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Electric vehicles lose some range in the winter — and, to a lesser degree, in the summer. But exactly how much? AAA has brand-new data.
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Winnie Madikizela-Mandela is one of the most revered — and controversial — women in South African history. In a new documentary her granddaughters examine the liberation icon in all her complexity.
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Alana McKean and Susan Helm stop by the studio to give us the scoop on the upcoming Illinois Native Plant Sale, held at the Reisch Pavilion at the Illinois State Fairgrounds on May 9th. McKean says, "It's grown to be a really large, well-attended event." The event offers thousands of native plants, trees, shrubs, perennials.
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On jagged new albums and festival stages, rising pop artists are learning there may be no escape from the influencer economy.
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