'American Heroes: Portraits of Service' exhibit opens at Midway
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A photo exhibit highlighting local veterans is opening at Midway Airport. It will feature portraits of more than 60 veterans.

Cash 4 Candy program will pay up to $100 for your treats to ship to American troops
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Maybe your kids went trick-or-treating already or they're going tonight and you're dreading having all that candy around the house. How's this sound? You can get paid up to $100 for your Halloween stash. David Roddenberry, co-founder of Healthy Wage, talks about how this sweet swap works.

Chicago World War II veteran Fannie Farmer celebrates 100th birthday

Fannie Farmer's family says her secret to a long life is “keeping a schedule.” She makes her own breakfast every morning and then reads the newspaper.

Antioch raising funds for annual sailors dinner

Antioch is trying to raise thousands of dollars to feed sailors stationed at the Great Lakes Naval Base. Want to help? Here's how:

Antioch raising funds for annual sailors dinner
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Antioch is trying to raise thousands of dollars to feed sailors stationed at the Great Lakes Naval Base. Want to help? Here's how:

Military couple relocating loses everything in overnight theft: ‘We are devastated’

The U-Haul they were using to move cross-country was taken in the middle of the night as they slept — along with all of their personal possessions and documents.

Cook County Health, US Navy expands training partnership

The partnership allows naval professionals to have real-life trauma care training prior to deployment.

Thousands of Russians try to flee country after mobilization drive
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Professor Stephen Caliendo from North Central College breaks down the latest from Russia and evaluates the seriousness of the country's nuclear threats.

Facing ‘potential crisis,’ Cook County recruits veterans to serve as election judges: ‘We need you’

Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough on Tuesday issued a clarion call for military veterans to step back into service as poll workers this election year, as the region faces a “critical shortage” of the election judges they need to make the ballot-casting process run efficiently.

Illinois sailor killed at Pearl Harbor to be laid to rest, at last

A 21-year-old sailor will be laid to rest on Tuesday following a decades-long effort to identify remains pulled from Pearl Harbor, more than 80 years after he was killed in the attack that propelled the United States into World War II.

Illinois sailor killed at Pearl Harbor to be laid to rest
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The 2015 effort, Project Oklahoma, has led to the identification of 355 men ? including Jacobson ? who were killed when their ship was hit by at least nine torpedoes.

VA to offer abortions to veterans in certain cases

It’s the first time VA doctors will be able to perform abortions on federal property.