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Why we can’t sit alone with our thoughts anymore

By Jenny Singer
Apr 21, 2026 12:05 pm - A growing number of Americans, particularly students and young adults, are consuming audio content for nearly four hours daily, creating a constant soundtrack to their lives.
Apple’s new CEO John Ternus steps into the spotlight after flying under the radar for years

By KELVIN CHAN
Apr 21, 2026 11:35 am - Apple's next CEO John Ternus is a company veteran who rose through the iPhone maker's hardware engineering ranks but until now has maintained a low profile. Ternus will take over as chief executive in September for Tim Cook, who turned Apple into a $4 trillion tech colossus during his 15-year run after the death of co-founder Steve Jobs.
Bill would give Illinois EPA greater oversight of manufacturers’ plastic pellet runoff

By GABRIEL MATIAS CASTILHO
Apr 21, 2026 10:56 am - A bill that cleared the Illinois House would give the state’s EPA emergency rulemaking powers to address plastic pellet spills and their effect on stormwater runoff. Plastic pellets are small round objects; the building blocks of plastic manufacturing, shipped from pre-production plastic manufacturers to production facilities then melted and molded into common plastic products. Unintentionally spilled pellets can end up in the state’s waterways when blown by the wind or carried by stormwater, potentially harming birds, turtles and fish.
3 ways to maximize a real estate investment

Metro Creative Connection
Apr 21, 2026 10:09 am - Real estate has long been considered a great investment, and various strategies can help investors bolster their returns.
Lawmakers work to sweeten pot to keep Bears in Illinois

By Fran Spielman and Tina Sfondeles
Apr 21, 2026 9:47 am - Illinois hopes to take the lead over Indiana in the Chicago Bears stadium battle with a new proposal that would give the NFL team property tax certainty while also providing a statewide property tax relief sweetener.
Japan scraps a ban on lethal weapons exports in a change of its postwar pacifist policy

By MARI YAMAGUCHI
Apr 21, 2026 9:26 am - Japan on Tuesday scrapped a ban on lethal weapons exports, a major change in its postwar pacifist policy as the country seeks to build up its arms industry amid worries over Chinese and North Korean aggression.
Cook to step down as Apple CEO in September

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE
Apr 21, 2026 8:53 am - Apple CEO Tim Cook is stepping down from the job that he inherited from the late Steve Jobs, ending a 15-year reign that saw the company’s market value soar by more than ...
Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer is leaving Trump's Cabinet after abuse of power allegations

By SEUNG MIN KIM
Apr 21, 2026 8:21 am - Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer is out of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet, the White House said Monday, after multiple allegations of abusing her position’s power, including having an affair with a subordinate and drinking alcohol on the job.
Warsh says he got no pressure from Trump to cut rates even as president publicly pushes for them

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
Apr 21, 2026 8:18 am - President Donald Trump’s nominee to chair the Federal Reserve said Tuesday that he never promised the White House that he would cut interest rates, even as the president renewed his calls for the central bank to do so.
Trump says the US will extend its ceasefire with Iran at Pakistan’s request

By MUNIR AHMED, JON GAMBRELL and SAMY MAGDY
Apr 21, 2026 8:05 am - President Donald Trump said Tuesday the United States was indefinitely extending its ceasefire with Iran — a day before it was to expire — as a new round of peace talks was on hold. The announcement appeared to ease fears that the fighting, which had shaken energy markets and the global economy, would promptly resume.

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