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  • A new study expands on all the roads that led to Rome
    Researchers have created a new road map of the Roman world that could help historians study how religion, migration, trade, and even pandemics spread across the Roman Empire 2000 years ago.
  • Immigrant rights advocates demonstrate outside the Illinois Statehouse for legislation protecting rights of noncitizens, including a bill meant to ensure the right of a free public K-12 education, regardless of a child’s immigration status.
    New laws: Illinois education measures focus on immigrant rights, AI in the classroom
    Measures that provide legal protections for students, guidelines for schools take effect Jan. 1
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    Local Pension Officials Opposed To Consolidation Plan
    Two local pension board presidents are raising concerns about a proposal to consolidate hundreds of police and fire pension funds.The Bloomington and…
  • Workers at Amazon's warehouse on Staten Island in New York will vote on whether to unionize, becoming the second U.S. warehouse to get such an election.
    Amazon labor push escalates as workers at New York warehouse win a union vote
    Amazon will face two union elections at once. Federal officials have set a union vote for Amazon workers at a Staten Island warehouse, coinciding with the ongoing re-do election in Bessemer, Ala.
  • Pedro Pierluisi, sworn in as Puerto Rico's new governor, speaks during a press conference, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on Friday.
    New Puerto Rico Governor Sworn In Amid Political Chaos
    Because Puerto Rico's Senate has not approved Pedro Pierluisi yet, legal challenges are expected. Protesters gathered outside the governor's mansion Friday to see his disgraced predecessor leave.
  • Jason and Colleen Warnesky are among the dozens of families in Altadena, Calif., who have opted to rebuild with manufactured homes, following the 2025 Eaton Fire.
    Climate disaster victims are rebuilding using prefab homes from boxy to bespoke
    Wildfires, hurricanes, tornadoes and floods fueled by manmade climate change are changing the housing industry. That's because people are embracing prefab homes that can withstand extreme weather.
  • Members of a youth baseball league play a game near the A.C. Ward Water Treatment Plant in Des Moines, Iowa, in June. Water quality has become an important issue for voters ahead of the 2026 gubernatorial election.
    In Iowa, the water is so concerning that it could decide who wins the governor's race
    In Iowa, the state's water quality is so concerning that it could play a part in who wins the governor's race.
  • 'Falling Man' Maps Emotional Aftermath Of Sept. 11
    New Yorker Don DeLillo deals with the events of Sept. 11 in his new novel, Falling Man. DeLillo says writing the book was a "grim responsibility." It follows one survivor through the day's events.
  • Datebook
    Lauren Warnecke and Ariele Jones highlight a wide variety of events and personalities certain to be of interest to listeners in central Illinois. The program features interviews and behind-the-scenes reports about new art exhibits, music releases and live performances, theater productions, and other community and charity events taking place throughout the listening area.
  • Family Circus
    Mid-summer is the busiest time of year for America's traveling circuses. These family-owned businesses play rural towns and county fairs across the country. Stiff competition from movies and television has forced circuses to be leaner and more efficient - but the allure of clowns and elephants and trapeze artists still draws a good crowd. Reporter Brian Mann spent the morning recently with a circus as they prepared for a show.
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