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LONDON – Britain’s delayed and disputed Brexit bill became law on Thursday, removing the last U.K. obstacle to the country leaving the European Union in just over a week.

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WASHINGTON – The Trump administration lifted federal protections Thursday for some of the nation's millions of miles of streams, arroyos and wetlands, completing one of its most far-reaching environmental rollbacks.

The changes will scale back which waterways qualify for protection against pollution and development under the half-century-old Clean Water Act. President Donald Trump has made a priority of the rollback of clean-water protections from his first weeks in office.

SYDNEY – Three American firefighting airplane crew members were killed Thursday when the C-130 Hercules aerial water tanker they were in crashed while battling wildfires in southeastern Australia, officials said.

New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian confirmed the deaths in the state's Snowy Monaro region, which came as Australia grapples with an unprecedented fire season that has left a large swath of destruction.

Canada-based Coulson Aviation said in a statement that one of its Lockheed large air tankers was los

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An Amoco gas station in Crystal Lake sold a $1 million winning lottery ticket, the Illinois Lottery said on Thursday.

The ticket was purchased at the station at 339 W. Virginia St., located on Route 14 and McHenry Avenue.

Seven Republicans looking to unseat Naperville Democrat Lauren Underwood in the 14th Congressional District used their first public debate Wednesday night to lay out their top priorities.

The ideas offered during the forum at McHenry County College ranged from social issues to political ideals and provided a contrast for GOP voters eyeing the March primary.

Two candidates, Jerry Evans of Warrenville and James Marter of Oswego, identified abortion as their top legislative priority if elected.

Two months from the township elimination ballot, the steering council of Save McHenry Township, made up of township residents, hosted an informational meeting Wednesday evening at the McHenry Township Hall to inform the public on what McHenry Township does and what is likely to happen if the township is dissolved. 

“Some of the McHenry County trustees want to dissolve the township they were elected to serve.

Three Algonquin businesses pleaded guilty Tuesday to serving alcohol to minors during a Liquor Control Commission hearing.

Aldi Inc., at 425 S. Randall Road; Buona Beef, at 501 S. Randall Road; and the Mobil gas station at 2390 E. Algonquin Road all settled the liquor violations, Village President John Schmitt said. Schmitt also acts as the village’s liquor commissioner.

For Aldi and Buona Beef, this was their first offense.

It's going to cost Kane County and Algonquin residents to use the Longmeadow Parkway toll bridge when it opens in 2022. It just won't cost as much as it will for other people – unless you're a truck driver.

The Kane County Board's transportation committee issued preliminary approval to place a toll of 95 cents for most vehicles crossing the bridge over the Fox River.

SPRINGFIELD — Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker and newly-elected Illinois Senate President Don Harmon added their voices Wednesday to a growing chorus of state officials calling for legislative hearings to determine how more than 500 people who identified themselves as non-U.S. citizens became registered to vote through the state’s new automatic voter registration system.

“I think it’s appropriate, again, for transparency, for getting all the information, so we know what went wrong,” Pritzker told reporters during a news conference in Carbondale.