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Brady Parr Faces of Spring photo shoot at the News-Gazette in Champaign on Sunday, February 23, 2025. Zach Piatt covers high ...

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Russian President Vladimir Putin said there has been no need to use nuclear weapons in the war in Ukraine and expressed hope that such a scenario will not arise. In ...

In his ongoing war against colleges that he has declared corrupt because they “indoctrinate” students with “radical-left ideology,” President Donald Trump has recently demanded that Harvard University ...

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Asking partisans on both sides of President Trump’s divide to cool off in the aftermath of the latest controversy has all the markings of a fool’s errand.

Members of the Illinois House and Senate could be headed for a budget showdown with Gov. J.B. Pritzker. The current state legislative session is scheduled to wrap at the end of the month, and that ...