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Pritzker Names 24 Illinois Schools 2026 Governor's Blue Ribbon Schools
Gov. JB Pritzker and the Illinois State Board of Education recognized 24 schools statewide for academic achievement and for closing achievement gaps.
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Illinois Grain Tours Project $205 Million in Sales for 2026
The Illinois Department of Agriculture says its two 2026 international grain tours drew buyers from the Middle East, Asia and Latin America, with combined projected sales of more than $205 million.
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Illinois Grain Tours Project More Than $200 Million in Sales for 2026
The Illinois Department of Agriculture says its two 2026 international grain tours drew buyers from the Middle East, Asia and Latin America and projected more than $205 million in sales.
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GLOBAL LANDSCAPE TUE 10/20
(SRN NEWS) – “Global Landscape,” a standout feature from SRN News, is a concise two-minute audio segment that delivers a snapshot of the day’s top religion-related news stories from around the world. This engaging feature provides listeners with timely insights into significant developments, cultura
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RELIGION HEADLINES TUE 10-20
(SRN NEWS)-( ) Clergymen, family advocates and other critics of gambling are amplifying a warning from a clinical psychologist in New York City. Dr. Michael Adler says he’s seeing a major spike in gambling disorders in children and young adults. Adler reports treating patients as young as eleven, as
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The Episcopal Church USA continues to shrink
(SRN NEWS)- In 2015 the Supreme Court legalized gay marriage and Episcopal leaders rejoiced. The bells of the great national Cathedral in Washington D.C. pealed in celebration. At the time the denomination boasted 1.8 million members. What followed was an exodus the likes of which Episcopal leaders
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A lot of Christians don’t have a Bible
(SRN NEWS)-According to a new report, over 500 million believers around the world live in places where it’s very hard to get a copy of the scriptures and the Bible Access Initiative adds that 125 million have no way to get a Bible, or any portion of it, in ANY form. BAI reports that a Christian take
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America’s people of faith weigh-in on President Trump
(SRN NEWS)-According to the Pew Research Center, White Evangelical Protestants are his biggest supporters. 58% of them say they approve of the job Mr. Trump is doing. Amongst White Mainline Protestants, 38% support him, as do 30% of White Catholics. While the president is not on the ballot in Novemb
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Waymo to launch autonomous ride-hailing in Madrid next year
MADRID, Oct 20 (Reuters) – Waymo, Alphabet’s autonomous driving unit, plans to launch a fully autonomous ride-hailing service in Spain’s Madrid region in 2027, its first deployment in the country, it said on Tuesday. • Electric Jaguar I-PACE vehicles will begin appearing on Madrid streets in the com
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China establishes state-owned National Data Group
BEIJING, Oct 20 (Reuters) – China on Tuesday inaugurated the National Data Group, a new state-owned enterprise that will focus on developing and utilising data resources, state media reported, saying the establishment will boost Beijing’s position in global data resources competition. • Headquartere
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Otter.ai raises $320 million in non-equity financing to expand enterprise business
By Akash Sriram Oct 20 (Reuters) – AI meeting-transcription company Otter.ai said on Tuesday it had closed $320 million in growth financing from General Catalyst’s Customer Value Fund to expand its enterprise business and international reach. The financing is repayable rather than equity, avoiding s
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Amazon to invest over €16 billion in Germany next year
Oct 20 (Reuters) – Amazon plans to invest more than €16 billion (about $18 billion) in Germany in 2027, the company said on Tuesday, to expand its cloud computing, AI, satellite internet and media businesses. The investment is the e-commerce giant’s latest move to grow its European operations as it
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Google Cloud services face outage in London, Revolut services down too
Oct 20 (Reuters) – Multiple Google Cloud services experienced disruptions in the company’s London region on Tuesday, according to its service status page, while British digital bank Revolut also reported a service outage. A person familiar with the matter told Reuters that Revolut’s service outage w
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EssilorLuxottica’s smart glasses boom runs into tougher regulatory scrutiny
By Elisa Anzolin, Gianluca Lo Nostro and Elizabeth Howcroft MILAN, Oct 20 (Reuters) – Smart glasses that resemble ordinary eyewear are under increased scrutiny from European regulators and advocacy groups, leaving investors questioning whether sales can keep booming as Ray-Ban maker EssilorLuxottica
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Half of OVHcloud capacity is available, AI model launching in early 2027, CEO says
By Leo Marchandon Oct 20 (Reuters) – OVHcloud expects to launch its first AI model in early 2027, its chief executive said on Tuesday, while adding that about half of the French company’s connected cloud was available for new clients. The available capacity means the cloud operator can onboard clien
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China sends naval forces to monitor US warship near disputed shoal
By Liz Lee and Ben Blanchard BEIJING/TAIPEI, Oct 20 (Reuters) – China’s military said on Tuesday it had sent forces to watch a US warship that “illegally” entered waters around a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, while further north in the waterway, Taiwan reported a standoff with a Chinese ves
