Category Archives: Top Stories
OpenAI chief concerned about AI being used to compromise elections
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The CEO of OpenAI, the startup behind ChatGPT, told a Senate panel on Tuesday the use of artificial intelligence to interfere with election integrity is a "significant area of co...
TJ Carson May 16, 2023 OpenAI CEO Sam Altman testifies before a Senate Judiciary Privacy, Technology & the Law Subcommittee hearing titled 'Oversight of A.I.: Rules for Artificial Intelligence' on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., May 16, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
Ribbon cut on active sensory gym at Easterseals Learning Academy
GERMANTOWN HILLS, Ill. - Students at the Easterseals Learning Academy have a space that uses play to help develop social and motor skills. The facility held a ribbon cutting ceremony Tuesday for its A...
TJ Carson May 16, 2023 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Lawmakers advance bills mandating salary transparency, community college credit parity
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - As the General Assembly prepares to wrap up its spring legislative session this week, Democratic lawmakers are advancing a bill that would mandate job posti...
Will Stevenson May 16, 2023 Sen. Cristina Pacione-Zayas is pictured on the floor of the Illinois Senate. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Producers announce 'hiatus' ahead of this year's Summer Camp
CHILLICOTHE, Ill. -- This year's Summer Camp music festival will apparently be the last, at least in the way it's been done so far. The producers of the annual event at Chillicothe's Three Sisters Par...
Julia Bradley May 16, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD -Rick Hirschmann)
Republican allies form Super PAC to back Pence presidential bid
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Allies of Mike Pence launched a Super PAC on Tuesday to garner support for the former vice president as he moves toward an expected run for the 2024 Republican presidential nomi...
Julia Bradley May 16, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence addresses the National Review Institute's 2023 Ideas Summit in Washington, U.S., March 31, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
State lawmakers trying to wrap up spring session in Springfield
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois legislators will be busy over the next few days, passing bills and putting together a new state budget during the last scheduled week of the spring session. The most daun...
Julia Bradley May 16, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: Biden, McCarthy debt ceiling meeting starts as Australia trip in limbo
UPDATED 2:20 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democratic President Joe Biden and top congressional Republican Kevin McCarthy held a new round of talks about the U.S. debt ceiling on Tuesday, and sources sai...
Julia Bradley May 16, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden hosts debt limit talks with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and other Congressional leaders in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., May 9, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
Kyiv says it shoots down volley of Russian hypersonic missiles
KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine said on Tuesday it had shot down six Russian hypersonic Kinzhal missiles in a single night, thwarting a superweapon Moscow had previously touted as all but unstoppable. It was ...
Julia Bradley May 16, 2023 Firefighters work at a site of a vehicle parking area damaged by remains of Russian missiles, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine May 16, 2023. Pavlo Petrov/Press service of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Kyiv/Handout via REUTERS
Minor injuries after midday crash in East Peoria
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - Police in East Peoria say they have turned over to the Tazewell County Sheriffs Department the investigation into a crash on the edge of the city's downtown area. East Peoria Polic...
Will Stevenson May 15, 2023 (Illinois Department of Transportation Traffic Camera)
Tuition, other fees increasing at Illinois State University
NORMAL, Ill. - Tuitiion and other fees are going up at Illinois State University. ISU's Board of Trustees Friday approved a 2.7% overall cost increase compared to the previous academic year. New under...
Will Stevenson May 15, 2023 (25 News)