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  LONDON (AP) — Google is laying off 12,000 workers, becoming the latest tech company to trim staff as the economic boom that the industry rode during the COVID-19 pandemic ebbs. The Silicon Valley giant’s CEO Sundar Pichai shared the news Friday in an email to staff that was also posted

LaSalle-Peru Township High School is excited to announce the students who qualified for honor roll and high scholarship in the first semester of the 2022-2023 school year. High Scholarship Seniors: Leah Ann Anderson, Anneliese Louise Bangert, Evan Thomas Bara, Abigail Grace Beckcom, Evin Shea

LASALLE – The Celebration of Lights, the large light display in Rotary Park in LaSalle each winter, had another amazing year, collecting nearly $140 thousand in donations. LaSalle Mayor Jeff Grove said the community has been outstanding in supporting it, including the display sponsors,

By KATHLEEN FOODY The Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The family of an Illinois man whose death prompted murder charges against two paramedics who strapped him facedown on a stretcher has filed a lawsuit against them and their employer, attorneys said Thursday. Ben Crump, whose firm often

By HARM VENHUIZEN Associated Press/Report for America MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Assembly gave a final, bipartisan push Thursday to a proposed constitutional amendment that would make it harder for violent criminals to get out of jail on bail. The measure will now

By CLAIRE SAVAGE Associated Press/Report for America CHICAGO (AP) —Illinois Department of Children and Family Services wrongfully incarcerated hundreds of children in juvenile detention after a court ordered them to be released to their guardian, according to a class action lawsuit filed

By JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — A group of religious leaders who support abortion rights filed a lawsuit Thursday challenging Missouri’s abortion ban, saying lawmakers openly invoked their religious beliefs while drafting the measure and thereby imposed those beliefs on

Actor Alec Baldwin has been charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of ‘Rust’ cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. ‘Rust’ armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed was also charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter. A statement released on

  OGLESBY – People of all ages are invited to witness the nation’s bird in its natural habitat next week during Starved Rock State Park’s Eagle Watch Weekend. Events will take place Saturday and Sunday, January 28th-29th at three different locations, the Illinois Waterway