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State to Keep 25 Mental Health Beds at Choate Center in Anna
The Illinois Department of Human Services has dropped plans to close all 75 mental health beds at the Choate center in Anna, opting to keep 25.
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Illinois Retail Merchants Association Endorses Pritzker for Governor
The Illinois Retail Merchants Association has endorsed Gov. JB Pritzker for another term, citing his work with the retail industry.
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Illinois AG Raoul Sues Dollar General Over Alleged Overcharging at Registers
Attorney General Kwame Raoul joined a 20-state coalition and the FTC in suing Dollar General, alleging the chain routinely charged shoppers more than advertised prices.
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Illinois Marks Lead Poisoning Prevention Week, Oct. 25-31
The Illinois Department of Public Health is marking National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week and highlighting prevention steps following the state's July move to universal lead testing.
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IDPH Marks Lead Poisoning Prevention Week, Oct. 25-31
The Illinois Department of Public Health is observing National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week and urging families to guard against lead exposure in older homes and water.
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Anthropic discloses month-long training pause, AI security breaches in IPO filing
Oct 26 (Reuters) – Anthropic paused training of its next-generation flagship AI model for more than a month over security concerns, while four of its AI agents accessed live external computer systems during testing, its initial public offering filing showed on Monday. The Claude maker said in the fi
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Microsoft is offering buyouts to around 60,000 employees, Business Insider reports
Oct 26 (Reuters) – Microsoft is offering buyouts to around 60,000 employees, Business Insider reported on Monday, citing a company spokesperson. The company did not immediately comment on the number of employees impacted when contacted by Reuters. The voluntary exit offer will impact key divisions,
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Treasurer Frerichs Urges Illinois Residents to Check ICash for Unclaimed Money This Halloween
State Treasurer Michael Frerichs is encouraging Illinois residents to search the ICash website for missing money ahead of Halloween.
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Volkswagen considers using Chinese software for Europe, report says
BERLIN, Oct 26 (Reuters) – Volkswagen could roll out the software currently used in its cars for the Chinese market to its mass-market offering in Europe, according to a media report on Monday, in a move that threatens to sideline its US partner Rivian. Volkswagen’s ‘China Electronic Architecture’,
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Illinois Lottery Reports Record $3.87 Billion in Sales, $792 Million for Schools
The Illinois Lottery says it generated record sales in fiscal year 2026 and contributed $792 million to the Common School Fund for K-12 public education.
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RELIGION HEADLINES MON 10-26
( ) South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley says 18 states are backing his appeal regarding an abortion pill distribution law. Jackley says the states have filed a brief backing South Dakota’s ability to enforce the law which bans the distribution of certain abortifacient drugs. A federal court
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A new study charts marriage on the map
(SRN NEWS)- It comes from the Institute for Family Studies and it concludes that marriage is a largely SUBURBAN phenomenon in the United States. Matrimony is RARE in the big cities, COMMON in the communities outside those cities. Detroit is the place where marriage is LEAST likely to occur in this c
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Family life is being squeezed in the U.S.
(SRN NEWS)- The Pew Research Center has released a wide-ranging study of how people are living these days and it concludes that more than half of all parents with children under the age of 18 BOTH have to work to make ends meet. The Pew poll also finds that a growing share of these moms and dads are
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Pastors weigh-in on artificial intelligence and human beings
(SRN NEWS)-A new poll from the Barna Group reveals that 94% of America’s Protestant clergymen believe that AI should summon help from a living person if ANOTHER living person tells the AI that they are considering suicide or are in some other kind of deadly peril. 71% of pastors also believe that if
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A victory for parental rights in New Jersey
(SRN NEWS)-The Chathams Board of Education has agreed to stop helping children live as the opposite sex in class without the knowledge of their moms and dads. Facing a lawsuit from the Thomas More Society, the Board caved in. Christopher Ferrara, senior counsel for Thomas More, says “No school has t
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The Media Line: Iranian Officials Confirm Tehran Preparing To Target US Diplomats, Personnel
Iranian Officials Confirm Tehran Preparing To Target US Diplomats, Personnel By The Media Line Staff Two senior Iranian officials confirmed that Tehran is preparing to target US diplomats and personnel, supporting US intelligence warnings about increased Iranian efforts to attack Americans in the Mi
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The Media Line: From West Bank Stones to Global Propaganda: Hassan-Nahoum Wants Israel To Fight Back
From West Bank Stones to Global Propaganda: Hassan-Nahoum Wants Israel To Fight Back The former Jerusalem deputy mayor calls for a new public diplomacy ministry, an end to military containment, and a coordinated strategy to counter campaigns against Israel as she seeks a Knesset seat with Amcha Yisr
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The Media Line: Iranian Officials Confirm Tehran Preparing To Target US Diplomats, Personnel
Iranian Officials Confirm Tehran Preparing To Target US Diplomats, Personnel By The Media Line Staff Two senior Iranian officials confirmed that Tehran is preparing to target US diplomats and personnel, supporting US intelligence warnings about increased Iranian efforts to attack Americans in the Mi
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The Media Line: White House Fears Netanyahu Nuclear Post Could Trigger Iran Attack
White House Fears Netanyahu Nuclear Post Could Trigger Iran Attack By The Media Line Staff White House officials expressed concern over a social media post by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu depicting an Iranian nuclear attack on Tel Aviv, fearing it could lead Tehran to believe an Israeli strike
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The Media Line: Yigal Ozeri Is Painting a Future for the Artists Whose Lives Were Cut Short on October 7
Yigal Ozeri Is Painting a Future for the Artists Whose Lives Were Cut Short on October 7 The portraits aim to ensure that the artists themselves, not only the works they left behind, remain part of the collective memory of October 7 By Maayan Hoffman / The Media Line When Hamas and other terrorists
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The Media Line: Assad Is Gone, Former Supporters Remain: Can Syria Reconcile Without Justice?
