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People leave flowers and notes outside the Brandenburg Gate in support of LGBTQ+ after a car rammed into a crowd at the Pride March in Berlin, Sunday, July 26, 2026.
Markus Schreiber
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Suspect in Berlin Pride vehicle attack is dead, police say
Chandelis Duster
Germany's interior minister Alexander Dobrindt described the incident as a likely "Islamic terror attack," and named the suspect as Abdul Ballout, who was born in Germany and has Lebanese roots.
The Byron Generating Station, owned by Constellation Energy, is pictured in Ogle County.
(Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Campbell)
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These 9 Illinois communities say they’re interested in new nuclear facilities
Maggie Dougherty
A red folder sits on a desk, surrounded by a marker, a large-print computer keyboard, and a storage bin that visually-impaired people can use for hardware. One of the rows is labeled "nails" and features a textured letter "n" and an actual nail glued onto the front so they could distinguish what's placed inside. The red folder reads "Welcome to the Blindness Experience!" and says the same underneath in braille.
Peter Medlin
WNIJ News
NIU offers one of country's only courses on the experience of blind and visually-impaired people
Peter Medlin
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Community Events Calendar
  1. 2026 Wise & Well Senior Summit (DeKalb)
  2. Music on Pearl Presents - Yazmin and Beat Zero
  3. 6th Annual Cemetery Walk at Leland
  4. Buildings
  5. Beat the Heat Online Auction
  6. Northwestern Illinois Area Agency on Aging to Host Regional Legislative Breakfast and Roundtable
  7. Midwest Drum and Bugle Championships
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