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☆ Cicadas 2024: What to expect from the Brood XIII and Brood XIX emergence of cicadas
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-10 | by ( Kate Golembiewski | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

The 13-year group, known as Brood XIX, or the Great Southern Brood, is the largest periodical cicada brood, stretching across the southeastern United States. The Northern Illinois Brood, or Brood XIII, emerges every 17 years. Periodical cicadas are smaller and mostly black, with bright red eyes and orange-tinged wings and legs. Billions of cicadas are expected this spring as two different broods — Broods XIX and XIII — emerge simultaneously. However, predictions of a cicadapocalypse — in which Brood XIII and Brood XIX show up at the same place at the same time — are probably an exaggeration.

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☆ Eclipse flights swarm airports: 'We had to close the runway to park planes'
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-08 | by ( Leslie Josephs | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

An airplane passes during a partial solar eclipse seen from Queens, New York City, U.S., April 8, 2024. Monday's solar eclipse is giving some of the country's smaller airports their moment in the sun. The Federal Aviation Administration reported arriving flights at airports from Burlington, Vermont, to southern Illinois were briefly halted Monday morning ahead of the total eclipse. The best views of the solar eclipse in the U.S. span from Texas through Illinois, Kentucky and Ohio to northwestern New York and Maine, according to NASA. "We had to close the runway to park planes," Alyssa Connell, head of operations at Southern Illinois Airport in Murphysboro, Illinois, told CNBC.

Persons: Alyssa Connell, Patrick Leahy, Dave Carman, It's, Carman Organizations: Federal Aviation Administration, NASA, FAA, Southern Illinois Airport, CNBC, International Locations: Queens , New York City, U.S, Burlington , Vermont, Illinois, Texas, Illinois , Kentucky, Ohio, New York, Maine, Murphysboro , Illinois, Vermont

Thousands of residents and visitors viewed the event from the baseball field at Hidalgo de Dolores Elementary School. Residents began renting out their homes after area hotels reached capacity. ET Cuatro Ciénegas Amid a vast landscape of gypsum dune fields — formed over millions of years — spectators viewed the eclipse. ET Dallas Crowds set up their picnic blankets alongside the Trinity River, which runs through Dallas, one of the largest cities to experience the total eclipse. ET Russellville More than 100 couples were married in a giant ceremony just minutes before the eclipse, during the Total Eclipse of the Heart festival.

Persons: — Dennis Overbye, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, ” Federico Garza, ”, David Bowie, Pink Floyd, Sun Ra, Taylor Swift Organizations: North America Today, Hidalgo de Dolores Elementary School, Nazas, Residents, Dallas Crowds, Russellville, Eclipse, Liverpool, Illinois Department of Transportation, Indiana, Indianapolis, Indianapolis Zoo, Lucas Oil, Roll Hall of Fame, Attica Railroad, Eclipse Fest, Buffalo State, Syracuse, Syracuse Mets, Worcester Red Sox, Hotels, Montreal Locations: North America, — Dennis Overbye Mexico, Sinaloa State, Mazatlán, Mexico, Hidalgo, Texas, Eagle, Dallas, Arkansas, Ozark, . Illinois, Southern Illinois, Midwest, . Ohio, Lake Erie, Cleveland, Taylor Swift . New York, Niagara Falls, England, Burlington , Vt, Burlington, Lake Champlain, Maine, Canada, U.S, Montreal, Fredericton , New Brunswick, New Brunswick, EclipseFest

☆ How Johnson wooed Trump to back a GOP congressman targeted by Gaetz
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-25 | by ( Manu Raju | Melanie Zanona | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

“Seeing as how President Trump endorsed Mike Bost, Matt always finds himself on the wrong side of history,” Miller told CNN. After the GOP leadership’s candidate, Craig Riedel, was caught on tape criticizing Trump, multiple Republicans pulled their endorsement, including Miller and House GOP Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik. And now, Miller is inserting herself into another incumbent primary race in Illinois: She also is backing Bailey over Bost, her House GOP colleague. But this time, Miller and Gaetz are on the opposite side of Trump in the race. “Darren Bailey proudly stands with President Trump despite disagreeing with him on this endorsement,” a campaign spokesman said.

