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Elgin, Illinois to continue housing homeless population at hotel through fall • Apr. 10, 2025, 12:31 AM ET (CBS)

Elgin, Illinois secures funding to keep homeless population in hotel • Apr. 9, 2025, 6:19 PM ET (CBS)

Divers find car in Fox River from 1983 disappearance of Elgin woman • Mar. 26, 2025, 5:21 AM ET (CBS)

Divers find car in Fox River in Elgin linked to 1983 cold case disappearance of Karen Schepers • Mar. 25, 2025, 7:03 AM ET (CBS)

Divers find car in Fox River in Elgin, Illinois in 1983 missing person case • Mar. 24, 2025, 5:54 PM ET (CBS)

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Tower Bridge over the Thames River in London, England. Opened in 1894. Remains an Important Traffic Route with 40,000 Crossings Every Day.

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