Assad Is Gone, Former Supporters Remain: Can Syria Reconcile Without Justice? As families continue searching for missing loved ones, the reemergence of figures associated with Bashar Assad’s former government raises questions about accountability, economic settlements, and the future of Syria’s poli
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Brazilian President Lula Wins Reelection, Israeli Elections This Week
(Brasilia) — Voters in Brazil have spoken, reelecting President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. The left-wing Lula emerged victorious in a runoff election Sunday over Flavio Bolsonaro. The right-wing Bolsonaro is the son of a former Brazilian president convicted of attempting a coup after losing the last
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Musk’s warning hits neocloud stocks as debt concerns mount
Oct 26 (Reuters) – Shares of neocloud companies declined in premarket trading on Monday after Elon Musk said the sector could face consolidation and failures, adding to concerns over a widening gap between AI infrastructure investment and revenue generation. CoreWeave, which has become a poster chil
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Verizon lifts annual forecasts, signs more than $2 billion AI infrastructure deal with AWS
Oct 26 (Reuters) – Verizon raised its annual forecast for wireless subscriber additions on Monday, betting on strong demand for its simplified plans, and signed an AI infrastructure deal worth more than $2 billion with Amazon Web Services. For the third quarter, the telecom carrier reported nearly d
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Brazil’s Itau agrees to buy AI startup NeoSpace for $589 million
SAO PAULO, Oct 26 (Reuters) – Brazilian lender Itau said on Monday it had entered an agreement to acquire all shares issued by artificial intelligence startup NeoSpace AI. Under the deal, the bank will pay 2.925 billion reals ($589 million), with part due at closing and the balance deferred over fiv
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UK’s Computacenter raises profit forecast for fourth time this year, shares rise
Oct 26 (Reuters) – British technology services provider Computacenter on Monday forecast annual profit above market expectations for the fourth time this year, driven by steady demand from AI data centre customers in North America and the UK, sending its shares up 6.3%. Here are some details: • The
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India’s Tata Communications to spend $450 million on AI connectivity infrastructure
Oct 26 (Reuters) – Tata Communications, which offers data connections and cybersecurity to enterprises, announced investments of close to $450 million on Monday to build high-speed network cables connecting India’s AI data-centre corridors. Here are some more details: • The company will build around
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IDG leads race for ASMPT’s SMT unit valued at over $1 billion, sources say
By Kane Wu and Yantoultra Ngui HONG KONG, Oct 26 (Reuters) – IDG Capital has emerged as the most advanced bidder to buy the electronics assembly equipment business of Hong Kong-listed ASMPT, in a deal that could value the unit at over $1 billion, three people with knowledge of the matter said. The s
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UK PM Burnham says election not coming ‘any time soon’
LONDON, Oct 26 (Reuters) – Prime Minister Andy Burnham said on Monday there would be no British election “any time soon”, saying his focus was on governing when asked whether voters would get a chance to back his vision for closer ties with the European Union. Speaking to ITV’s Good Morning Britain,
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Bulgaria heads to presidential runoff after close vote
SOFIA, Oct 26 (Reuters) – Bulgaria will head to a runoff vote on November 1 after a tight race between the two leading presidential candidates failed to produce an outright winner in Sunday’s elections, which garnered record-low participation, official results showed. With 95% of the votes counted,
