The Daily Populous

Saturday November 8th, 2025 evening edition

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Police are investigating after a new video appears to show a driver video-streaming herself live on TikTok the moment she fatally struck a man crossing the street in Zion Monday evening.

The Zion Fire Rescue Department and Zion Police Department 5:46 p.m. Monday to the area of 33rd Street and Sheridan Road in Zion for a vehicle crash with injuries.

An autopsy performed on Lucas on Tuesday showed he died as a result of blunt force injuries from the collision.

Zion Police Department Lt. Paul Kehrli said a 2015 Ford utility vehicle was traveling on Sheridan Road when it struck Lucas.

Lucas was attempting to cross Sheridan Road just south of 33rd Street when he was hit.

The Zion Police Department told Lake and McHenry County Scanner on Friday morning that they would be looking into the newly surfaced video.

Sure enough, news stories started popping up: she had hit a pedestrian a man and he died from his injuries. »

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s absence sets off alarm bells in Moscow

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On Friday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov moved to tamp down intense media speculation about a potential reshuffle at the highest echelon of Russian foreign policy.

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s prominent absence from a Russian Security Council meeting on Wednesday, when President Vladimir Putin floated the possibility of full-scale nuclear testing.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, second left, attends a US-Russia summit on Ukraine in Anchorage, Alaska, on August 15. »

Trump gives Hungary one-year exemption from Russian energy sanctions

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Trump gives Hungary one-year exemption from Russian energy sanctions.

Donald Trump has exempted Hungary from sanctions over its continued purchases of Russian oil and gas for one year, a White House official has confirmed to BBC News.

This decision by Trump marks a major victory for Orban, who had said the sanctions would ruin his country's economy. »

Biden says Trump has ‘taken a wrecking ball’ to democracy in sharp criticism

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Former President Joe Biden delivered a strong critique of his successor Friday, arguing to a room of supporters that President Donald Trump has “taken a wrecking ball” to democracy.

“Trump has taken a wrecking ball not only to the people’s house but to the Constitution, to the rule of law, to our very democracy.”.

Biden also mocked Trump’s repeated declarations that his second term has brought “a golden age” to the country. »