All Stories from October 7, 2024 (Change date)
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Anniversary doesn’t deserve celebrationOct 07, 2024 9:03 am - So why are pundits celebrating the 25th anniversary of HBO’s “The Sopranos”? According to them, it’s because the fictionalized (except for the relationship between mother...
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Orange bags aren’t answer for plasticsOct 07, 2024 9:00 am - Recently, a friend excitedly texted me regarding the Daily Herald article “How a New Program Will Keep Hard-to-Recycle Items Out of Landfills.” (Sept 18). While I applau...
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Orange bags aren’t answer for plasticsOct 07, 2024 8:59 am - Recently, a friend excitedly texted me regarding the Daily Herald article “How a New Program Will Keep Hard-to-Recycle Items Out of Landfills.” (Sept 18). While I applau...
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Look to the future on immigrationOct 07, 2024 8:59 am - An 1883 poem by Emma Lazarus became inscribed on the Statue of Liberty. It read “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched...
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It’s a terrible time to hike taxesOct 07, 2024 8:58 am - I wonder if our local leaders have been to the grocery store lately. Far from the trumpeted 3% inflation the politicians use, groceries have soared. Now three taxing bodi...
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Countries around the world commemorate the anniversary of Hamas attack on IsraelOct 07, 2024 8:47 am - Vigils, commemorations and acts of remembrance were planned across the world on Monday to mark one year since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel as world leaders called for an end to antisemitism and the release of Israeli hostages.
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New analysis suggests national debt could increase under Harris, but it would surge under TrumpOct 07, 2024 8:31 am - No one is likely to be happy with the projected higher deficits laid out in a new analysis of Kamala Harris' and Donald Trump's economic plans.
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Let the spirit move you at History Center’s October Coffee TalkOct 07, 2024 8:25 am - While it is true Americans are less likely now than ever before to identify with an organized religion, a recent survey by the Pew Research Center found that the belief in spirits is widespread. More than 80% of U.S. adults believe in a soul or spirit, convinced that there is something spiritual beyond the natural world … even if it is invisible.
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Nobel Prize in medicine honors 2 scientists for their discovery of microRNAOct 07, 2024 8:24 am - Two scientists won the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine on Monday for their discovery of microRNA, tiny bits of genetic material that offer a way for scientists to control what’s happening in our cells and that could lead to new ways of detecting and treating diseases including cancer.
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Will Wheeling library get car-charging stations?Oct 07, 2024 8:08 am - Charging stations for electric vehicles could be coming to the Indian Trails Public Library in Wheeling.