State

Wage theft case has Republicans’ questions unanswered from Pritzker, Democrats

State Sen. John Curran, R-Downers Grove, talks about questions over a case involving a former state employee charged with forgery and wage theft.  

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• Plaintiffs: New legislative maps dilute Latino vote

  • Only one testifies at first congressional redistricting hearing

• Study: Illinois' increased education dollars going to pension benefits and administration

Nation

U.S. charges 18 former NBA players with defrauding league's health plan

Eighteen former National Basketball Association players were charged on Thursday with defrauding the league's health and welfare benefit plan out of $3.9 million by seeking reimbursement for medical and dental work that was never performed. 

• Despite preparation, California pipeline operator may have taken hours to stop leak

• Texas abortion provider resumes services after judge blocks near-total ban

Government, Politics, Campaigns  & Elections

U.S. Senate approves temporary lift of debt ceiling, averts default

The U.S. Capitol is seen as Senate Democrats and Republicans sought to reach an agreement on to avert a debt crisis in Washington, U.S., October 7, 2021. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

• Exclusive-U.S. Democrats court Manchin with two-part climate plan -sources

• U.S. House panel probing Jan. 6 Capitol riot issues more subpoenas

• U.S. Senate Democrats give new details on Trump's bid to overturn election

• Biden to restore boundaries of protected areas that were reduced by Trump

• Biden calls on more U.S. businesses to require COVID-19 vaccinations

• Biden says U.S. will 'deal' with violence on airplanes

• New York City mayor misused security detail for personal benefit, watchdog says

• California law prohibits secretly removing condom during sex

International

Former envoy denounces U.S. deportations to Haiti

A U.S. border patrol officer grabs the shirt of a migrant trying to return to the United States along the Rio Grande, after having crossed from the United States into Mexico to buy food, as seen from Ciudad Acuna, in Ciudad Acuna, Mexico, September 19. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril

• Call Taiwan a country, French senator says, angering China

  • U.S. troops rotating into Taiwan for training -sources

• Blast hits mosque in northeastern Afghanistan, killing worshippers

• U.N. fears 'imminent attack' in Myanmar after army build-up

Turkish opposition deepens cooperation, heaping pressure on Erdogan

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan in Sochi, Russia September 29, 2021. Sputnik/Vladimir Smirnov/Pool via REUTERS

• N.Korea's food situation appears perilous, experts say

• Journalists who took on Putin and Duterte win 2021 Nobel Peace Prize

• Soldiers, prisoners, displaced people vote early ahead of Iraq election

• 'You are playing with fire': EU faces crisis after Polish court ruling

Science, Medicine, Technology & Environment

And the 2021 Nobel Prizes go to men... so far

A combination image shows the eight winners of the 2021 Nobel Prizes in medicine, chemistry, physics and literature. From L-R, top-bottom are: medicine Nobel winners Ardem Patapoutian and David Julius; physics Nobel winners Giorgio Parisi, Syukuro Manabe and Klaus Hasselmann; chemistry Nobel winners Benjamin List and David MacMillan; and literature Nobel winner Abdulrazak Gurnah. Courtesy of Ardem Patapoutian and UCSF/Noah Berger/Handouts via REUTERS and REUTERS/Remo Casilli/Mike Segar/Fabian Bimmer/Wolfgang Rattay/Eduardo Munoz/Henry Nicholls/File Photos