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John Keilman @johnkeilman.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
This is a good story, but it fails to note the funniest detail: Disco Lines, whose post-match concert was cancelled by the suddenly penniless LIV Golf tour, is best known for his song "No Broke Boys" www.wsj.com/sports/golf/...
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The Final Days of LIV Golf: Unpaid Bills and a Scramble for Cash
The upstart golf league is playing what could be its final tournament ever as executives scramble to find new investors.
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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
BREAKING: Chicago will not host the 2028 Democratic National Convention, officials announced Thursday. @wttw.bsky.social
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Chicago Won’t Host 2028 Democratic National Convention
Chicago will not host the 2028 Democratic National Convention, officials announced Thursday.
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Zeb Larson @zeblarson.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
A friend of mine, Prexy Nesbitt, was one of King's bodyguards that day. When the rock hit King, King turned to Prexy and told him "I thought you were this great football player!" (I met very interesting people doing my dissertation research, in some ways it was the best part of doing it)
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Always in Movement | Antioch College Alumni Association
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John Keilman @johnkeilman.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Just roll down the windows, duh
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 27/07/2026
The once-humble outboard motor is having a supercar moment via high-end boats wsj.visitlink.me/joYrk3
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 07/07/2026
Stopping a shot from 12 yards requires good strategy, lightning-fast reactions, and a whole lot of luck. What goes into trying to block a World Cup penalty kick? Try your hand in this WSJ game: ⚽️ on.wsj.com/4eTZHCc
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Poorly Drawn Arsenal @poorlydrawnarsenal.com · 23/06/2026
The corner strategy of “fuck it, Gabriel’s down there somewhere” doesn’t seem to work as well when Gabriel is from a different country.
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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Chicago U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros insisted he and his team have "fixed" an office "that was doing less than even the bare minimum" before he arrived. That's despite the conviction of one of Illinois' most powerful Democrats two months before he took office: chicago.suntimes.com/donald-trump...
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Trump's acting attorney general backs Boutros amid fallout from botched ‘Broadview 6’ case
A chorus of local Democrats has called on Chicago U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros to resign, including U.S. Sens. Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth, U.S. Reps. Mike Quigley and Jesus “Chuy” Garcia, and for...
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Jason Meisner @jmetr22b.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
“I’m sick to my stomach as a former prosecuor. I’m sick to my stomach as a U.S. citizen who has to live in this country with this Department of Justice that is acting this recklessly.” Grand jury improprieties tank 'Broadview Six' case UPDATE: www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/21/p...
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Grand jury improprieties revealed in court as ‘Broadview Six’ case unravels
Just five days before a jury trial was set to begin, federal prosecutors have dismissed all remaining counts in the “Broadview Six” case.
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Arsenal FC @arsenalfc.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
The Arsenal. Your Premier League champions.
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 17/05/2026
Distillers that added capacity during the pandemic are facing a hangover as more Americans join the ranks of the sober-curious. on.wsj.com/4nCC995
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The world’s biggest bourbon brand predates the Civil War and survived Prohibition—but this was a bust few saw coming.
Distillers that added capacity during the pandemic are facing a hangover as more Americans join the ranks of the sober-curious.
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Dan Hinkel @danhinkel.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
No writer is better suited to pen this obituary, and Rick Kogan handled it beautifully.
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Sam Sianis of the Billy Goat, Chicago’s most famous saloonkeeper, dies at 91
Sam Sianis, a Greek immigrant who became one of the most successful saloonkeepers and a popular figure in the sports and media worlds, died in Chicago early Friday morning. He was 91.
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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Pope:”Reading nourishes the mind, helps cultivate a conscious and well-formed critical sense, guards against fundamentalisms and ideological shortcuts.” Reading is “an antidote to closed-mindedness which manifests in rigid attitudes and reductive views of reality.” www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...
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Pope Leo: Literature must be a 'school of fraternity and peace' - Vatican News
Pope Leo XIV sends a message to the Turin International Book Fair, taking place this week in the northern Italian city, reiterating that literature ...
