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Three campuses that are part of the University of Illinois system — Urbana-Champaign, Chicago and Springfield — contract with a for-profit company that helped launch several online programs and recruits students
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Consumer protection advocates say the practice incentivizes the company to enroll as many students as possible, regardless of whether they’ll benefit. The university says their standards aren’t compromised.
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The U.S. will slash assistance to Colombia and enact tariffs on its exports because the country's leader, Gustavo Petro, "does nothing to stop" drug production, President Donald Trump said Sunday.
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Stella Cole
Springfield native and jazz artist will perform at the Hoogland Center for the Arts on December 20. This will be her first concert in Springfield since her rise through the jazz world. Craig had a chance to catch up with Stella to ask about her new album "It's Magic." They also discuss what it means for her to return to her hometown and perform on the Hoogland stage, as well as some her favorite international touring spots.It's Magic is available now through Decca Records.
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Image of Frank and Lucy McWorter is from the change.org petition page.
New Philadelphia in Pike County is the first town planned and legally registered in the U.S. by Black people.
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Guillermo del Toro has said it was his lifelong dream to make his own version of Frankenstein. That dream has now been realized — and then some.
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Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott
On her 12th album, the most dominant pop star of our era makes a spectacle of herself in full flower, in love and holding the music industry in the palm of her hand.
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