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St. Clair County Launches Community Food Drive to Support Scott Air Force Base Personnel Affected By Government Shutdown

4 months 2 weeks ago
SHILOH — In response to the ongoing government shutdown, St. Clair County is hosting a food drive for the community to support the Airmen and civilian personnel at Scott Air Force Base experiencing financial hardship due to missed paychecks and uncertainty during this time. Organized by St. Clair County’s Department of Military Affairs in partnership with the 375th Air Mobility Wing’s First Sergeants Council, and the Chiefs Group, the local giving initiative aims to stock th

Trump vows no federal food aid until Democrats cave on health care subsidies

4 months 2 weeks ago
President Donald Trump backtracked Tuesday on a pledge by his administration in court filings to partially fund November food assistance during the government shutdown, posting on social media that benefits “will be given only when the Radical Left Democrats open up government, which they can easily do, and not before!”  White House press secretary Karoline […]
Jacob Fischler

Congress remains deadlocked, with government shutdown now on day 35

4 months 2 weeks ago
This report has been updated. WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate Tuesday failed for the 14th time to advance a stopgap spending bill to fund the government, as the ongoing shutdown hit 35 days and is now tied with the shutdown of 2018-2019 as the longest ever. The 54-44 vote was nearly identical to the previous 13 […]
Ariana Figueroa, Shauneen Miranda

It’s small businesses versus Trump in tariff case before US Supreme Court

4 months 2 weeks ago
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court will hear one of the first major cases of President Donald Trump’s second term Wednesday, when the administration defends the president’s emergency tariffs that American small business owners say are upending their livelihoods. The question at the heart of the case is whether Trump can authorize sweeping tariffs under […]
Ashley Murray

Choosing an Asset Allocation: Getting Risk Right Matters More Than You Think

4 months 2 weeks ago
When investors talk about performance, the conversation often skips ahead to returns. But the decision that most shapes your long-term results is made before markets move: your asset allocation —the balance among equities (stocks), fixed income (bonds), cash, and potentially other assets. The critical question is not “How much can I make?” but “How much risk should I take to reach my goals without losing sleep or derailing my plan?” First, What Do We Mean by “Risk”?

Worden Community Unites to Support Neighbors in Need

4 months 2 weeks ago
WORDEN - Businesses and community groups in Worden have joined forces in response to an expected increase in the need for food assistance during the winter months. In June, members of the Worden Methodist Church established a community food pantry, placing a pantry cabinet on the church lawn at 103 S. Lincoln Street. Church members faithfully restocked the pantry each week. However, as temperatures have dropped and a recent government shutdown has impacted the area, visits to the pantry have

Attorney General Issues Statement On Fed Order Issued In SNAP Benefits Case

4 months 2 weeks ago
CHICAGO – Attorney General Kwame Raoul today issued the following statement after a federal judge in the U.S. District Court for Massachusetts issued an order finding that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) must use its Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) contingency funds to provide benefits during the ongoing federal government shutdown. The order comes after Raoul and a coalition of 26 attorneys general and governors filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration

IMI and icon Mechanical Announce Career and Internship Opportunities

4 months 2 weeks ago

IMI, Inc. and its family of companies — including icon Mechanical, iENG Design, Eagle Controls, and iSuite — are expanding teams across multiple U.S. locations, with new career openings and a summer internship program now accepting applications. The firms are hiring for a range of priority roles, from Project Directors and Senior Project Managers to […]

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Tom Finan

Fox News Fell For AI-Generated Rage Bait, Rewrote Story To Pretend It Didn’t

4 months 2 weeks ago
Fox News has a problem: when you build your entire editorial model around feeding your audience’s biases, you stop asking whether the stories feeding those biases are actually true. Case in point: last week, they published—and then quietly rewrote—a story about SNAP recipients threatening to “ransack stores,” based entirely on AI-generated videos that never happened. […]
Mike Masnick

Daily Deal: The Learn to Code with React Bundle

4 months 2 weeks ago
The Learn to Code with React Bundle has 9 courses to help you learn more about React, Redux, and JavaScript. Used by the likes of Instagram, Facebook, Netflix, and Imgur, React is an efficient and flexible JavaScript library for building user interfaces. Meanwhile, Redux is a predictable state container that helps you manage the data […]
Daily Deal

Mother charged after 1-year-old shot in foot

4 months 2 weeks ago
ST. LOUIS - The mother of a one-year-old child has been charged after a shooting that left the child injured last month. According to records, 20-year-old Daija Marnae Dunning was with 23-year-old Cameron Jefferson and their child Oct. 22 on the way to a gas station. Officials say the vehicle was "swarming with cockroaches and [...]
Megan Mueller