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Encouraging Readers to Harass Person for Alleged Sexual Misconduct Creates Jurisdiction in Person's Home State

From Lord v. Smith, decided last Friday by Judge Virginia Kendall (N.D. Ill.), reaffirming an earlier decision: Both Lord and Smith are professional online gamers with millions of followers on streaming platforms and social media. They use the handles Ohmwrecker and H2O Delirious, respectively. Lord alleges that Smith began a…

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NASCAR drivers ‘skeptical’ about spectacle that will be the Chicago Street Race

“Racing through the city streets, very narrow, I honestly don’t know how it’s all going to work out,” Bubba Wallace said.

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Debt ceiling vote: takeaways and how the Illinois congressional delegation voted

When Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., was sure there were enough votes to pass the debt ceiling measure, she voted no. But if her vote was needed, she would have been a yes.

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Former ‘Family Feud’ contestant Timothy Bliefnick guilty in wife’s slaying

QUINCY, Ill. — A jury Wednesday convicted a former contestant on the television game show “Family Feud” of first-degree murder and home invasion in the slaying of his estranged wife in western Illinois.

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Debt limit package passes House, heads to Senate - Roll Call

The House passed a bill Wednesday night to suspend the debt limit past the 2024 elections, sending the measure to the Senate.

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2023 USA TODAY Sports/AVCA boys volleyball regional rankings

The best volleyball teams in the West, Midwest, South, and Northeast regions as the 2023 season heads into June.

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William Brandt Jr., influential Democrat, corporate restructuring pioneer, dies at 73

U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., said, ‘Bill was always a no-bulls---, honest and direct sounding board — whether we agreed or not.’

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He was a beloved farming legend. But for Reddit, his work ethic meant something else

David Brandt, who died last week, was an Ohio farmer known for his pioneering work in no-till farming. But social media users knew him better as the overall-clad farmer from the "honest work" meme.

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Mom creates garden where son was shot, hoping people will remember him, maybe help solve his killing

“We just want justice for him, and we just want his name to be remembered,” said Nicole D’Vignon, the mother of Nicolaus Cooper, gunned down in March in Chicago Heights.

Chicago Sun-Times

Man steals backhoe for 10-mile drive to downstate Illinois airport to catch flight, authorities say

A Carbondale man is accused of stealing a backhoe from a work site, driving it to an airport and getting on a flight.

Chicago Sun-Times

2023 USA TODAY Sports/AVCA boys volleyball regional rankings

The best volleyball teams in the West, Midwest, South, and Northeast regions as the 2023 season heads into the final week of May.

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State deploying 30 ‘peacekeepers’ in Chicago over Memorial Day weekend in effort to prevent violence through de-escalation

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s administration will be sending a newly created team of street outreach workers to Chicago neighborhoods during the Memorial Day weekend to help with the city’s violence prevention efforts.

Chicago Tribune

Harlan Crow dismisses Senate panel’s questions about gifts to Clarence Thomas

WASHINGTON — A billionaire Republican donor brushed off questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee about his relationship with Justice Clarence Thomas, in a letter Monday that argues the panel did not have the authority to investigate the lavish gifts he provided to the member of the Supreme Court.

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Crow sidesteps panel's questions about gifts to Clarence Thomas - Roll Call

A billionaire Republican donor brushed off questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee about his relationship with Justice Clarence Thomas.

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5 takeaways on the looming debt ceiling deadline crisis

Illinois House Democrats are divided over whether President Biden should invoke the 14th Amendment to let the federal government borrow money over the debt limit. GOP pushing for work requirements for public benefits.

Chicago Tribune

Native American history would be latest public schools requirement under bill Gov. J.B. Pritzker expected to sign

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois public schools would be required to teach lessons on Midwestern Native American history beginning in the 2024-25 school year under a measure passed by state legislators that is expected to be signed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker.

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Sam Zell dies at 81; Chicago real estate tycoon owned Tribune Co.

The billionaire, known as “the grave dancer” for picking up distressed assets, once owned the Tribune Co., which went into bankruptcy.

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2023 USA TODAY Sports/AVCA boys volleyball regional rankings

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2023 USA TODAY Sports/AVCA boys volleyball Super 25

The top boys high school volleyball teams as of May 17, 2023.

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VA renegotiates health record modernization contract - Roll Call

The VA says its electronic health care record system will now be governed by a modified contract in order to boost accountability.

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Recess starting to feel distant as debt limit deadline nears - Roll Call

The federal government is expected to run out of enough funds to pay all its bills on time as soon as June 1.

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Illinois 3-star TE Karsen Konkel to take official visit to MSU in June

Three-star TE Karsen Konkel of Pinckneyville, Ill. will reportedly take an official visit to Michigan State in June

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More than 1,200 beds from McCormick Place COVID-19 temporary hospital go unused amid migrant housing crisis

The city kept 126 beds but isn’t using them. The state has 1,125 more beds from the makeshift hospital but says the city hasn’t asked for them. And the city is missing out on $30 million from Springfield to support migrants.

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House-passed border bill may spark bipartisan immigration talks - Roll Call

House Republicans passed a sweeping border security package Thursday that lawmakers said could spark bipartisan negotiations on immigration.

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