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Flu cases, hospitalizations are on the rise

Sean Crawford

Memorial Health's hospitals collectively have seen 104 patients hospitalized with influenza, compared to four at this time last year.

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UIS makes purchase of downtown Springfield building official

Sean Crawford

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Illinois grandma completes degree from NIU at age 90

Jenna Dooley

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Congress President Jose Williams gives thumbs up after lawmakers verbally voted to remove President Pedro Castillo from office in Lima, Peru, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022. Peru's Congress voted to remove Castillo from office Wednesday and replace him with the vice president, shortly after Castillo tried to dissolve the legislature ahead of a scheduled vote to remove him.

Guadalupe Pardo

Peru swears in a new president amid constitutional crisis

The Associated Press

Vice President Dina Boluarte was sworn in Wednesday as Peru's next president after Congress voted out President Pedro Castillo shortly after he dissolved the legislative body.

Apollo 17 commander Eugene Cernan is covered in lunar dust after the mission's second moonwalk. On December 14, 1972, Cernan took his final steps on the moon and no one has been back since.

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50 years since the last Apollo astronauts went to the moon, NASA is finally going back

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In 'Chippendales,' actor Kumail Nanjiani embraces a complicated, criminal role

Terry Gross

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Illinois Symphony Orchestra presents a night of holiday cheer with Holiday Pops concert | Community Voices

Yona Stamatis

UIS professor Yona Stamatis interviewed Illinois Symphony Orchestra Executive Director Trevor Orthmann and Assistant Conductor Jacobsen Woollen about the Holiday Pops in the Heartland concert and the various holiday musical selections which will be featured. The concert takes place at the UIS Performing Arts Center on Dec. 16 and at the ISU Center for the Performing Arts on Dec. 17.

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Motherland Gardens putting vacant lots to productive use feeding Springfield | Community Voices

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Attic Salt looks to shake the pandemic to release new music | Community Voices

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Health+Harvest

Several central Illinois counties are at an elevated level for COVID-19

Sean Crawford

The concern comes as the holiday season is here and people are gathering for events.

Springfield Clinic

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Springfield Clinic offers new health care plan

Sean Crawford

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Kroger announces plan to reopen Taylorville store

Sean Crawford

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Pipeline project raises concerns

Zach Boblitt

Jonathan, the world's oldest tortoise, marks his 190th with fanfare and salad cake

Rachel Treisman

While Jonathan's exact birthday is unknown, it's estimated he was born in 1832 — before the first photograph of a person and the first postage stamp. He's getting lots of well-wishes on St. Helena.
The cutting edge solution to rising debt? Paying in cash

Stacey Vanek Smith

2022 has been a rough year for America's personal finances. That's sparked a throwback movement among some young debtors: all cash, all the time.
Why Warnock's seat means so much to Senate Democrats

Juma Sei

Warnock's win now gives Democrats firm control of the Senate and makes life easier for them in a number of ways --among them: a cushion in trying to pass bills and assured committee control.
Supreme Court to hear controversial election-law case

Nina Totenberg

The "independent state legislature theory" could give state legislatures independent power to put in place all manner of election rules, without any available review by state courts.
A UN biodiversity convention aims to slow humanity's 'war with nature'

Nathan Rott

Delegates from nearly 200 countries are gathering in Canada to try to fix humanity's relationship with nature. The convention comes during an emerging extinction crisis.
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Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason celebrates his eclectic inspirations

Olivia Hampton

Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason speaks with NPR's Rachel Martin about growing up in a house filled with music, playing at Harry and Meghan's royal wedding and performing some of his favorite pieces.
McDonald's franchise owners are caught violating child labor laws

Vanessa Romo

Santonastasso Enterprises broke the law when more than a 100 teens were asked to work too many hours or too many late shifts, according to the Department of Labor.
Second gentleman Emhoff says antisemitism has become an epidemic

Franco Ordoñez

The second gentlemen, Doug Emhoff, gathered a group of Jewish leaders at the White House to discuss the surge in anti-Jewish comments involving prominent people.
Alex G: Tiny Desk Concert

Marissa Lorusso

The cult-beloved Philly singer-songwriter plays a handful of stripped-down songs from across his vast discography, including songs from this year's God Save The Animals.
Factory workers across the U.S. say they were exposed to asbestos on the job

Kathleen McGrory

Their accounts contrast sharply with what chemical giants have said about worker safety at their facilities. At an Olin plant outside of McIntosh, Ala., workers recall decades of asbestos exposure.

Amber Mark's <em>Three Dimensions Deep </em>is one of NPR Music's top 20 R&B albums of 2022.

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The 20 Best R&B Albums of 2022

In 2022, R&B rediscovered its place in the club, pushed into the outer reaches of space, found and lost love (as always) and relished the beauty of the Black experience.

German police arrest "Prince Heinrich XIII" — a 71-year-old man who has gained followers through his controversial political views — as part of an operation against suspected coup conspirators.

Boris Roessler

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Germany says it foiled a far-right coup plot. Here's what we know

Esme Nicholson

Apple

Two women who allege they were stalked and harassed using AirTags are suing Apple

Ayana Archie

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Oleh Mahlay, the artistic director of the Bandurist Choir, conducts members of the Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus of North America and Ukrainian Children's Choir at New York City's Carnegie Hall on Sunday.

Fadi Kheir

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Ukrainians sing 'Carol of the Bells' at Carnegie Hall, 100 years after its U.S. debut

Rachel Treisman

A Ukrainian chorus first performed Shchedryk in the U.S. in 1922. A century later, during another fight for freedom, Ukrainian singers performed the folk song at the site of its North American debut.

Stromae's <em>Multitude</em> is one of Ann Powers' favorite albums of 2022.

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Ann Powers' Top 20 Albums Of 2022

Ann Powers

Christine McVie performs with Fleetwood Mac. (Robb Cohen/AP)

Celebrating Christine McVie's life and legacy

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