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Democrat Sam Cahnman is collecting signatures for a petition that would allow county residents to vote on the power to remove sheriffs and other county officers.
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Lawmakers, foreign leaders and President Trump are gathering Tuesday for the first of two days of funeral services for the late South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham.
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The quake shook Japan's southern main island of Kyushu late Tuesday afternoon local time, causing damage and injuries. -
AI companies use tokens to track usage and bill customers. Now economists are using them to track the spread of AI through the economy. -
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Democrats are making the case that now is the time to tackle anti-corruption reforms — to serve as a check on Donald Trump and to overhaul a system voters say is co-opted against their interests. -
Dr. Kenneth Ngure, president-elect of the International AIDS Society, says, "We have had very good scientific advances ... yet the funding cuts have also taken us back." -
The meeting comes as both face pressures at home. Netanyahu is up for reelection, embattled in part due to his deteriorating relationship with Trump. Trump is under pressure to end an unpopular war. -
French authorities ordered nearly 4,000 people evacuated Tuesday from tourist sites on the Atlantic coast as returning heat threatened firefighters' fragile hold on a vast wildfire west of Bordeaux. -
Sen. Rand Paul has released a tranche of Dr. Anthony Fauci's diary entries from the COVID-19 pandemic. Fauci is set to appear before a Senate committee Wednesday on the origins of the coronavirus. -
Some say the $3,100 per title payout is small compensation for what they view as big, ongoing threats from the makers of generative AI models. -
John Moe was languishing at his job when a woman in HR reminded him of his potential.
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The Metro East county board voted to place an advisory referendum on November's ballot, arguing it's a good way to gauge public opinion despite deep blue Illinois being unlikely to adopt such a requirement.
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