For the first time in its 25-year history, the World Trade Organization will be led by a woman.
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Marsha Vanwynsberghe hits Amazon Best Seller List with new book, “Owning Your Choices”
Marsha Vanwynsberghe’s recent release, “Owning Your Choices: Stories of Courage From 8 Inspirational Women Around the World” was named a #1 Best Seller on Amazon in the Personal Transformation category. It was also named an Amazon Hot New Release in the Women’s Personal Spiritual Growth, Conduct of Life and Spirituality, and Personal Transformation categories.
Read MoreConstable: Downers Grove Girl Scout wins National Gold Award for creating sex assault database
A middle school friend’s “sexual assault crisis” and the lasting and traumatic effects it had on the girl inspired Therese Malinowski of Downers Grove to created an online database that tracks sexual assaults on college campuses. Malinowski, 18, will receive the Girl Scouts’ highest national honor in a private online ceremony for recipients and their families.
Read MoreAnalysis: Hits and misses from the VP debate
The first — and only — vice presidential debate between Mike Pence and Kamala Harris is over.
Read MoreFeder: Stefan Holt rejoins NBC 5 ‘like he had never left’
In a week of happy homecomings for Chicago television news anchors, Stefan Holt made his comeback to NBC-owned WMAQ-Channel 5 after four years away.
Read MoreUS surgeon general cited in Hawaii for taking pictures in park that was closed to stop Covid-19
The US surgeon general was among thousands of people given criminal citations in Hawaii in recent weeks for violating local politicians’ emergency orders to contain the spread of the coronavirus.
Read MoreBarrington District 220 moves return to in-person learning a week earlier, to Oct. 19
Students in Barrington Area Unit District 220 can go back to school Oct. 19 — a week earlier than anticipated — with a hybrid model of in-person and distance learning, if all proceeds well, district officials said.
Read MoreWhen movie audiences return, will theaters still be there in the suburbs?
What if by the time audiences finally return, there aren’t any theaters to return to, Dann Gire asks.
Read MoreTrump administration asks Supreme Court to take another census case
The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to intervene and allow it to wrap up the 2020 census by blocking a lower court opinion requiring the count to continue until the end of October.
Read MoreMore than 5M general election ballots cast so far
As Vice President Mike Pence and Sen. Kamala Harris of California meet in Salt Lake City on Wednesday night for their first and only vice presidential debate, more than 5.4 million Americans have already voted in the general election, according to a CNN and Edison Research survey of election officials in 31 states reporting voting data.
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