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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 15/05/2026
Sam Sianis, a Greek immigrant who became one of the most successful saloonkeepers and a popular figure in the sports and media worlds, died in Chicago early Friday morning. He was 91.
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Sam Sianis of the Billy Goat, Chicago’s most famous saloonkeeper, dies at 91
Sam Sianis, a Greek immigrant who became one of the most successful saloonkeepers and a popular figure in the sports and media worlds, died in Chicago early Friday morning. He was 91.
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 15/05/2026
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is taking a page from other blue states to combat a housing shortage, proposing that Illinois take some control away from local authorities.
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‘Yimby’ Has Arrived in Illinois, and Some Cities Don’t Like It
A “Yes in My Backyard” bill backed by Gov. JB Pritzker is designed to create affordable housing by pulling some zoning authority from cities and towns.
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John Keilman @johnkeilman.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Great obit
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 12/05/2026
"Subway Takes" creator Kareem Rahma is steadfast in his belief that he’s doing nothing more complicated than making television shows that people want to watch, regardless of where they appear or how long the episodes run. 🔗 on.wsj.com/4eJ5yfu
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Poorly Drawn Arsenal @poorlydrawnarsenal.com · 10/05/2026
Local Raccoon Becomes Hero
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West Ham Arsenal Poorly Drawn
Only took me an hour after the match to remember how to breathe. Improvement!
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 10/05/2026
China is increasingly dominating high-tech industries, while the low-value manufacturing sectors that powered the country’s rise are becoming less important economic drivers.
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The Factory Town Known as China’s Furniture Capital Is Fighting to Survive
The U.S. lost much of its furniture industry to China years ago. Now, American tariffs and overseas competition are punishing manufacturers.
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Poorly Drawn Arsenal @poorlydrawnarsenal.com · 10/05/2026
ENEMYSHIP WITH VAR ENDED. FRIENDSHIP WITH VAR STARTED.
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Poorly Drawn Arsenal @poorlydrawnarsenal.com · 10/05/2026
WE MIGHT DO IT. WE’LL ALL BE DEAD BY THE PARADE, BUT WE MIGHT DO IT.
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 10/05/2026
High-schoolers are jumping around in search of playing time and winning teams in the age of big college paydays. on.wsj.com/3PsUiJM
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Four High Schools in Four Years: The Wild World of Athlete Transfers in Florida
High-schoolers are jumping around in search of playing time and winning teams in the age of big college paydays.
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Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
“We had believed we were there for a high moral purpose. But somehow our idealism was lost, our morals corrupted and the purpose forgotten.” He wrote one of the great American Vietnam War memoirs and was an exceptional war reporter. RIP Philip Caputo. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/08/b...
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Philip Caputo, Who Wrote Blistering Vietnam War Memoir, Dies at 84
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 06/05/2026
Meet the union representative acting as a lifeline for sailors caught in the middle of the Iran war. on.wsj.com/4uDCA5n
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Over 20,000 Sailors Are Stranded by the Iran War. This Is Who They Call.
Meet the union representative acting as a lifeline for sailors caught in the middle of the Iran war.
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Sarah Fitzpatrick @sfitz787.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
EXCLUSIVE: My latest story for @theatlantic.com : www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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The FBI Director’s Unusual Calling Card
“Ka$h Patel” bourbon is his newest innovation.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 06/05/2026
Breaking News: Ted Turner, who created CNN and gave the world the 24-hour news cycle, has died at 87. nyti.ms/4dtcf40
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Duaa Eldeib @deldeib.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
This was a hard story to report. Newborns who don’t get a vitamin K shot are 81 times more likely to develop a condition where they bleed uncontrollably. But more and more families are declining the shot. And babies are dying. www.propublica.org/article/more...
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Babies Are Bleeding to Death as Parents Reject a Vitamin Shot Given at Birth
A lifesaving injection given at birth to prevent severe bleeding has become collateral damage of the anti-vaccine movement.
