The Illinois Senate reconvenes Tuesday with four weeks left to reach a deal to keep the Bears from leaving for Indiana.
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A new NPR/PBS News/Marist poll finds strong support for Democrats this midterm season. It also shows increasing concern about the war in Iran and the economy, particularly the price of gas.
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Springfield, Illinois native Tyler Lackland, Indiana University Department of Surgery | St. Louis University School of Medicine, recently matched into a cardiothoracic surgery integrated residency; a residency where, upon completion, she will be board certified as a cardiothoracic surgeon; heart and lung surgery. Tyler and her mother Tammy came into the NPR Illinois studios on the campus of UIS, where Tyler also did her undergrad.
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It was one of the deadliest Israeli strikes of the Gaza war, devastating one extended family. A year and a half later, the survivors find their loved ones' remains.
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Travel advisers are seeing Americans picking cheaper domestic travel destinations over Europe.
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Zelenskyy rebuked Moscow for what he said was its "utter cynicism" in launching the attacks after Russia announced a unilateral ceasefire over two days later this week.
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The Australian government had been alerted Wednesday that four women and nine children had booked flights from Damascus to Australia, Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke said.
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In Ohio, where a Democrat hasn't won an election for governor in 20 years, Republican Vivek Ramaswamy and Democrat Amy Acton could be in for a tight race this fall.
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State officials allege a Character.AI bot claimed to be a licensed psychiatrist and provided a fake state medical license number.
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Five major publishing houses and the bestselling author are suing Meta and its CEO Mark Zuckerberg for allegedly training its Llama generative AI models on millions of copyrighted materials.
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Hantavirus is typically spread through contact with rodent feces, urine or saliva. But cases on the MV Hondius cruise ship point to an unusual means of transmission.
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The brothers and their parents were taken into federal custody earlier this year during a required immigration check-in. The story caught the ear of a country music icon.
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May 5 is International Day of the Midwife. This year's theme is "one million more" — reflecting a shortage of midwives.
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Local governments across the country are having to decide if the promise of economic benefit with large scale data centers offsets environmental and consumer concerns. Several projects are proposed across Illinois, while the state already has dozens of the facilities.
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