By Miranda Murray BERLIN, Oct 31 (Reuters) – More than 160,000 people across Germany are expected to join demonstrations on Saturday, organisers say, as a youth-led movement inspired by protests elsewhere in Europe takes to the streets to demand better education and lower living costs. The protests
Oct 30 (Reuters) – S&P Global Ratings on Friday revised its outlook on Meta Platforms to “negative” from “stable”, citing significant uncertainty around the social media giant’s capital spending and free operating cash flow. Big Tech has historically spent heavily on cloud computing, online advertis
By Sinéad Carew and Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK, Oct 30 (Reuters) – Monday will ring in a brand-new trading month, a prospect that appeals to many after a doozy of a last session in October. A fresh test of this year’s technology rally sent the Nasdaq composite on Friday to its biggest decline since
By AJ Vicens Oct 30 (Reuters) – North Korean hackers likely behind the record $6.3 billion theft from cryptocurrency exchange Binance are among the world’s most prolific crypto thieves, and the proceeds help fund the country’s weapons programs, cybersecurity experts said on Friday. Blockchain invest
Oct 30 (Reuters) – Seven people, including five children, have died and seven others were injured after torrential rains triggered flash floods in eastern Syria, authorities said on Friday. Four people remain missing and rescue teams are continuing to search flooded areas, Emergency and Disaster Man
By Antoni Slodkowski UNITED NATIONS, Oct 30 (Reuters) – An informal poll by the United Nations Security Council on Friday showed former Costa Rican Vice President Rebeca Grynspan extended her lead as frontrunner in the race to become the 10th UN secretary-general, two people close to the process sa
IDOT will begin intermittent daytime lane and shoulder closures on eastbound U.S. 24 and close a ramp to westbound U.S. 150 in Peoria on Monday, Nov. 2 for bridge beam repairs.
By Varun Sahay and Tyakshi Singh Oct 30 (Reuters) – Alliant Energy expects to sign contracts for about 1 gigawatt of additional data-center demand within six months, its finance chief said on Friday, as rising AI use and growing electrification push US power demand to record highs. The new load woul
By Chris Prentice NEW YORK, Oct 30 (Reuters) – The US Securities and Exchange Commission is examining artificial intelligence companies’ corporate disclosures as investor worries mount over a potential AI bubble that may have been fueled by circular deals, the agency’s enforcement director told Reut
Oct 30 (Reuters) – OpenAI said on Friday it is tightening limits on the weapons-related information ChatGPT provides to teens, even when a question appears harmless, as part of new safeguards aimed at preventing real-world violence. The move comes as AI companies face growing scrutiny over the risks
Oct 30 (Reuters) – An Algerian army convoy has arrived in Niger in Algeria’s first foreign troop deployment since it sent forces to support Egypt during the 1973 Arab-Israeli war. • Niger, like other countries in West Africa’s Sahel region, is battling insurgents linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State
By Karen Freifeld Oct 30 (Reuters) – Chinese wireless device manufacturer Quectel sued rival Telit on Friday, accusing it of a disinformation campaign that harmed Quectel’s customer relationships and led the Pentagon to add it to a list of companies allegedly aiding Beijing’s military. Telit made an
Winner of four 1968 Tony Awards, including Best Play, and hailed by the New York Daily News as "a stimulating, funny, imaginative comedy," Tony and Oscar winner Tom Stoppard's Hamlet "companion" Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead opens the 2026-27 mainstage season at Augustana College's Brunner The
From November 12 through 15, magic, mystery, and adventure will take center stage at the University of Dubuque's Heritage Center, when William Shakespeare's The Tempest enjoys a student-acted production freshly adapted by Sunil Malapati, PhD, professor of chemistry at Clarke University.
The Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs announced nearly $500,000 in Lottery-funded grants to nine organizations serving veterans, including groups in Sycamore, Carbondale, Lincoln, Quincy, Chicago and Rushville.
The Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs announced nearly $500,000 in second-quarter FY2027 grants to nine organizations serving veterans across the state.
By Diana Novak Jones Oct 30 (Reuters) – Meta Platforms has settled with a teen plaintiff who accused the company of designing Instagram and Facebook to be addictive, causing her mental health problems and disordered eating, attorneys for the plaintiff said on Friday. The settlement came after jury s
(Corrects designation of John Bilton in paragraph 8) By Johann M Cherian and Shashwat Chauhan Oct 30 (Reuters) – More than $2 trillion in market value is set to be wiped from the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 this month, as Big Tech earnings intensified investor scrutiny of whether the billions being poured
Illinois' four-year graduation rate hit a record 89.8% in 2026, with gains in proficiency and attendance, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
The Illinois State Board of Education says the state's four-year graduation rate reached a record 89.8% in 2026, with gains in proficiency, attendance and the teaching workforce.
Gov. JB Pritzker has proclaimed November Adoption Awareness Month as DCFS highlights families who adopted and the 3,399 youth still waiting for permanent homes.
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, Oct 30 (Reuters) – While dinosaurs ate a lot of different things, including each other, fruit long seemed to have been absent from their menu. But scientists now have found fossils of a turkey-sized and toothless dinosaur possessing a parrot-like head that exhibited multip
(SRN NEWS)- ( ) More than 10 churches in central India are warning non-Christians that they enter at their own risk under a new religious conversion law. The measure allows prison sentences for conversions involving force, fraud, or inducement and the Hindu-nationalist government claims that it is o
(SRN NEWS)-According to a new poll from LifeWay Research, 91% of self-identified Christians say they can usually read a given passage of scripture and understand how it is relevant to them. About 80% of respondents think they can explain most Bible verses to others. LifeWay says “those who attend ch
(SRN NEWS)-Concerned Women for America calculates that males playing against females in the U.S. have so far taken nearly 2,293 gold medals from the women who would have won them if the males were not present. CWA President Penny Nance says “Biological men have distinct advantages over biological wo
(SRN NEWS)- It is the work of J.D. Payne of the Southern Baptist Convention, and it draws its numbers from the U.S. Religion Census. Payne reports that Evangelical Christians are centered in the Southeast and Midwest, with Alabama coming in first, followed by Oklahoma, Mississippi, Arkansas and Tenn
(SRN NEWS)- It comes from the Happier Lives Institute, which asks people to rank their lives in terms of various issues. Number one on the list — the happiest country in the world — is Finland, followed by Iceland, Denmark, Costa Rica and Sweden. Rounding out the top 10 are Norway, the Netherlands,
Oct 30 (Reuters) – Binance said on Friday it has reserved more than $6.34 billion in company funds, including $5 billion already held in impacted token assets, to deal with the fallout of an attack in which hackers stole $6.3 billion from the crypto platform. All user funds will be verified publicly
The Illinois Lottery has launched CASH POP, a high-frequency draw game where matching a single number can win a cash prize.
For younger voters, election-related corruption is less of a concern than for older generations. Four percent of Gen Zers say they’re worried about election fraud and cheating ahead of the midterms, compared with 14 percent of millennials, 21 percent of Gen Xers and 23 percent of baby boomers, per a
