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MOSCOW – President Vladimir Putin on Thursday fast-tracked work on constitutional changes that could keep him in power well past the end of his term in 2024 while lawmakers quickly sealed his choice for new prime minister.

Speaking to a working group created to draft constitutional changes, Putin cast his proposals as a way to strengthen parliament and to bolster democracy.

Five people were reported injured, two of them critically, after a pickup truck drove into a McHenry Starbucks on Thursday evening, leaving a path of destruction in its wake.

The crash occurred before 5 p.m. at 4305 W. Elm St., McHenry police said.

A Cary teen will serve probation and jail time for a drunken driving crash that killed a 16-year-old McHenry girl.

Caleb Rohrbach, 19, pleaded guilty on Wednesday in Lake County to aggravated reckless driving and aggravated driving under the influence charges. He was sentenced to two years of probation, and 20 months of intermittent imprisonment.

The National Weather Service is urging people to take caution on the roads this weekend as more hazardous conditions, including cold, snowy weather, are in store for McHenry County and surrounding areas.

Todd Kluber, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service, said there could be precipitation beginning at about 2 p.m. on Friday, though it will probably be closer to around 4 p.m.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate overwhelmingly approved a new North American trade agreement Thursday that rewrites the rules of trade with Canada and Mexico and gives President Donald Trump a major policy win before senators turn their full attention to his impeachment trial.

The vote was 89-10.

The measure goes to Trump for his signature. It would replace the 25-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement, known as NAFTA, which tore down most trade barriers and triggered a surge in trade.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Chief Justice John Roberts was sworn in Thursday to preside over President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, then immediately administered the oath to the full Senate to ensure “impartial justice” as jurors for only the third such proceeding in American.

Workers at the Cresco Labs cannabis cultivation center in Joliet have unionized.

The workers voted 58-32 on Tuesday to join Local 881 of the United Food and Commercial Workers.

A UFCW statement called the vote “precedent setting,” saying “Cresco workers are sending a message that the cannabis industry lives up to the promises it made to the communities when it lobbied for their support.”

UFCW Local 881 President Steve Powell said in a statement the union “is proud of these w

Two McHenry County teens went missing on Tuesday, according to a message posted on Thursday on the McHenry County Sheriff's Office's Facebook page.

Eva Buxton,16, and Colton Adeszko,16, both were last seen on Tuesday in the Johnsburg area. Adeszko's black 2006 Honda Civic, with an Illinois license plate of Z299962, also is missing.

Parents can currently register their children for kindergarten in Crystal Lake District 47 schools online.

This can be done on the district's website at www.d47.org/kindergarten.

Those who want to register in person can do so at the Core Center at 300 Commerce Drive in Crystal Lake.

In person registration will take place from 9 a.m. to 10:45 a.m., 1 p.m.-2:45 p.m and 5 p.m. to 6:45 p.m.

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian police said Thursday they have opened an investigation into the possibility that the U.S.