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50 Hilarious Memes To Brighten Up Your Day

We are coming back with another exquisite collection of the best the internet has to offer—memes—this time, as shared on the online group titled ‘Meme Life’. The post 50 Hilarious Memes To Brighten Up Your Day first appeared on Bored Panda.

Bored Panda · Jun 11, 2024

Do snitches net fishes? Scientists turn invasive carp into traitors to slow their Great Lakes push

State and federal wildlife agencies have developed a new weapon to slow down invasive carp across the Great Lakes region: traitor fish

The Independent UK · Nov 19, 2023

DCFS needs grade-A leadership to overcome systemic failures

With the impending departure of Marc Smith, Gov. J.B. Pritzker is back to searching for a new director who is willing and capable of tackling the child welfare agency’s intractable problems.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 5, 2023

Top Illinois Medicaid contractor Centene Corp. failed foster kids with ‘unacceptable’ medical care

A nearly $370 million contract promised to improve health care for state wards. But, for two years, Centene’s YouthCare program fell short on basic care, leaving foster parents scrambling.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 11, 2022

Lampreys taking over the Great Lakes

A cross-border program keeps sea lamprey populations at bay. But a two-year disruption was never part of the plan

Salon · Sep 15, 2022

DCFS must end practice of housing wards of the state in juvenile jail

A WBEZ report found that the practice, once on the decline, is now ticking up again.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 11, 2022

The DNA program hoping to solve Australia's most baffling missing persons cases

There are 850 sets of unidentified human remains across Australia. Until now, there has been no national approach to compare missing persons cases against unidentified remains held in storage.

ABC News · May 31, 2022

AC/DC frontman Bon Scott led a high-voltage life. But his friends say the singer's unglamorous death at age 33 was not a surprise

Four decades after Bon Scott was found dead in London, the enigmatic AC/DC star's closest friends and relatives have spoken of his greatest vulnerability.

ABC News · May 8, 2022

Lisa Curry was the 'golden girl' of the pool. But there was one thing in life she couldn't control and it's left her at a crossroads

Lisa Curry has always lived a life in the public eye — from babies and break-ups to plastic surgery and weddings, her milestones have played out in the pages of magazines. But there was one thing this determined former athlete could not change or control.

ABC News · May 1, 2022

Scott Austic was acquitted of murdering Stacey Thorne after evidence of crime scene tampering. Now both their families seek answers

Having spent more than 12 years in jail for murder, Scott Austic was acquitted after sensational revelations of planted evidence. Now, the devastated family of victim Stacey Thorne is demanding police reopen the investigation to find her killer.

ABC News · Apr 3, 2022