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A woman reported a blackface incident to police Saturday after she saw a group of young people at a Mokena gas station in black facial masks. The white teens had applied black peel-off facial masks before going to the Speedway at 19724 Wolf Road about 3:15 p.m. Saturday, Mokena Police Chief Steve Vaccaro said. “[The masks] had to dry for a certain period of time, so they went to the Speedway to get slushies,” Vaccaro said. He said the Freeman-brand masks were made out of volcanic ash and were supposed to clear pores. Facial masks such as this one typically...

A woman is accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of attempting to sexually assault her by locking her in a room and forcing himself on her at a party while they were both in high school. Kavanaugh, in a statement to The New Yorker, which broke the details of the encounter, denied the claim. “I categorically and unequivocally deny this allegation,” he said. “I did not do this back in high school or at any time.” The woman, whose identity is still not public, sent Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.) and Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) a letter in the summer, after...

Durango - Herb Young turned the telephone off again Tuesday after it rang at 12:40 a.m. One recent caller had told him that "you should be found dead in a ditch." Nine out of 10 calls to his house are from "crackpots," he said, ever since a plate of cookies and a case in La Plata County Small Claims Court turned life upside down.