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The Illinois Association of Area Agencies on Aging picked the LifeSpan Center as one of several locations statewide for rallies it held on Wednesday in of full funding for the Older Americans Act amid federal budget cutting and restructuring.
A Gays man charged with killing his mother has been sentenced to 58 years in prison after voluntarily pleading guilty in this Mattoon murder case.
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The Trump istration has revoked Harvard University’s ability to enroll international students in its escalating battle with the Ivy League school. It says thousands of current students must transfer to other schools or leave the country. The Department of Homeland Security announced the action Thursday, saying Harvard has created an unsafe campus environment by allowing “anti-American, pro-terrorist agitators” to assault Jewish students on campus. It also accused Harvard of coordinating with the Chinese Communist Party, saying it hosted and trained of a Chinese paramilitary group as recently as 2024.
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