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WASHINGTON – Mike Bloomberg said Friday he’d free three women from confidentiality agreements that bar them from speaking publicly about sexual harassment or discrimination suits filed against him over the last three decades.

The billionaire former mayor of New York also said his company, Bloomberg LP, will no longer use such agreements “to resolve claims of sexual harassment or misconduct going forward.”

His remarks come after days of intense scrutiny over the treatment of women at the company he’s led for thr

HANAU, Germany – Gokhan Gultekin’s juggling act was in many ways typical of Hanau’s Turkish community: taking care of frail parents, hustling to work at a late-night cafe, making some cash on the side at a second job and attending Friday prayers at the mosque across town.

On Friday, Gultekin’s friends mourned him at his house of worship, two days after “Gogo” was killed in a racially motivated shooting rampage that shook Germany and prompted fresh calls for a crackdown on far-right extremism and anti-immigrant scapegoating.

WASHINGTON – Only weeks into this year’s election cycle, Russia already is actively interfering in the U.S. presidential campaign in hopes of reelecting President Donald Trump, and it also is trying to help the candidacy of Sen. Bernie Sanders on the Democratic side, intelligence officials have concluded.

The Russian efforts are aimed at undermining public confidence in the integrity of U.S.

The Woodstock District 200 Education Foundation raised more than $45,000 at the Feb.

The political future of Mettawa Mayor Casey Urlacher remains unclear a day after it was announced he and nine others were indicted on federal gambling, money laundering and conspiracy charges.

The Mettawa Village Board isn't scheduled to meet again until March 17, and an agenda has yet to be posted for the meeting.

Urlacher – the younger brother of Hall of Fame Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher – still has not been formally arraigned on the charges lodged against him by federal prosecutors Wednesday.

Amid a freewheeling news conference Wednesday, former Gov. Rod Blagojevich took a moment to thank a "mystery man."

"He's quite a guy. ... He's the kind of guy who can get you out of prison if you find yourself stuck there," Blagojevich said after President Donald Trump's commutation of his 14-year prison sentence on corruption charges.

The "mystery man" who flew home from prison in Colorado on Tuesday with the Chicago Democrat was former St.

Wrestlers compete in the wrestleback portion of the IHSA individual state wrestling tournament on Friday, Feb. 21, 2020 at the State Farm Center at the University of Illinois Champaign. Winners from the wrestlebacks advance for a chance to continue their quest for a state placement.

The eighth annual McHenry County Santa Run for Kids raised $31,540. A total of 75 volunteers showed up to support the cause.

A 24-year-old McHenry man was taken into custody Friday after barricading himself inside the bathroom of a home and threatening officers with a knife, according to Crystal Lake police. Read the full story here, and see the photos below.

A 24-year-old McHenry man was taken into custody Friday after barricading himself inside the bathroom of a home and threatening officers with a knife, according to Crystal Lake police.

Officers responded to the 500 block of Darlington Lane at around 4:29 p.m. for a report of a burglary in process, according to a news release from the department. Upon arriving, police discovered Matthew R.