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 06/05/2026
Stanley Black & Decker says fewer buyers want the Connecticut plant’s single-sided tape measures, preferring double-sided ones made abroad. on.wsj.com/4u0SJSA
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The Stanley factories in New Britain, Conn., made millions of screwdrivers, drills and other tools over the past two centuries. The last remaining plant made tape measures. Now, it’s closing, too.
Stanley Black & Decker says fewer buyers want the Connecticut plant’s single-sided tape measures, preferring double-sided ones made abroad.
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Christopher Mims @mims.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Who's going to buy into the gigantic IPOs of companies with no profits and questionable paths to profitability, such as SpaceX and OpenAI? You will, through your employer's retirement plan, writes @jmackin2.bsky.social www.wsj.com/finance/stoc...
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Stock Indexes Are Contorting Themselves to Include SpaceX and OpenAI
Index funds holding trillions of dollars of 401(k)s and other investments are rushing to change their rules as the IPOs of SpaceX, OpenAI and Anthropic draw closer.
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 03/05/2026
A part-by-part breakdown of a typical first-person-view drone shows the strength of China’s stranglehold. on.wsj.com/4ekLmQR
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The U.S. is striving to dominate the drone evolution in military technology the way it has with previous wartime innovations. There is just one problem: China got there first.
A part-by-part breakdown of a typical first-person-view drone shows the strength of China’s stranglehold.
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 02/05/2026
A Chinese court ruled that companies cannot terminate employees just to replace them with artificial intelligence systems, as authorities juggle the need to stabilize the domestic labor market with a global race to develop AI technologies
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Chinese Court Rules Firms Can’t Lay Off Workers on AI Grounds
A Chinese court ruled that companies cannot terminate employees just to replace them with artificial intelligence systems, as authorities juggle the need to stabilize the domestic labor market with a global race to develop AI technologies.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 01/05/2026
I tried to live for 24 hours without using oil-based products. It was ridiculously impossible
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I tried to live for 24 hours without using oil-based products. It was ridiculously impossible
The world’s economy is completely dependent on petrochemicals. Is there any way to avoid them?
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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Chicago cop killer violently robbed store for $110, fled on scooter before hospital shooting, prosecutors say From @sophiesherry.bsky.social, via @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2026/0...
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Chicago cop killer violently robbed store for $110, fled on scooter before hospital shooting, prosecutors say
Judge D'Anthony Thedford called Alphanso Talley "dangerous" during a detention hearing Thursday and ordered him held at the Cook County Jail pending trial. Prosecutors still haven't explained how Tall...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
(WSJ) - The U.S. national debt now exceeds 100% of gross domestic product, crossing a once-unthinkable threshold, on the way toward breaking the record set in the wake of World War II. @wsj.com www.wsj.com/economy/u-s-...
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 30/04/2026
Samsung is expected to outearn Apple, Microsoft and Alphabet, while two other memory giants are projected to enter top-10 profit list this year.
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AI Has Made Memory Chips One of the World’s Most Profitable Products
Samsung is expected to outearn Apple, Microsoft and Alphabet, while two other memory giants are projected to enter top-10 profit list this year.
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 30/04/2026
A hedge fund manager focused on navigating the energy transition has generated a 39% return so far this year, after adopting a policy of ignoring Trump’s signals on the Iran war
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Hedge Fund Manager ‘Ignoring Trump’ Nets 39% Gain on Energy Bets
A hedge fund manager focused on navigating the energy transition has generated a 39% return so far this year, after adopting a policy of ignoring US President Donald Trump’s signals on the Iran war.
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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Janet Mills is OUT of the Maine Senate race. Graham Platner will be the nominee.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 30/04/2026
Roger Sweet, a toy designer who created the musclebound hero He-Man for Mattel as well as other characters for the popular Masters of the Universe cartoon and toy franchise in the 1980s, has died at 91.
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Roger Sweet, Creator of the He-Man Action Figure, Dies at 91
The musclebound character he developed as a toy designer for Mattel gave rise to the Masters of the Universe franchise and helped define the machismo of the 1980s.
