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In an airport full of strangers, Ruthie Harper makes everyone her friend. That’s why she was selected as a 2025 recipient of an Experience Champaign-Urbana's Brilliant Spirit Awards.

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Downtown plaza is bad idea ...

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Gaza slaughter must end ...

Syria’s president on Saturday received a Republican member of Congress in the first visit to the country by American legislators since the ouster of former leader ...

A second round of talks between Iran and the United States over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program has ended in Rome after several hours, Iranian state television reported. There was ...

Gaza’s Health Ministry says more than 90 people have been killed by Israeli strikes in 48 hours. The ministry does not differentiate between civilians and combatants. The dead include at ...

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