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(AP) — Johnny Kinziger scored a career-high 31 points and Illinois State handed No. 23 Indiana State an 80-67 loss on Tuesday night in the Sycamores' first outing as a ranked team since Larry Bird led them to the national title game 45 years ago. Julian Larry scored 20 points for Indiana State (24-3, 13-2), which lost leading rebounder Jayson Kent to an injury with 18:35 left in the game. BIG PICTUREIllinois State: The Redbirds gained an advantage most teams in the MVC don’t have — a win over Indiana State. Indiana State: At Southern Illinois on Saturday, the most difficult matchup left in its MVC schedule.

Persons: Johnny Kinziger, Larry Bird, Kinziger, Myles Foster, Sycamores, Julian Larry, rebounder Jayson Kent, Kent, Isaiah Swope, Bird, Magic Johnson, Drake, ___ Organizations: Illinois State, Indiana State, Redbirds, Missouri Valley Conference, Indiana State's, Indiana, Michigan State, Illinois, The Redbirds, Evansville, Sunday . Indiana State, Southern Illinois, AP Locations: TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Illinois, UP, Sunday, Southern

(AP) — When two early road losses threatened to derail No. 2 Purdue's Big Ten championship journey, the Boilermakers charted a different course. “We're just focused on winning games,” All-American center Zach Edey said after Sunday's 75-69 victory at then conference-leading and No. So instead of fretting about the early season missteps at Northwestern and Nebraska, they used the losses as fuel to keep chugging along. The Boilermakers took both titles last season, winning the regular-season crown by three games.

Persons: Matt Painter's, “ We're, Zach Edey, ”, Fairleigh, you've, ” Painter, Gene, Keady, It's, they're, Fletcher Loyer, Braden Smith, Forward Mason Gillis, Caleb Furst, Indiana's, Furst, Trey Kaufman, Renn, Lance Jones, Cameron Heide, ” Jones, “, ” Loyer, Zach Organizations: WEST LAFAYETTE, Big, Boilermakers, Purdue, Rutgers, Penn, Fairleigh Dickinson, NCAA, Michigan State, Saturday, Hoosiers, Big Ten, Indiana, Ohio State, Junior, Basketball, AP Locations: Ind, Wisconsin, Maryland, Northwestern, Nebraska, Southern Illinois

☆ Matt Gaetz is trying to oust a GOP congressman who once screamed at him on the House floor
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-07 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

In January 2023, Rep. Mike Bost got up and screamed at Matt Gaetz as he trashed Kevin McCarthy. Now, Gaetz is backing Bost's primary challenger: failed GOP gubernatorial candidate Darren Bailey. Gaetz called the Illinois congressman "lackluster" and compared him to Liz Cheney. AdvertisementRepublican Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida is seeking to end the career of a fellow GOP congressman who once screamed at him on the House floor. Gaetz is endorsing Darren Bailey — a former Illinois state representative who was the GOP's unsuccessful nominee for governor in 2022 — in his primary campaign against Rep. Mike Bost.

Persons: Mike Bost, Matt Gaetz, Kevin McCarthy, Darren Bailey, Gaetz, Liz Cheney, —, Darren Bailey —, Darren Organizations: Service, Republican, GOP, Rep, Business Locations: Illinois, Florida, Southern Illinois

☆ Brood XIII and Brood XIX: What to expect from 2024’s rare double brood emergence of cicadas
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-26 | by ( Kate Golembiewski | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

☆ A student was trapped inside an empty Amtrak train after she fell asleep during the ride and missed her stop
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-23 | by ( Monica Humphries | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewAria Lockhart boarded an Amtrak train around 3 a.m. out of Carbondale, Illinois, headed for Chicago on Sunday. "I stood up, and I looked around, and the entire car was empty," Lockhart told the outlet. Jackson told WGN that Amtrak's customer service representatives didn't offer much help. "If anyone was trapped on the train that would be some type of urgency, and I didn't see that," Jackson told WGN. AdvertisementAnd in January 2023, Amtrak passengers were stuck on a train for more than 20 hours on a ride from Virginia to Orlando.

