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The 2025 law raises mandatory driving test age for older drivers.
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By a 6-3 vote, the high court ruled that federal law allows the government to stop asylum seekers from physically setting foot in the United States, effectively keeping them from applying for asylum.
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Aissa Norris with 1912 Barn gives us information about the history of this super cool Niantic, Illinois area events space. Including Woodstock 2.0. Saturday, July 11, 2026, 10am to 3pm. 990 S. Meridian Ave., Niantic, Illinois, 62551.
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Schools in Illinois discipline Black students at much higher rates than white students. A Springfield high school under a consent decree to desegregate hands out more discipline violations per Black student than almost any other school in the state.Emily Hays reports on part two of a three-part, statewide series on Black student discipline disparities.
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The record executive was instrumental in shepherding the successful careers of a number of monumental music stars, including Aretha Franklin, Bruce Springsteen, Janis Joplin, Billy Joel and Whitney Houston.
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