by Julia Rendleman for ProPublica, Molly Parker, Capitol News Illinois, and Lylee Gibbs, Saluki Local Reporting Lab This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with Capitol News Illinois. A portion of the reporting in Alexander County is supported by funding from the Pulitzer Center. Sign up for Dispatches to get our stories in your inbox every week. On a late July morning, Blake Gerard zips across his Southern Illinois rice farm on a four-wheeler, wearing his usual USA Rice shirt and shorts that hit above the knee. It’s the only rice farm in Illinois, a place…
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by Lexi Churchill, ProPublica and The Texas Tribune, and Colleen DeGuzman, The Texas Tribune ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. This article is co-published with The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan local newsroom that informs and engages with Texans. Sign up for The Brief Weekly to get up to speed on their essential coverage of Texas issues. After the 2022 mass shooting at Robb Elementary, school leaders in Uvalde, Texas, initially planned to publicly defend district Police Chief Pete Arredondo, but officials instead chose…
Age of Empires Mobile. Dengar nama ini aja, langsung kebayang kan serunya membangun kerajaan, berperang, dan rebutan resource? Gue udah mainin versi PC-nya dari zaman warnet masih jadi tempat nongkrong wajib. Tapi begitu Age of Empires Mobile rilis, tangan langsung gatel buat install di smartphone. Kebayang dong, mimpi jadi raja akhirnya bisa dipeluk sambil rebahan di kasur! Kali ini, gue mau share semua pengalaman, tips, bahkan blunder paling konyol yang pernah gue lakukan—supaya lo gak jatuh ke lubang yang sama. Siap? Let’s go! Kenalan Dulu: Apa Sih Serunya Age of Empires Mobile? Jadi, Age of Empires Mobile itu adaptasi versi…
Though I’m a sucker for sundresses and sandals, this year I’m feeling ready—and excited—for fall fashion. Getting creative with layering, embracing warm shades of olive greens and chocolate browns, and breaking out my favorite barn jackets and boots feels like the reset I’ve been craving. One of the best parts about fall style is that the pieces are all built to last—a good sweater or tailored coat can stay with you for years, while summer pieces like raffia and linen always seem to need replacing. Last year, I built a foolproof 10-piece fall capsule wardrobe, and instead of feeling the…
The 2025 season kicks off on Friday (1.30am Irish time) when the defending Super Bowl Champions Philadelphia Eagles host the Dallas Cowboys in the opening game of the 106th season of the NFL. The Philadelphia Eagles can become the 10th team ever to repeat as Super Bowl champions. Since 2000, the defending Super Bowl champions have started the following year with a win on Kick-off Weekend in 20 of the past 25 seasons. Kansas City Chiefs at Los Angeles Chargers Week One will see the first of the 2025 NFL regular season games played internationally as the reigning AFC champion…
Football Review Committee Publishes Final Report The GAA’s Football Review Committee (FRC), chaired by Jim Gavin, has released its Final Report, concluding an 18-month process aimed at reshaping Gaelic football for players and spectators alike. Established in early 2024 by GAA President Jarlath Burns, the FRC reviewed every aspect of the game, trialling new rules during the 2025 season before publishing their recommendations. Background and Process The committee undertook one of the most extensive consultation exercises in GAA history, gathering over 15,000 survey responses and hosting provincial workshops, sandbox trial games, and referee consultations. Feedback from players, coaches, administrators, and…
A New York billionaire is opening up about his private conversations with President Donald Trump on the city’s mayoral race and Democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani, including what Trump had to say about it this weekend. “He’s [Trump] always been concerned for months and months and months about the race,” admitted John Catsimatidis, CEO of Gristedes Supermarkets, during an appearance on “Varney & Co.” Thursday. “President Trump is from New York, he’s a New Yorker, he loves New York, and he’s concerned.” Mamdani, a Democratic state assemblyman from Queens who has described himself as a socialist, defeated former Governor Andrew Cuomo…
Gold prices slipped on Thursday, marking a pause in what has been a record-breaking rally that has seen market prices for the precious metal surge over the last year. Long considered a safe haven asset to hedge against economic uncertainty, gold has risen as investors deal with concerns about the U.S. economy due to the impact of tariffs on inflation, as well as signs of a weakening labor market and expectations of a Federal Reserve rate cut. An investor who bought a 1-ounce gold bar at Costco a year ago would have paid $2,495, and that investment would be worth $3,557…
No-frills carrier Spirit Airlines is planning to cut routes in October as the bankrupt airline fights for survival, and rival carriers are taking the opportunity to pounce. Spirit said in a statement to FOX Business that it will end service to Albuquerque, New Mexico; Birmingham, Alabama; Boise, Idaho; Chattanooga, Tennessee; Columbia, South Carolina; Oakland, California; Portland, Oregon; Sacramento, California; Salt Lake City, Utah; San Diego, California; and San Jose, California, effective the week of Oct. 2. The carrier will no longer launch service at Macon, Georgia, which was scheduled to begin on Oct. 16. United Airlines announced on Thursday it…
Netflix has shared a pair of updates about its animated Tomb Raider show. The second season of Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft will air on the streaming service on December 11. However, that second season will also be the final one for the project. Legendary Television is behind the show, which premiered in October 2024 on Netflix and stars Hayley Atwell of MCU fame as the titular Tomb Raider. If you simply can’t get enough of Lara and her adventures in archeology, you have other options on the way. For viewing, Amazon will begin filming in January for…