Persons: —, Lockhart, Victoria Jackson, Jackson, KIRO, Sam Sweeney, they’re, — Sam Sweeney Organizations: Service, Amtrak, Chicago, Business, Southern Illinois University, WGN, Chicago's, BI, Passengers, ABC News Locations: Carbondale , Illinois, Portland , Oregon, Seattle, Virginia, Orlando, reroute, South Carolina

☆ No. 22 James Madison chases Cancun crown vs. Fresno St.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( Field Level Media | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

22 James Madison keeps rolling along, extending its charmed run of improbable wins. In four of their five wins, James Madison (5-0) has rallied from a second-half deficit. After blowing a 16-point lead, James Madison found itself down 60-55 before employing its familiar formula. In the final five minutes, Noah Friedel and Raekwon Horton made critical 3-pointers as James Madison again showed its late-game poise. "The best thing is, we're having different guys have big moments," James Madison coach Mark Byington said.

Persons: James Madison, Dukes, Terrence Edwards Jr, Noah Friedel, Raekwon Horton, Mark Byington, Xavier Johnson, Bickerstaff, Byington, Isaiah Hill, Donavan Yap, Justin Hutson, Hill, We've, Yap, Hutson, we're Organizations: Fresno State, Riviera, Southern, Dukes, Michigan State, Kent State, New, New Mexico State, Bulldogs, Thomson Locations: Cancun, Mexico, Southern Illinois, New Mexico, Fresno

☆ A tumor with teeth was found in the pelvis of an ancient Egyptian woman, along with a ring to protect her from pain
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( Marianne Guenot | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A tumor with teeth was found in a 3,000-year-old ancient Egyptian burial site. AdvertisementAdvertisementA rare tumor with teeth has been found in the pelvis of ancient Egyptian woman who died more than 3,000 years ago. It is possible this teratoma was bothering the ancient Egyptian woman 3,000 years ago. A picture of a Bes ring, the type of which could be found during the New Kingdom. Some ancient Egyptian medicine was recorded in written literature, but that only tells us how the elite, who could have access to that kind of high-end treatment, dealt with disease.

Persons: —, Gretchen R, . Wetzel, Dabbs, Bes, Pharaoh Akhanathen's Organizations: Service, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, International, Heritage Art Locations: Amarna, Egypt, New Kingdom, Africa

☆ Opinion: The Republican debater with only one gear – ‘D’ for ‘dislikeable!’
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Opinion Todd Graham | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —Whether it was due to a less crowded debate stage or the experienced bench of moderators, the third Republican presidential debate held in Miami on Wednesday night was easily the smoothest debate yet. Usually, his moments of brilliance are –— as Senator Tim Scott would probably understand — sandwich-boarded by acts of self-flagellation. He was flat-out great in justifying our support of Ukraine, a debate Christie can win against anyone. As the resident expert of ‘letting little things get to me,’ I understand Haley’s Mr. Hyde. I wrote after the last debate that Haley makes poor decisions when something (or someone) gets under her skin.

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AdvertisementAdvertisementWalmart employees say working with anti-theft technology at self-checkouts has led to some tense confrontations with customers. The seven former and current Walmart employees Insider interviewed had direct experience with the company's anti-theft self-checkout technology. Athenia Camacho, a former Walmart employee, detailed the process in a recent TikTok video. Walmart prohibits employees from accusing customers of stealing, even if theft is suspected, the seven people who spoke with Insider said. Another Walmart employee in Missouri said she was told to approach customer confrontations with the mindset: "Don't blame the customer.

Persons: —, they're, we're, Joe Pennington, Athenia Camacho, Camacho, Jeffrey Greenberg, SAMUEL CORUM, Dominick Haar, Patti Leroy, Leroy, Dominick Organizations: Walmart, Service, Employees, Universal, Getty, SCO Locations: Arkansas, Florida, Miami , Florida, Doral, Illinois, Missouri, AFP, Southern Illinois, Kentucky

Sept 30 (Reuters) - A semi-truck carrying thousands of gallons of a toxic substance crashed in southern Illinois, and the multi-vehicle accident killed five people and left five seriously injured, officials said on Saturday. Early estimates indicated that 4,000 gallons were spilled, leading to about 500 people being evacuated from the area, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency said. The accident led to an evacuation within a mile's radius of the crash due to the plume from ammonia leak, state police said. Illinois State Police said it was notified about the crash "involving multiple vehicles, including a semi-truck that is leaking anhydrous ammonia." Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Washington; Editing by Leslie AdlerOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Louis, Kanishka Singh, Leslie Adler Organizations: Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, U.S . National Transportation Safety Board, Illinois State Police, Occupational Safety, Health Administration, OSHA, CBS, Thomson Locations: Illinois, Teutopolis, Effingham County, St, Washington