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Drone strike in disputed Sudan-South Sudan area kills dozens, minister says
NAIROBI, Oct 20 (Reuters) – At least 73 people were killed when drones struck a market in the disputed Abyei region along the border of South Sudan and Sudan, the caretaker information minister for the jointly administered region said on Tuesday, accusing Sudan’s army of carrying out the attack. The
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OVHcloud meets 2026 targets, posts first positive cash flow since IPO
Oct 20 (Reuters) – French cloud operator OVHcloud said on Tuesday its revenue rose 7.2% to €1.15 billion ($1.29 billion) in the year to August 31, and that it posted its first positive levered free cash flow since its 2021 listing. The milestone means the French group now covers its heavy capital sp
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ABB says data centre business booming, Q3 figures in line with forecasts
ZURICH, Oct 20 (Reuters) – ABB is continuing to see a boom in spending on data centres used to power artificial intelligence, the engineering group said on Tuesday, as it reported its latest earnings. The Swiss company said its operational earnings before interest, tax and amortisation jumped 24% to
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Analysis-As Japan pursues a chip-industry reboot, it’s being pressed to build America’s
By Kentaro Okasaka and Tamiyuki Kihara TOKYO, Oct 20 (Reuters) – Japan is in the midst of a major push to revive its chip sector, but its latest investments show how Tokyo is being pulled into helping the US build up its own semiconductor industry. Japan will invest up to $21 billion to build two ch
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How safe havens stack up as tech, energy and France fears grip markets
By Sophie Kiderlin, Canan Sevgili and Sruthi Shankar LONDON, Oct 20 (Reuters) – Demand for safe-haven assets is strong as AI jitters hurt tech stocks, the Iran war continues and keeps energy prices elevated, while worries about high government debt loads persist. Yet traditional safe havens have not
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Sea plans IPO for financial services arm Monee, memo says
(Corrects spelling of founder’s name in second and sixth paragraphs to Li, not Lee) SINGAPORE, Oct 20 (Reuters) – Singapore-headquartered tech conglomerate Sea Limited is planning a public listing for its financial services arm Monee and will also launch an AI enterprise platform business, according
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Software upgrades eat nearly a third of companies’ IT budgets, survey finds
By Anastasiia Kozlova Oct 20 (Reuters) – Large US and British companies spend 28% of their software budgets on average to pay for vendor-driven upgrades, migration and licensing changes they would not have actively chosen, adding avoidable costs and operational risks in the race to adopt AI solution
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Seoul vows ‘resolute punishment’ after North Korea threatens new border measures
By Kyu-seok Shim SEOUL, Oct 20 (Reuters) – South Korea on Tuesday vowed a stern response if North Korea acts on threats to strengthen its military posture along the border, which have fueled tensions on the Korean Peninsula. In a statement, Seoul’s Defence Ministry expressed grave concern over Pyong
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Australian barber hailed as hero for running to lawmaker’s rescue during attack
By Christine Chen SYDNEY, Oct 20 (Reuters) – Australian barber Ricky Jefferies has been hailed as a hero for running out of his store to detain a man who authorities allege deliberately drove a car into lawmaker Helen Haines in the small town of Wangaratta, an incident that has shocked the country.
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Micron union in Taiwan to launch strike as bonus dispute escalates
By Wen-Yee Lee TAIPEI, Oct 20 (Reuters) – A union representing Micron Technology workers in Taoyuan, Taiwan, said it would launch a strike on Thursday to coincide with a mediation meeting between the US chipmaker and another collective representing workers at its Taichung operations, escalating a di
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Brent crude holds near five-month high on Middle East tension
By Anjana Anil and Siyi Liu Oct 20 (Reuters) – Oil prices advanced on Tuesday, with Brent hovering around a five-month high as traders priced in a geopolitical risk premium from Houthi attacks on Saudi infrastructure and reports of vessel attacks in the Gulf. Brent crude futures climbed 55 cents, or
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Honeywell Aerospace sees business aviation growth on rising aircraft use
Oct 19 (Reuters) – Honeywell Aerospace said on Monday it expects 9,950 new business jet deliveries worldwide between 2026 and 2035, raising its forecast by 4.4% from last year as higher aircraft utilization and fleet growth support demand. The forecast includes about 4,200 turboprop deliveries throu
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Duckworth, Senate Democrats urge HHS to reverse plan for agency lawyers to represent migrant children
U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth and five other Senate Democrats are pressing HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to scrap a plan for agency attorneys to represent unaccompanied migrant children in immigration court.
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Exclusive-OpenAI seeks to accelerate fundraising ahead of Anthropic IPO, sources say
By Echo Wang, Krystal Hu and Sabrina Valle NEW YORK, Oct 19 (Reuters) – OpenAI is racing to secure investor commitments before rival Anthropic’s expected public market debut in mid-November, in an unusually fast fundraising that could value the ChatGPT maker at over $1.4 trillion, according to two p
