Durbin tests positive again for COVID-19
It’s the third time he has had a positive test in a year.
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2-year-old grandson of Bucks coach Adrian Griffin dies in CU
The coroner’ office says preliminary reports from an autopsy conducted Monday showed no evidence of trauma or foul play.
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Mental health crisis line 988 fields significantly more calls, 12 times as many texts in first year
If you or someone you know is in crisis, please call, text or chat with the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988, or contact the Crisis Text Line by texting TALK to 741741. When 24-year-old Marie texted 988 last December, she was in the middle of a dissociative episode that left her unable to speak….
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State regulators work to avoid federal Clean Air Act sanctions
Continued noncompliance could result in loss of federal highway funding.
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James Lewis, suspect in Tylenol poisonings that killed 7 people in the Chicago area in 1982, dead
Police say the death is not considered suspicious.
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Here’s why you better get used to a smoky stubborn summer in much of America
Neither the 235 out-of-control Canadian wildfires nor the stuck weather pattern that’s responsible for this mess of meteorological maladies are stubbornly showing no signs of relenting for the next week or longer.
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Pritzker signs bills altering Illinois’ health insurance market
Legislation authorizes state-based marketplace, rate review
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Researchers work to improve cancer imaging
University of Illinois researchers are working on a way to make it easier to locate and remove cancerous tumors in the body. When it comes to locating tumors to extract them during surgery, doctors currently inject nanoparticles into the body that are supposed to help them find the cancerous tissue during an imaging scan. But…
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One year after the fall of Roe v. Wade, CU activists focus on joy
As the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade and the nationwide right to an abortion approaches, Champaign-Urbana abortion rights activists are celebrating. The event on Sunday afternoon is called “Acts of Joyful Insurrection” and will focus on finding joy and moving forward as a community. “We’re really trying to…
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Danville abortion clinic plans to open despite city ban and two attacks
Abortion clinic owner in Danville plans to open despite two attacks on building.
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Danville’s proposed abortion clinic is attacked for a second time
DANVILLE — A proposed abortion clinic in Danville has been attacked — again. On May 20, an Illinois man drove his car into the clinic and has been charged with attempted arson by federal authorities. Abortion is still legal in the state. “Attacks like this are designed to intimidate and terrorize us out of providing…
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Unsafe neighborhoods particularly distress Black men in relationships, new study from University of Illinois finds
Neighborhood quality can make a big difference in the mental health of Black Americans over 10 years – even more than relationship quality.
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Environment | Health | Weather
Alert issued for unhealthy air quality throughout all of Illinois on Friday
Air quality in Illinois is expected to be unhealthy for sensitive groups on Friday, June 5.
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Iowa apartment collapse leaves residents missing, rubble too dangerous to search
An Iowa mayor says five Davenport residents are missing, including two people who could still be in the wreckage of a partly collapsed apartment building.
