Carle Health has announced plans to purchase medical facilities owned by Advocate Aurora Health, including hospitals in Normal and Eureka. The (Bloomington) Pantagraph reports that the Urbana-based Carle and Advocate...
January 11, 2020
In Kit Wong's math class, there are no desks or chairs. No paper and pencils. No calculators. There's just an open room, a dry-erase board and you. And that's not...
January 11, 2020
New York's health care industry is waiting with some trepidation to see how Gov. Andrew Cuomo intends to plug an over $8 billion hole in the state's Medicaid program. The...
January 11, 2020
Gov. Gavin Newsom is proposing to overhaul California's probation system by greatly reducing the time a convict is under supervised release, but increasing rehabilitation programs at the outset of the...
January 11, 2020
The 60-day Florida legislative session that begins Tuesday will have lawmakers considering everything from coconut patties to a state budget expected to exceed $90 billion. Lawmakers are also expected to...
January 11, 2020
With Martin Scorsese's “The Irishman” expected to battle “Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood” and “1917” for the best picture Oscar in February, all eyes are on the special effects...
January 11, 2020
A Detroit-based nonprofit focused on technology education and workforce development training will present two free events about cybersecurity. The drama “Blackhat” will be shown Saturday afternoon at the Wilder library...
January 11, 2020
A fund has been created to accept donations to support public education in Rhode Island. Education Commissioner Angélica Infante-Green announced Friday that the nonprofit Rhode Island Foundation established the Fund...
January 11, 2020
New York plans to restrict the use of firefighting foam that contains certain chemicals that have the potential to contaminate groundwater. Firefighting foam can contain polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, which...
January 11, 2020
Lindsay Luallen chose to move from Alabama to enroll at the University of Oregon five years ago because the university was able to accommodate the fact that she only had...
January 11, 2020
Rafael Gonzalez has the arrests and losses to show for abuse of alcohol and methamphetamine that got so bad he couldn't hold down a job. But that was before —...
January 11, 2020
Kansas lawmakers expect a push to overturn a state Supreme Court decision protecting abortion rights, a contentious debate over income tax cuts and some bipartisan harmony on Medicaid expansion during...
January 11, 2020
With an eye toward their campaigns, Tennessee lawmakers will spend the next few months deciding whether they want to overturn the governor on accepting refugees, help deliver his promise of...
January 11, 2020
South Carolina lawmakers return to the State House on Tuesday facing most of the same big issues that were hovering around in 2019. Education, the future of state-owned utility Santee...
January 11, 2020
“ Will the people that have a flag in their hand raise the flag up?” asked New Freedom Farm founder Lois Fritz. Inside the newly renovated meeting room, 22 people...
January 11, 2020
China's foreign minister is to arrive in Zimbabwe Saturday as part of a five-nation tour of Africa that seeks to promote the Asian giant's economic and political interests on the...
January 11, 2020
South Africa's frequent power cuts and ailing economy have overshadowed the ruling African National Congress party's 108th anniversary festivities. Far from being a celebratory speech to the party faithful, President...
January 11, 2020
Georgia lawmakers may remember the 2020 session as the year the good times ended. The state has seen nine years of strong revenue growth coming out of the great recession,...
January 11, 2020
A Vermont city plans to expand and adapt a program that sought to address the opioid crisis and other social problems. In 2012, Rutland created Project Vision, which brought together...
January 11, 2020
Oman announced Saturday culture minister Haitham bin Tariq Al Said as the new ruler of the Gulf Arab country, ending speculation over the mystery of who would succeed longtime ruler...
January 11, 2020
The latest on Iran-related developments (all times local): 12:50 p.m. The head of the Ukrainian airline whose jetliner was shot down by an anti-aircraft missile in Iran says he was...
January 11, 2020
You would think Brexit is the top concern troubling the UK right now — but Brits are facing a somewhat down-to-earth problem that's causing more than just headaches: the nation's...
January 11, 2020
A North Korean official on Saturday said that the U.S. and South Korea are dreaming if they think that President Donald Trump's sending a birthday message would get leader Kim...
January 11, 2020
Growing hemp plants is more difficult than it looks. "They are definitely divas. They like to be pampered and cared for a lot," said Rock Hemp Corp. President Adam Aberle....
January 11, 2020
Catching up with Kurt Kaser was a lot easier when he had to use a walker. Now that he's back on two feet again, good luck. "I got elected in...
January 11, 2020
Rhonda Diede was charged with numerous crimes when she was 32 years old -- all of them related to drug and alcohol abuse. “I wasn't in a very good place...
January 11, 2020
Last July 9, after floodwaters wrecked the interior of his 42-room Western Inn South, Bhikhabhai Chaudhari struggled to smile. Now, thanks to assistance from Kearney businesses and individuals, Chaudhari is...
January 11, 2020
Given its extensive history in Dubuque, one might assume The Adams Co. has been a model of consistency for the past 130 years. During that span, however, the company's path...
January 11, 2020
Five buddies who like to brew beer thought they'd upgrade their home equipment. They ended up opening the state's newest brewery. “It started as a plan to buy a $5,000...
January 11, 2020
Novak Djokovic has beaten Daniil Medvedev 6-1, 5-7, 6-4 to secure Serbia's win over Russia and a spot in the final of the new ATP Cup. The second-ranked Djokovic had...
January 11, 2020
Rob Wolz is in his second year as a full-time aerospace engineering instructor at Mississippi State University. The smattering of classes he teaches range from a senior lab and engineering...
January 11, 2020
When Abby Rogers moved from Lafayette to Ville Platte four years ago, she knew life would move at a different pace. As she puts it, the town of 7,400 in...
January 11, 2020
From a bagged body to unexploded ordnance to parts of a spaceship, almost anything could show up on an Outer Banks beach. About the only thing not discovered is Blackbeard's...
January 11, 2020
All-Star shortstop Trevor Story asked for $11.5 million and the Colorado Rockies offered him $10.75 million when players and teams exchanged proposed salaries in salary arbitration Friday. Colorado catcher Tony...
January 11, 2020
Rob Pelinka was given the title of vice president of basketball operations by the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday, almost three years after the former agent was hired as general...
January 11, 2020
Pitchers Zach Eflin, Vince Velasquez, Jose Alvarez and Adam Morgan reached one-year contracts with the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday while All-Star catcher J.T. Realmuto and reliever Héctor Neris exchanged salary...
January 11, 2020
Miami Marlins newcomer Jonathan Villar reached an agreement Friday on an $8.2 million, one-year contract. Right-hander Jose Ureña agreed to $3.75 million and left-hander Adam Conley to $1,525,000. First baseman...
January 11, 2020
A 190-year-old New York City tavern where scenes from the movie “Goodfellas” were filmed will stay open thanks to a deal reached Friday by the bar's owner and his landlord,...
January 11, 2020
The same establishment that just blamed the current US president for the deaths on board Flight 752 outside Tehran jumped to quibble with his spokesman for saying the Obama administration...
January 11, 2020
The White House is considering dramatically expanding its much-litigated travel ban to additional countries amid a renewed election-year focus on immigration by President Donald Trump, according to six people familiar...
