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The Naperville Historical Preservation Commission will hear a proposal Thursday to make First Congregational Church a city ...

USA TODAY reached out to retirees across the country who are living mostly on Social Security, to ask how they were doing.

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Before farms and suburbs, the Great Black Swamp thrived. Restoring it could help curb Lake Erie’s harmful algal blooms today.

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