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A former chess coach says a member of the Taliban vice squad told him: "Playing chess is forbidden. Buying a chess set is forbidden. Even watching it — is forbidden." Why was the game banned?
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Trump left the G7 summit early to focus on the rapidly escalating conflict between Israel and Iran. And, the man suspected of killing a Minnesota state lawmaker faces federal murder charges.
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A new book raises the specter that corporate offshoring of manufacturing may have undermined America's lead in technological innovation and even its national security.
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The attacks was one of the largest on Ukraine's capital in months. It came as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy prepared for the G7 summit in Canada, where he is pushing for stronger sanctions on Russia.
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Mifepristone—a drug used in medical abortion has come under threat by the Trump administration in recent months. The widely used abortion bill is still legal. It survived a court challenge last year, but state Representative Dagmara Avelar said she is concerned that reproductive health care remains under attack.
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The National weather service is looking ahead at a new round of severe weather that will move into our area on Wednesday. The NWS office in Paducah office says southern Illinois is under a slight risk of severe weather in the late afternoon and evening on Wednesday.Once that weather clears out we'll be looking at dangerous heat moving into the area.
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Gov. JB Pritzker signed Illinois’ fiscal year 2026 budget into law Monday, taking shots at President Donald Trump’s budget management to defend hard choices state lawmakers were forced to make this year.
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Worst impacts avoidable if state lawmakers offer new funding, officials say
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The Better Business Bureau is receiving a lot of complaints about this scam.
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A U.S. district judge has approved a $2.8 billion-dollar settlement in the U.S. House vs. NCAA case.
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This year’s Grandstand lineup includes big names like David Lee Roth, Tesla, Jake Owen, and Gabby Barrett.
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Over the past five years, observations have revealed a steady rise in both poult survival and nesting success.
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State Senator Terri Bryant is throwing her support behind keeping the Ten Commandments monument in Jefferson County.
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Bost contacted the chiefs of police for Carbondale, Mt. Vernon, Effingham, Charleston, O’Fallon and Belleville.
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Michael Madigan, the country’s longest-serving state House leader, served as speaker of the Illinois House from 1983 until 2021, with the exception of two years. Along the way, he developed a reputation as an all-powerful political wizard who wielded vast influence over laws affecting nearly every aspect of life in the state.
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A California Man is riding in-line skates across the United States. He rolled into Carbondale Wednesday night after riding across southern Illinois all day.Eric Baldwin and his girlfriend Clementine Ruel rolled through Carbondale on Thursday on a trip across America. Eric is on inline skates and Clementine right there with him on her electric bike.This trip started as a personal challenge to skate across America. Eric has been skating all his life. After deciding that he was going to do it, he wanted to do it "for" something.
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Clever advice on how to quickly rebook your flight, skip long lines and avoid flight issues in the future. One tip? Try queuing up for an agent in the airport lounge.
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It's a great day when your favorite artist releases a new record. But what if they released seven new records at once, full of music you didn't even know existed? That's what Bruce Springsteen is doing on his forthcoming box set Tracks II: The Lost Albums.
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The super-producer whose beats moved the boundaries of Top 40 radio is chasing a new revolution: digital superstars and the erasure of artistic process as we know it.
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Americans across the political spectrum like Medicaid and think it should get more funding, not less, according to a new poll from health research organization KFF.
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Dr. Salvador Plasencia agreed to plead guilty to four counts of distribution of ketamine, according to the signed document filed in federal court in Los Angeles.
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Members of Congress from both parties are calling for security updates following the weekend attack in Minnesota where a gunman killed one state lawmaker and her husband and left another state lawmaker and his wife wounded.
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Trump left midway through the G7 summit, saying he needed to return to Washington to deal with the Iran-Israel conflict.
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NPR wants to know how you feel about celebrating Juneteenth at this moment in history
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Some 20 cases remain to be decided — about a third of the total argued cases — many of them the most important of the term. But the shadow docket, with its own list of cases, looms over the other opinions.
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Israel says it has largely knocked out Iran's air defenses. In contrast, Israel still has strong air defenses in place, though some Iranian missiles are breaking through with lethal results.
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Chesapeake Bay is at a turning point. Once severely polluted, the bay has seen major improvements in recent years. But President Trump's proposed budget would slash key programs.
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A State Department memo says dozens of countries have until Wednesday morning to come up with a plan to address some U.S. concerns, or face travel restrictions.
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