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• City may hire contractor for Mattoon Walmart loop road project

  06-10-2026 03:58 via article.wn.com
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• Weaker wind shear during El Nino plays a role in the formation of Isaias in ...

  08-10-2026 01:40 via article.wn.com
  The super El Nino has been a nonstop machine, cranking out tropical storms throughout the Pacific region. Now, it’s the U.S. Gulf Coast’s turn. Isaias is expected to become the first hurricane of the Atlantic season. It's a sharp turnaround ......
  
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• Washington airport gets extra warning when Marine One takes off with Trump

  08-10-2026 01:40 via article.wn.com
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• Vermont colleges chart a path forward against demographic and financial headwinds

  08-10-2026 01:40 via article.wn.com
  Colleges in Vermont are finding ways to...
  
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• Trump's executive order on dyed diesel will offer little relief, farmers and truckers say

  08-10-2026 01:40 via article.wn.com
  Farmers, truckers, and economists say...
  
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• Trump wants his West Palm Beach golf club to be a ‘presidential retreat’

  08-10-2026 01:40 via article.wn.com
  A letter proposing the golf course compared it to Windsor Castle and the Élysée Palace...
  
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• Trump says he’s ‘going to find out’ from Putin if ‘bioweapon’ behind lab worker’s plague ...

  08-10-2026 01:40 via article.wn.com
  The US president said he plans to call Vladimir Putin later in the day and noted it is Putin’s birthday...
  
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• Trump proposes Camp David-style presidential retreat at his private Florida golf club

  08-10-2026 01:40 via article.wn.com
  President Donald Trump says...
  
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• Trump makes late Nobel Prize pitch: ‘Not bragging ... but I settled eight wars’

  08-10-2026 01:40 via article.wn.com
  Trump repeats claim that...
  
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• Tropical Storm Isaias is forecast to strike the US Gulf Coast as a hurricane

  08-10-2026 01:40 via article.wn.com
  Forecasters say Tropical Storm Isaias is gaining strength off eastern Mexico and should become the first hurricane of the Atlantic season before it strikes the U.S. Gulf Coast later in the week. The storm is on track to tie or ......
  
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• Trial begins for a man accused of killing UNC student Faith Hedgepeth 14 years ago

  08-10-2026 01:40 via article.wn.com
  The trial of a man accused of killing...
  
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• The plague never went away. Cases are reported in parts of Africa and the US ...

  08-10-2026 01:40 via article.wn.com
  The plague, a rare bacterial infection...
  
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• The Latest: White House highlights Trump Accounts for kids amid frustrations over rising prices

  08-10-2026 01:40 via article.wn.com
  President Donald Trump has announced...
  
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• Texas court denies request to stop execution over Christa Pike's failed lethal injection

  08-10-2026 01:40 via article.wn.com
  A Texas court has refused to halt the upcoming execution of a man convicted of killing a convenience store clerk after his attorneys cited the failed lethal injection of Christa Pike last week in Tennessee. The Texas execution is planned ......
  
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• State police launch skill game compliance info webpage

  08-10-2026 01:40 via article.wn.com
  PSP has opened a new webpage to help business owners better understand compliance requirements for the removal of skill game machines. ......
  
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• Senator Yaw leads push to stay skill games seizure into 2027

  08-10-2026 01:40 via article.wn.com
  Harrisburg, Pa. — Skill game machines in bars, clubs, and shops across the state could stay safe from police seizure until February if four state lawmakers, primarily Sen. Gene Yaw, R-Lycoming, get their way. ......
  
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• Searching for ‘slimy, shiny, brownish stuff’: A retiree helps track down Pa.’s abandoned oil wells

  08-10-2026 01:40 via article.wn.com
  Barbara Laxon leads tours in Bradford,...
  
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• Redistricting mess: Sen. Johnny DuPree, just elected to one seat, running for another

  08-10-2026 01:40 via article.wn.com
  Mississippi Sen. Johnny DuPree is...
  
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• Prison overcrowding is keeping Idaho women behind bars even after they’re granted parole

  08-10-2026 01:40 via article.wn.com
  Andrea Johnson has been granted...
  
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• Opal Lee, 'grandmother of Juneteenth,' spends 100th birthday at the center of celebrations in Texas

  08-10-2026 01:40 via article.wn.com
  Opal Lee, a driving force in making Juneteenth a federal holiday, spent her 100th birthday on Wednesday at the center of celebrations in her Texas hometown. Former first lady Michelle Obama is scheduled to visit. Lee was on hand as ......
  
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• NASA chief has hilarious response to NFL player who doubts whether astronauts really landed on ...

  08-10-2026 01:40 via article.wn.com
  Pats quarterback joins a list of other professional athletes who have questioned the moon landing...
  
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• Movie Review: Is Palme d’Or winning ‘Fjord’ a movie for these divided times?

  08-10-2026 01:40 via article.wn.com
  Cristian Mungiu’s Palme d'Or-winning drama...
  
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• Mexican influencer 'killed her three kids and boyfriend' in 'murder-suicide' horror

  08-10-2026 01:40 via article.wn.com
  Mexican influencer Cindy Tamez had a glitzy social media life, but investigators now believe she shot her three children and boyfriend before turning the gun on herself ......
  
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• Maricarmen Abascal: Thousands protest in Madrid, Spain after death of woman, 87, who was evicted ...

  08-10-2026 01:40 via article.wn.com
  Maricarmen Abascal had...
  
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• Lawmakers withdraw request to delay skill game crackdown

  08-10-2026 01:40 via article.wn.com
  Harrisburg, Pa. — Four state lawmakers, including Sen. Gene Yaw, have withdrawn their request asking the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to delay enforcement against skill game machines until February. ......
  
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• In a few weird moments, Trump revealed more than he intended in the Oval Office

  08-10-2026 01:40 via article.wn.com
  The president again seemed confused...
  
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• Grammy-nominated R&B singer Freddie Jackson, known for '80s hits like 'You Are My Lady,' dies ...

  08-10-2026 01:40 via article.wn.com
  Grammy-nominated R&B singer Freddie Jackson, known for hits like “Rock Me Tonight” and “You Are My Lady,” has died at 70. His family confirmed he died Monday through a statement on Instagram. Jackson was born and raised in Harlem, where ......
  
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• Federal appeals judges don't reveal how they'll rule on Saudi Arabia's effort to end 9/11 litigation

  08-10-2026 01:40 via article.wn.com
  Family members of victims of the...
  
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• FBI says it stopped a Mall of America terror attack by a teen after agents ...

  08-10-2026 01:40 via article.wn.com
  The FBI says it thwarted an attack on...
  
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• El Nino forecast update as seven areas face extreme weather chaos and 'cyclones'

  08-10-2026 01:40 via article.wn.com
  The World Meteorological Organization has warned this year's record-breaking El Nino could cause drought, flooding, landslides, food shortages and cyclones ......
  
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