FACEBOOK WILL BE PAYING $650 MILLION TO SETTLE A US PRIVACY DISPUTE

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• A US federal judge recently gave final approval to payment worth $650 million in order to settle a privacy dispute between Facebook and 1.6 million users in the state of Illinois

• As per the documents seen by the news agency, this decision was issued on...

17-YEAR OLD SELF PROCLAIMED LOCAL MILITIA BOY SHOOTS PROTESTERS, KILLING 2 IN KENOSHA COUNTY

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• The 17-year-old boy carried a big gun and a medical kit as he hanged out with Armed older men
• The police chief was also advised to enlist the help of the locals

As protests broke out after Jacob Blake’s shooting in Wisconsin, three ...

EXE. ORDER BY GOV. HALTS MARIJUANA GROWING LICENSES IN ILLINOIS

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• Governor Pritzker halts growing licenses for Marijuana for now 
• Illinois has passed new rules to be able to bring in more people of color to be able to participate in the industry                  &nb...

ILLINOIS SET TO REOPEN GYMS THIS FRIDAY WITH RESTRICTIONS IN PLACE

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• The reopening phase of Illinois is almost at its end 
• Gyms will re-open this Friday at 50% capacity only

Return to normalcy in these pandemic driven days are redefined to mean social distancing, face masks, primarily. With busi...

ILLINOIS NOW HAS 11 ON-DEMAND TESTING SITES, CROSSES 1 MILLION TESTING

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• The state of Illinois has till now tested more than 1 million people 
• The state will now test people without symptoms
• Governor Pritzker wants all the people in the protest rally for George Floyd to get tested at these sites for covid
...

WHITE HOUSE: CHICAGO ONE OF THE COVID19 HOTSPOTS

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• Illinois going ahead with its phase 3 reopening
• Chicago still not set on any date to uplift ban  

While Illinois is all set to enter phase three of its reopening, Chicago is nowhere near a date on it will. If all goes as planned, Ill...

ILLINOIS GOV. PRE-PONS RESTAURANT DINE-IN OPENING WITH OUTDOOR SITTING

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• Governor Pritzker changes decision, lets dine-in outdoor begin in restaurants in phase 3 of reopening
• Retail, manufacturing and others shall also open in phase 3

As eateries are allowed now open up with social distancing, Illinois Governo...

ILLINOIS: FATALITY RATE CROSSES 4,000, 4 NEW TESTING SITES ANNOUNCED

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• A surge in fatality rate Illinois is worried
• Essential health workers are now encouraged to get tested even when asymptomatic

Illinois surged past the 4,000 mark in mortality rate. With a worrisome state of matters in hand, Illinois ...

CHICAGO: MAYOR LIGHTFOOT HINTS AT WHAT BUSINESSES MIGHT OPEN IN THE THIRD PHASE

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• Chicago still does not have a date for entering the third phase
• Lightfoot made it clear that the city shall still need to practice social distancing and stay at home

Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot tailor-made and customized rules for Chicag...

48% OF ILLINOIS’S COVID19 DEATHS ARE FROM NURSING HOMES

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• Illinois death and infection rates in nursing homes spike this week
• Accounted for infected covid19 cases at 11,437 and deaths at 1,553

Nursing outbreaks of coronavirus has claimed many lives and remains one of the focus areas for containm...

GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER ANNOUNCED A 5 PHASE REOPENING FOR ILLINOIS

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• Illinois is already in phase 2 of the plan
• The phases are categorized as Rapid Spread, Flattening, Recovery, Revitalization and Illinois Restored

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has announced a 5 phase reopening plan for the state. Curren...

FHLBANK CHICAGO ANNOUNCES $30 MILLION COVID RELIEF

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• The FHLBank Chicago is funding a relief fund to assist financial institutions with liquidity
• The relief will reach out to such institutes in Illinois and Wisconsin

In a generous move to help the other banks and the communities that they s...

TRUMP WITH 1,330 DELEGATES HAD A CAKE WALK; BIDEN SWEEPS THREE STATES

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• Trump had it easy in wrapping up the primaries by winning 1,330 delegates
• Senator Sanders drop out of the race
• Biden reaches out to sander

Elections amid the virus scare; Joe Biden is holding his wining streak across all the th...

A New Research Explores Clay's Potential as a Feed Supplement for Diary Cattle   

A new research suggests that the addition of clay as a feed supplement for dairy cattle can improve the degradability of feedstuff.

The research was conducted at the University of Illinois. Phil Cardoso, associate professor, Department of Animal Sciences, Illinois elaborated the study. ...

How the Universities could listen to the biggest frauds in the science’s history

By day, Andrew Grey studies bone health. But over the past few years, he’s developed another speciality: the case of one of science’s most prolific fraudsters. From 1996 to 2013, Yoshihiro Sato, a Japanese bone-health researcher plagiarized work, fabricated data and forged authorships — prompting...

Half of America’s resemblance with Tornado Alley due to severe weather

According to the National Weather Service, every day in the United States tornadoes has been cracking up in a consecutive manner. They are part of an outburst of severe weather events inclusive of the highest cold, record heat, and the greatest flooding. On Wednesday, the same happened, with tornado...

Excess Work Hours Increase Risk Of Injuries

Time management is very important trick to have a successful work life. It is important to balance between everything in life to be able to maintain your health at a steady level. There are definitely a lot of changes that occur to the body when it meets irregular schedules and failing to have a rou...