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Undercover police stand on a Barcelona street during Thursday's demonstration against austerity cuts. On the same day, the European Central Bank's governing council met there but offered no relief to painful austerity measures.

Spaniards' Hopes For Economic Relief Dashed

After months of punishing austerity measures, some in Spain want a break and maybe even some stimulus from Europe. But that didn't happen at Thursday's meeting of the governing board of the European Central Bank.

Athletes dive and swim in the Seine River from the Alexander III bridge on the first leg of the women's triathlon test event for the Olympics Games in Paris, Aug. 17, 2023.

Unsafe E. coli levels found in Paris' Seine River less than 2 months before Olympics

Contamination levels in the first eight days of June, after persistent heavy rain in Paris, showed bacteria such as E. coli and enterococci beyond limits judged safe for athletes.

G3 Machining Co-Owner Steve Knecht shows products made at the facility in Bloomington to GOP State Representative Candidate Regan Deering.

Statehouse candidate Regan Deering emphasizes workforce preparedness during Bloomington stop

A Republican candidate for state representative says a four-year university is not required for career success. During a tour of G-3 Machining in Bloomington, Regan Deering said the social conversation on that point had already begun.

CIRA, Town of Normal and Bloomington police among those affected by CrowdStrike outage

Thousands of Microsoft users reported being suddenly knocked offline, and the culprit appeared to be cybersecurity company CrowdStrike, which had a routine software update malfunction.

The Park Fire in Northern California is now the state’s largest this year

A rapidly growing wind-driven wildfire that started Wednesday evening near Chico, Calif., has exploded in size, forcing thousands to evacuate.

The McLean county board members meet at the council chambers in the government center in downtown Bloomington

McLean County Board rejects proposal to recreate war monument

The county board rejected the proposal as inappropriate for the rules of the area. Separately, the board also approved a pay rise for public health nurses and zoning for Rivian's expansion plan.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker speaking to a crowd from a podium in Belvidere, Ill., Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. Pritzker identified stemming corruption as one of his main priorities in his first campaign, and the Illinois legislature has moved on some reforms.

Normal council to consider local grocery tax after elimination of state tax

Following the state’s decision to eliminate the grocery tax, the Normal Town Council will consider an ordinance to replace it with an equivalent local tax. The new tax would begin in 2026, the same time the town will stop receiving state funding.

"Sphen and Magic shared a bond unlike most other penguin couples," the Sea Life Sydney Aquarium said. Sphen has died, after the male pair spent about six years together, building nests and raising chicks.

Sphen, partner in a same-sex penguin couple, dies — and a colony sings

When Magic saw Sphen's body, "he immediately started singing," and other penguins joined in, Renee Howell, the aquarium's penguin keeper, told Australia's ABC broadcaster.

'Corona, Cancer And A Blast': Beirut's Hospitals Struggling After Port Explosion

Saint George Hospital University Medical Center is located about a mile from the blast site. Doctors there say the facility was decimated by last week's explosion, calling the scene "an apocalypse."

Woman smiling and standing in front of a round seal painted on a wall. The seal includes the words 'Emergency Management Agency McLean County.'

McLean County EMA director says the state plans to process migrants

The state of Illinois has set up a new intake center in Chicago for migrants brought to the state. McLean County Emergency Management Agency Director Cathy Beck says the county would arrange transportation for migrants to travel to the intake center if buses arrive in McLean County.

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