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Greg Brown brings in 16 years of Division I coaching experience to Carbondale.
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This new guidance given by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force lowered the age from 50 to 40.
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Durbin says the students are left with a worthless investment.
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The specimen was collected on April 2 in Villa Grove.
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Illinois State Senator Terri Bryant will be working with various women's centers in Southern Illinois to coordinate the mother's day diaper drive.
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The Board now reports it's starting the expansion of the grounds this summer.
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The fateful 163-year-old document had been in an anonymous private collection until its purchase at auction by Gov. J.B. Pritzker and first lady M.K. Pritzker, who donated it to the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum.
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Taking the fight South? Pritzker's nonprofit spends $500K in Florida — battling over abortion rightsFlorida is the fourth ballot initiative Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s nonprofit Think Big America is supporting this year. Pritzker’s group is also supporting efforts in Nevada, Arizona and Montana.
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Justin Merriman is a photojournalist who has worked overseas in countries like Ukraine, India, and Egypt facing many dangers and snapping some amazing photos
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State-level Community Reinvestment Act finally was mired in rulemaking process.
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People who've lived in co-ops, communes, group houses and 'intentional communities' share four questions you should ask yourself before taking the leap.
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Many federal judges receive free rooms and subsidized travel to luxury resorts for legal conferences. NPR found that dozens of judges did not fully disclose the perks they got.
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The protests sweeping college campuses don't just involve students. Professors are increasingly pushing back against university administrations they see as infringing on students' free speech rights.
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The state is shaping up to be big battleground over abortion rights in November. Research shows a majority of U.S. Catholics supports abortion rights — even though church leadership does not.
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Florida has been a major access point for abortion in the South. Now its residents, along with thousands more in the region, will have to seek abortion care elsewhere after six weeks of pregnancy.
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After former President Donald Trump and Arizona GOP Senate candidate Kari Lake distanced themselves from the law, some abortion rights opponents are left wondering who they can count on.
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Three police officers and two paramedics faced felony charges in death of McClain, a young Black man not suspected of a crime. Two cops were aquitted.