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Suburban library adds political scientist to help patrons through 2024 elections

By Russell Lissau
Jan 31, 2024 4:31 pm - A suburban library is taking an unusual approach to educating voters ahead of this year’s primary and general elections. The Vernon Area Public Library in Lincolnshire ha...
Meta, TikTok and other social media CEOs testify in heated Senate hearing on child exploitation

By BARBARA ORTUTAY and HALELUYA HADERO
Jan 31, 2024 3:28 pm - Sexual predators. Addictive features. Suicide and eating disorders. Unrealistic beauty standards. Bullying. These are just some of the issues young people are dealing wit...
Illinois voters trying to boot Trump from ballot file legal challenge after election board defeat

Associated Press
Jan 31, 2024 1:11 pm - A group of voters trying to remove former President Donald Trump's name from Illinois' primary ballot over the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol has taken its fig...
Grave peril of digital conspiracy theories: 'What happens when no one believes anything anymore?'

By DAVID KLEPPER
Jan 31, 2024 9:48 am - WASHINGTON — Days after Maui's wildfires killed scores of people and destroyed thousands of homes last August, a shocking claim spread with alarming speed on YouTube and ...
Iran threatens to respond to any U.S. strikes as Biden weighs how to react to a base attack in Jordan

By JON GAMBRELL
Jan 31, 2024 7:13 am - JERUSALEM — The United States on Wednesday attributed the drone attack that killed three U.S. service members in Jordan to the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, an umbrella gro...
Powell: Federal Reserve is on track to cut rates, though not likely for months

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
Jan 31, 2024 7:05 am - WASHINGTON — Interest rate cuts are coming. Just not yet. The Federal Reserve delivered that message Wednesday, first in a policy statement and then in a news conference ...
Justice Department investigating Democratic Rep. Cori Bush over alleged misuse of campaign funds

By FARNOUSH AMIRI
Jan 30, 2024 2:20 pm - WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is investigating whether Democratic Rep. Cori Bush of Missouri misused campaign funds for her own personal security, the progressive l...
Where do the parties stand on efforts to secure a cease-fire in Gaza and the release of hostages?

By JOSEPH KRAUSS
Jan 30, 2024 1:44 pm - U.S. and Mideast mediators appeared optimistic in recent days that they were closing in on a deal for a two-month cease-fire in Gaza and the release of over 100 hostages ...
Biden calls Trump a 'loser' as he raises money on his home turf in Florida

By CHRIS MEGERIAN and TERRY SPENCER
Jan 30, 2024 8:50 am - JUPITER, Fla. — Two of the most recognizable planes in the country shared an airport tarmac in Florida on Tuesday when President Joe Biden arrived to raise money for his ...
Israeli undercover forces dressed as women and medics storm West Bank hospital, killing 3 militants

By AREF TUFAHA, MELANIE LIDMAN and WAFAA SHURAFA
Jan 30, 2024 8:15 am - JENIN, West Bank (AP) — Israeli forces disguised as civilian women and medical workers stormed a hospital Tuesday in the occupied West Bank, killing three Palestinian mil...

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