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| The grants were among a 405 across the country, totaling $1.2 billion. Read more |
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| When finished, the facility will feature a running track, fitness area, a rock climbing wall, a multi-function event center, a gymnasium with basketball and volleyball courts and other amenities Read more |
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| Resort-type housing is starting to go up where an empty manufacturing building once stood on the edge of downtown. Read more |
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| For the second year in a row, Miller Elementary School Principal Jennifer Griffin has committed to reading books to children on the Miller Elementary School PTO Facebook Page. Read more |
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| The $20 million project is expected to be completed in fall 2021. Initial work will include demolition of buildings dating from 1986 and earlier. Approximately two-thirds of the existing facility will be removed, primarily along Wabash Street and the corner of West Ripley Street. Read more |
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| NEW DELHI (AP) — India on Wednesday banned the widely popular Chinese mobile game PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, known by the acronym PUBG, along with 117 other mobile apps in another move targeting China. Read more |
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| Stocks are opening higher as Wall Street’s tech-driven rally continues to notch gains. The benchmark S&P 500 was up 0.4% in the early going Wednesday and the tech-heavy Nasdaq rose 0.6%. Chipmaker Nvidia was among the early standouts. DraftKings jumped more than 8% after announcing that basketball legend Michael Jordan would take an ownership stake in the company in exchange for becoming a special advisor to the sports betting site. Macy’s also rose sharply after reporting a quarterly loss that was much smaller than analysts were anticipating. Macy’s said its digital sales rose more than 50% in the latest quarter. Read more |
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| WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is canceling some of its remaining orders for ventilators, after rushing to sign nearly $3 billion in emergency contracts as the COVID-19 pandemic surged in the spring. Read more |
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| LONDON — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is resisting calls to extend a government program that has paid the wages of millions of workers laid off during the coronavirus lockdown. Read more |
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| WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. companies added jobs at a modest pace last month, a private survey found, a sign that while hiring continues, it is only soaking up a relatively small proportion of the unemployed. Read more |
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| Don't let your spending get out of control. Read more |
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