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Here are the stories trending across Illinois on Tuesday night.

Father Leaves 6 Kids Locked In Hot Van In Des Plaines: Police

A father is accused of leaving his six small children locked inside a hot van Monday while he went to work. According to the Cook County Sheriff's Office, the children, ranging in age from 18 months to 7 years old, were taken to an area hospital, "visibly overheated.">>>Read More.

Illinois Man Drowns As Tide Rises While Trapped In Alaskan Mud Flats

One of his friends called 911, and Porter was about waist deep in the mud and about 50 to 100 feet from shore when the first rescuers arrived, fire officials said.>>Read More.

Gender Neutral Bathrooms Will Mean Violence By 'Dads Like Me:' Senator

“I’m telling you right now, if a guy walks in there, I’m going to beat the living piss out of him,” Anderson said during the debate. “So this is going to cause violence and it’s going to cause violence by dads like me.”>>Read More.

Man Gets 50 Years For Killing Stepdad

Parnov was also charged with killing his mother, Elvira Almen, 56, but those murder charges were dropped as part of a plea deal.>>Read More.

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