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Former Northwestern University professor, Oxford employee arrested for bizarre fantasy murder

CHICAGO (UPI) -- A Northwestern University professor and an Oxford University employee were arrested Sunday for their alleged involvement in the stabbing death of a 26-year-old man in Chicago - a murder prosecutors say was part of a violent sexual fantasy. Wyndham Lathem, a 43-year-old microbiologist at Northwestern University and Andrew Warren, a 56-year-old British payroll employee at Oxford University in England, are suspects in the death of Trenton Cornell-Duranleau, who was stabbed stabbed more than 47 times to his back, […]

todayAugust 21, 2017 16

Business & Lifestyle

Illinois Policy Institute: Moody’s warns delay of state funding for Illinois schools a ‘credit negative’

SPRINGFIELD/CHICAGO (Illinois Policy Institute) -- State lawmakers keep giving ratings agencies reasons to downgrade Illinois government: pension crises, years of bad budgets and a two-year budget impasse are just a few examples. All have caused the credit ratings of various Illinois governments – from cities to universities to the state itself – to collapse. Many are now junk-rated and the state is just one notch away from junk itself. Now the ratings agencies have yet another reason to downgrade some […]

todayAugust 21, 2017 2

National

Steve Bannon: ‘No administration in history has been so divided’

WASHINGTON (UPI) -- Steve Bannon, who left his job as U.S. President Donald Trump's chief strategist Friday, says "no administration in history has been so divided among itself." Shortly after leaving the White House, Bannon returned to his former post as executive chairman of the conservative website Breitbart News. He has said he remains committed to helping Trump fulfill his agenda, despite opposition from Democrats, as well as members of Trump's own Republican party. In an interview with The Washington Post Saturday, Bannon said, "If […]

todayAugust 20, 2017 16

Business & Lifestyle

Lawsuit alleges Poland Spring water isn’t from a spring

STAMFORD, Conn. (UPI) -- A lawsuit filed in Federal court in Connecticut claims Poland Spring water is not actually from a spring and is "common groundwater." The suit alleges the bottled water comes from wells in populated areas, some of which are located near landfills and other potential sources of contamination. Stamford, Conn.,-based Nestle Waters North America, the parent company of Poland Spring, denied the suit has any merit and said the eight springs where Poland Spring water originates meet the […]

todayAugust 19, 2017 6

National

Steve Bannon out as White House chief strategist

WASHINGTON (UPI) -- President Donald Trump on Friday ousted Steve Bannon, his chief White House political strategist and architect of his populist campaign, sources told The New York Times and NBC News. The Times reported Bannon has already returned to the helm of Breitbart.com, the conservative online news outlet he ran before joining Trump's campaign last year. The departure is another major staff shakeup in three weeks for Trump, who during that time fired former chief of staff Reince Priebus and replaced him with Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly. […]

todayAugust 18, 2017 3

Business & Lifestyle

Circuit clerk issues statement regarding civil case e-filing

HILLSBORO (Heartland Newsfeed) -- Starting January 1, 2018, all civil cases in Illinois must be e-filed and Montgomery County Circuit Clerk Holly Lemons wants to make sure court users are not caught off guard as the deadline is quickly approaching. An Illinois Supreme Court mandate requires all users of the court file electronically, including pro se litigants. "We want to encourage learning and utilizing the system early," Lemons said. " I don't want users to run into issues once the […]

todayAugust 18, 2017 26

Business & Lifestyle

Mylan finalizes $465 million settlement over EpiPen billing lawsuit

WASHINGTON (UPI) -- Mylan, the drug company that manufactures the anti-allergy injector EpiPen, finalized a $465 million settlement with the federal government stemming from allegations it over-billed Medicaid for the drug. The Justice Department alleged Mylan violated the False Claims Act by knowingly listing the EpiPen as a generic drug, which is subject to lower rebates under federal law, despite the fact there is no equivalent competitor to lower the price. In order to prevent states from suffering price gouging by […]

todayAugust 17, 2017 9

Business & Lifestyle

Garret Austin trial delayed again, reset for August 31

HILLSBORO/ST. CHARLES, Mo. (Heartland Newsfeed) -- Technicalities in procedure has once again put a delay in the trial of Garret Austin, who was arrested in the murder of Dallas Green in October 2016. The St. Charles Sheriff's Department in Missouri has declined to release any information regarding the Life Flight helicopter which transportated Green from Pana Community Hospital to a Springfield-area hospital, which had to make an unexpected stop at Taylorville Memorial Hospital due to the deterioration of Green's condition. The […]

todayAugust 17, 2017 23

Business & Lifestyle

Trump criticizes removal of Confederate monuments

WASHINGTON (UPI) -- President Donald Trump on Thursday criticized the removal of Confederate monuments in the United States, saying that "beauty" is "being taken out of our cities." Trump made the comments in a series of posts on Twitter. "Sad to see the history and culture of our great country being ripped apart with the removal of our beautiful statues and monuments," he wrote. "You can't change history, but you can learn from it. Robert E Lee, Stonewall Jackson - who's next, Washington, Jefferson? So foolish!" […]

todayAugust 17, 2017 2

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