☆ Opinion: When it comes to quality over quantity, this Republican contender nailed it
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( Sheena Mckenzie | Opinion Todd Graham | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

She didn’t need more speaking time because Haley valued quality over quantity. Regardless of the topic, I felt that Haley’s understanding of the issues and the depth of her answers were unrivaled. Pence was once the vice president of the United States, but on the debate stage he was anything but powerful. DDoug BurgumRobyn Beck/AFP/Getty ImagesWhen it comes to knowledge and experience solving problems, the governor of North Dakota is on par with Haley. At one moment in the debate, Burgum demanded (not kidding — he actually said the word demand) to be allowed to speak.

Persons: Todd Graham, he’s, —, Nikki Haley Mike Blake, Nikki Haley, Haley, Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis Mike Blake, Ron DeSantis, DeSantis, ’, Chris Christie, It’s, Mike Pence Mark J, Terrill, Mike Pence, Pence, Vivek Ramaswamy, Ramaswamy, that’s, Doug Burgum Robyn Beck, Doug Burgum’s, hasn’t, Burgum, Dana Perino, Perino, Chris Christie Robyn Beck, Trump, Christie, Vivek Ramaswamy Robyn Beck, Ramaswamy can’t, “, Tim Scott Robyn Beck, Tim Scott, Scott, I’m, Barack Obama Organizations: Southern Illinois University, Facebook, Twitter, CNN, United Nations, Republican, Trump, New, New Jersey Gov, ’ Research, Getty, Fox News, FedEx Locations: South Carolina, China, Ukraine, New Jersey, Russia, United States, AFP, North Dakota

☆ Visualizing the Latest Wave of N.C.A.A. Conference Realignment
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-01 | by ( Josh Katz | Kevin Quealy | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +5 min

Missouri and Texas A&M were the first teams to join the SEC in 20 years. Financial benefits and concerns about conference stability lured Boston College to become the A.C.C.’s 12th member in 2005. Penn State, one of the last major programs to remain independent, became the Big Ten’s 11th member in 1993, setting off a wave of realignment across college football. The Missouri Valley Conference stopped sponsoring football after the 1985 season. Arkansas departed for the SEC in 1991, signaling the beginning of the end for the Southwest Conference, long associated with N.C.A.A.

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☆ More Than 111 Million People in the U.S. Face Extreme Heat
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-26 | by ( Chris Cameron | More About Chris Cameron | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

More than 57 million people in the American South and Southwest were under an excessive heat warning on Saturday afternoon — the most severe category for heat conditions — as temperatures across the Gulf Coast and parts of the Southwest soared to record-breaking levels and were expected to remain high through early next week. The warnings reached as far north as Southern Illinois and the region surrounding St. Louis, which the National Weather Service said was expected to have its seventh day of heat indexes over 100 degrees. A heat index factors in humidity — which can make the air feel swampier and more suffocating — to determine how hot it really feels even at a deceptively lower air temperature. “Extreme heat and abnormally high overnight temperatures will persist in the South” over the weekend, forecasters with the Weather Prediction Center said early on Saturday morning, adding that “widespread record-high and -low temperatures are likely to be tied or broken across the Gulf Coast.”

Persons: Louis, ” Organizations: National Weather Service, Weather Prediction Center Locations: American, Southwest, Gulf, Southern Illinois, St

☆ Bob Tita — Reporter at The Wall Street Journal
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-19 | by ( Bob Tita | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Bob TitaBob Tita covers manufacturing and metals industries from The Wall Street Journal’s Chicago bureau. He writes about the business strategies and markets of major U.S. manufacturers, including Caterpillar Inc., Deere & Co. and United States Steel Corp. He covers the intersection of public and private companies and their customers in supply chains, recycled commodity markets and industrial transportation networks. Bob joined Dow Jones in 2009 after covering manufacturing for Crain’s Chicago Business and equity futures and options markets for BridgeNews. He has a Bachelor’s degree in journalism from Southern Illinois University and a Master’s degree in public affairs reporting from University of Illinois at Springfield.

