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The Significance of International Volunteer Day

4 months 3 weeks ago
Did you know that over one billion people worldwide engage in volunteer activities each year, contributing an estimated 8 billion hours of service? This sheer scale of collective effort underscores the vital role volunteers play in shaping communities and improving lives globally. International Volunteer Day (IVD), observed annually on December 5th, celebrates this spirit of selfless contribution and highlights the impact volunteers have on social development, peacebuilding, and humanitarian

This Day in History on December 5: U.S. Ratifies 21st Amendment, Ending Prohibition

4 months 3 weeks ago
December 5th has been a date marked by pivotal moments across the globe, spanning centuries and touching countless aspects of human history. One of the most impactful global events recorded on this day occurred in 1933, when the 21st Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified, officially repealing the 18th Amendment and ending Prohibition. This marked a major shift in American social and legal policy, reversing the nationwide ban on the manufacture, sale, and transportation of

Medicare’s new AI experiment sparks alarm among doctors, lawmakers

4 months 3 weeks ago
A Medicare pilot program will allow private companies to use artificial intelligence to review older Americans’ requests for certain medical care — and will reward the companies when they deny it. In January, the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will launch the Wasteful and Inappropriate Services Reduction (WISeR) Model to test AI-powered prior […]
Anna Claire Vollers

Illinois State Police To Conduct Nighttime Enforcement Patrols

4 months 3 weeks ago
COLLINSVILLE – Illinois State Police (ISP) Troop 8 Commander, Captain Casey Faro, announces the ISP will conduct Nighttime Enforcement (NITE) patrols in Madison and St. Clair counties during December. NITE patrols allow the ISP to focus on preventing, detecting, and taking enforcement action in response to impaired driving and occupant restraint violations especially between the hours of 9 p.m. and 6 a.m. The number of unrestrained drivers killed in traffic crashes is significantly higher

John Oliver Auction Raises $1.5 Million For Public Broadcasting

4 months 3 weeks ago
Not that long ago, John Oliver’s Last Week Tonight did a good bit on why public broadcasting is important. The segment features a lot of insight from UPenn media professor Victor Pickard, whose work on the (many) problems with modern consolidated U.S. corporate media has always been essential reading: But Oliver also walked the talk. […]
Karl Bode

This weekend's Weather: Chilly with late snow Sunday

4 months 3 weeks ago
Friday starts chilly with a high of 39 and a low around 28. Expect intermittent clouds and southern winds around 7 mph, gusting up to 14 mph. It will feel a bit colder, with a feels like temperature dropping to 24 in the morning, warming to about 37 in the afternoon. Friday morning brings a mix of sun and clouds, becoming partly sunny with mild wind in the afternoon. Overnight, skies stay partly cloudy with lows near 28. Winds shift to the west-southwest at about 7 mph with light gusts. Saturday

Some patients are just learning about Cerner health data breach in January

4 months 3 weeks ago
In January, hackers gained access to a cache of Cerner electronic health records stored on a legacy network. But some patients whose sensitive health and financial information may have been exposed are only now being notified — and many others still haven’t been told. NKC Health, formerly North Kansas City Hospital, is one of the […]
Suzanne King