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Six Charged In Calhoun County Vandalism Case Plead Guilty

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HARDIN - An investigation into damage to about 18 mailboxes and multiple road signs in rural Golden Eagle, Ill., has concluded with charges against six men, according to Calhoun County Sheriff Zach Hardin. The Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office began investigating Jan. 10, 2026, after receiving reports of vandalism and property damage. Investigators found mailboxes that had been damaged, stolen or destroyed and road signs that had been uprooted or otherwise damaged. Deputies processed the individua

The Metric Is Not The Mission: The End Of The Universal Internet

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The Metric Is Not the Mission is a ten-part examination of how Big Tech moved from building and expanding the open internet to increasingly shaping it around its own metrics, incentives and assumptions. Across the series, the argument follows the evolution of the platform economy—from the optimism of the early internet to the growing tensions around […]
Konstantinos Komaitis

Pope Leo XIV diagnosed with lung cancer after surgery to remove part of right lung

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ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV underwent surgery Tuesday that confirmed that he has lung cancer, and doctors removed the lower lobe of his right lung, the Vatican said. Tests confirmed a diagnosis of lung adenocarcinoma, the Vatican said in a medical bulletin after the surgery. It said the diagnosis had been suspected by preoperative [...]
NICOLE WINFIELD and COLLEEN BARRY, Associated Press

Alton Cuts Health Insurance For Striking Workers, Plans Firings Over Alleged Picketing Behavior

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ALTON – The City of Alton is preparing to fire striking workers over alleged “behavior on the picket line” as union representatives say their members’ health insurance was dropped without warning. Business Agent Jay Steinhauer with Teamsters Local 525 confirmed on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026, that union members received a letter the day prior from the city’s third-party attorney, Corey Franklin, stating the city intends to fire striking workers over certain picketing behavio