Persons: Bob Tita Bob Tita, Bob, Dow Jones Organizations: Caterpillar Inc, Deere, Co, United States Steel Corp, Crain’s Chicago Business, BridgeNews, Southern Illinois University, University of Illinois, LinkedIn, Twitter Locations: Chicago, U.S, Michigan, Indiana, Springfield

☆ Biden heads to Arizona, other Western states to tout his economic policies
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-31 | by ( Andrea Shalal | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

WASHINGTON, July 31 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will travel to the key battleground state of Arizona and two other Western states next week as part of a travel blitz by senior administration officials touting recent economic gains and the anniversaries of key legislation. Biden will also host an event at the White House on Aug. 16, the official added. The Biden administration has struggled to sell its message of economic progress to a skeptical American public and connect the dots from the legislation to future jobs and growth. Vice President Kamala Harris will travel to Wisconsin with Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo to highlight broadband infrastructure investments made possible by the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure law signed into law 20 months ago. Other cabinet members will visit Maine, Maryland, Nevada, Michigan and California, the official said.

Persons: Joe Biden, Biden, Kamala Harris, Gina Raimondo, Tom Vilsack, Jennifer Granholm, Ali Zaidi, Pete Buttigieg, Andrea Shalal, Mark Potter Organizations: White, White House, Energy, Transportation, Houston Port, Thomson Locations: Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Delaware, U.S, Wisconsin, Oregon, Washington, Puerto Rico, Illinois, Houston , Texas, Maine , Maryland , Nevada , Michigan, California

☆ Man accused of stealing a backhoe to make a 10-mile drive to an airport to catch his flight
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-28 | by ( Isobel Van Hagen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Police believe a man stole a backhoe and drove it to an airport in Illinois to catch a flight. Footage appears to show the man arriving with the equipment and leaving it outside the airport. Timothy J. Baggott was later charged with theft, authorities said. A man from southern Illinois has been charged with theft accused of stealing a backhoe and driving it 10 miles to an airport to catch a flight to the West Coast, authorities said earlier this week. Baggott flew to the West Coast and was later arrested in Nevada.

☆ Firearms Classes Taught Me, and America, a Very Dangerous Lesson - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-16 | by ( Harel Shapira | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

I did not grow up around guns, but 10 years ago, I started attending firearms training classes. The classes I attended trained students to believe that their lives are in constant danger. Most of all, I immersed myself in firearms schools in Texas, where I live, that cater to people who wish to learn how to use guns for self-defense. Some of these instructors’ students have gone on to open training programs of their own. While American gun culture has diversified in recent years, the overwhelming majority of firearms instructors — in Texas it’s 75 percent — are white men.

☆ Car crashes in Illinois dust storm cause deaths, injuries
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

May 1 (Reuters) - Multiple people were reported killed and dozens of other people wounded on Monday in car crashes along Interstate 55 in southern Illinois during a dust storm, state police said. Roughly 40 to 60 passenger cars and several big-rig trucks were involved in the crashes shortly after 11 a.m. CT (1200 ET), an Illinois State Police spokesman said during an afternoon press conference. Some 30 people were transported to local hospitals with injuries, the spokesman said. Please be safe as this situation continues to unfold," U.S. Representative Nikki Budzinski of Illinois said on Twitter. Reporting by Dan Whitcomb and Steve Gorman; Editing by Tim AhmannOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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☆ Illinois Gov. Pritzker, GOP challenger Bailey focus on crime during debate
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

“It’s a mess.”Despite talking over each other regularly, neither Pritzker nor the moderators pressed Bailey on that statement. Pritzker’s extreme policies are destroying the city,” Bailey said. Pritzker, it’s time for him to own it.”Pritzker blamed the Covid-19 pandemic for a rise in crime in Chicago and nationally. At the end of the Sept. 30 quarterly reporting period, Pritzker had $42.3 million on hand after raising $80.8 million during the period and spending $38.5 million. “He’s too conservative for Illinois,” Pritzker said.

☆ ‘Chaos and Confusion’ in States Where Abortion Is On Again, Off Again
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-11 | by ( Allison Mccann | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +12 min

In some of these states, whether abortion is legal has changed from week to week. The state’s trigger ban has been blocked and reinstated three times in the course of six weeks. On July 14, a federal judge lifted an injunction on Kentucky’s 15-week abortion ban, allowing it to take effect. On July 14, a federal judge lifted an injunction on Kentucky’s 15-week abortion ban, allowing it to take effect. But even though abortion remained legal in those states, providers said that patients and medical professionals did not always know what was going on.

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