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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
What an incredible use of government resources: Federal prosecutors are dismissing the main conspiracy charges in the “Broadview Six” case and will proceed instead with misdemeanor counts. This after previously dropping two defendants. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/29/c...
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Feds move to dismiss main conspiracy count in ‘Broadview Six’ protester case
Prosecutors are dismissing the main conspiracy count in the politically charged “Broadview Six” case against immigration protesters in Broadview and will proceed instead with misdemeanor counts.
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Peter Nickeas @peternickeas.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
The success stories are always versions of "we do the best work we can and adhere to our ethics and the marketplace rewards us, so we can do more of the best work we can"
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John Keilman @johnkeilman.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
One of my favorite people at the Tribune. A great editor and a fun guy to talk with.
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Caroline Kubzansky @ckubzansky.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
News: Alphanso Talley allegedly hid a 10-mm Glock 29 under a blanket as he was being prepared for a CT scan at Swedish Hospital Saturday. As Ofc. John Bartholomew uncuffed him from the bed, ASAs said Talley took the gun out and shot him and another officer. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/27/p...
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Man allegedly hid gun under a blanket before weekend hospital shooting of two police officers
Two days after the fatal shooting of one Chicago police officer and wounding of a second at a Chicago hospital, the man initially arrested in the case has been criminally charged and ordered to remain...
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Christopher Mims @mims.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
"The crisis in the Middle East is a triple whammy for poorer nations." 1. Many poor nations don't have renewables to fall back on 2. Fuel/fertilizer crisis = massive food crisis 3. $100bn in remittances from workers in the Gulf threatened also: U.S., others killed off aid when it's needed most
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John Keilman @johnkeilman.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Unbelievable. Another supposedly unbreakable barrier falls.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 24/04/2026
Breaking News: A U.S. soldier who helped capture Nicolás Maduro has been charged with using classified information to bet on the mission on Polymarket.
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Soldier Used Classified Information to Bet on Maduro’s Ouster, U.S. Says
Federal prosecutors say that Sgt. Gannon Ken Van Dyke, who was involved in planning to oust Nicolás Maduro from power in Venezuela, used the information to place bets on a prediction market.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 22/04/2026
Trump envoy seeks to replace Iran with Italy at World Cup, says report
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Trump envoy seeks to replace Iran with Italy at World Cup, says report
* US special envoy Zampolli hopes for Italy involvement * Doubts remain over Iran’s participation An envoy to the US President Donald Trump has asked Fifa to replace Iran with Italy in the upcoming World Cup, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday. The plan is an effort to repair ties between Trump and Italy’s prime minister Giorgia Meloni after the two fell out amid the American president’s attacks against Pope Leo XIV over the Iran war, the FT reported, citing people familiar with the matter. Continue reading...
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The Onion @theonion.com · 18/04/2026
Zoe Peters

Zoe Peters died at 76 from a heart attack, assuming the medical examiner accepts her husband’s bribe.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 17/04/2026
Kash Patel’s colleagues are alarmed by what they say is erratic behavior and excessive drinking, Sarah Fitzpatrick reports. More than two dozen people she spoke with described his management failures and conduct that could harm national security.
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Kash Patel’s Erratic Behavior Could Cost Him His Job
The FBI director has alarmed colleagues with episodes of excessive drinking and unexplained absences.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 14/04/2026
Hampshire College, a small liberal arts school in Massachusetts, will permanently shutter, joining an epidemic of college closures. It's the alma mater of the filmmaker Ken Burns, who made his first documentary movie as a student there.
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Hampshire College Will Close Amid Student Enrollment Declines
Hundreds of small private colleges like Hampshire have closed in recent years as financial pressures and competition for students increase.
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Jason Meisner @jmetr22b.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
///BREAKING/// The 7th Circuit has ordered former ComEd CEO Anne Pramaggiore and lobbyist Michael McClain RELEASED from federal prison pending a new trial.
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