Prokuplje, Serbia. He joins the Fighting Illini after competing at both youth and top-tier levels for five clubs in his home …

Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna of California endorsed progressive congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh Monday, calling the 26-year-old influencer “the absolute best that the Democratic party has to offer.”   “I’m thrilled to endorse Kat Abughazaleh,” Khanna said in a statement. “I look forward to working with Kat when she’s elected, so that together we can defeat Donald Trump’s inhumane agenda and …

An Illinois landlord convicted of murdering his six-year-old Palestinian-American tenant in a violent hate crime has died in custody. Joseph Czuba was sentenced to 53 years behind bars in May for the murder of Wadea al-Fayoume as well as the severe wounding and attempted murder of his mother Hanaan Shaheen in 2023. Police say the landlord targeted the pair for …