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‘Be prepared, but don’t be scared’: West Nile virus detected in Lake County mosquitoes
58+ min ago (844+ words) It’s been quite the start to the summer season — weeks of dangerous heat, hazardous air quality due to Canadian forest fires, a parasite causing “explosive diarrhea” sweeping Illinois and, in Lake County, the first detection of the West Nile virus....
Forrest Claypool: The deadly cost of siloed governance when no one is in charge
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (405+ words) When the Chicago-Cook County Violence Against Women Task Force issued its report on systemic failures affecting domestic abuse survivors, its conclusions were both damning and familiar. As the Tribune Editorial Board highlighted, Cook County’s failed system revictimizes survivors in a…...
Compound in west suburban Big Rock, first listed for $6.3M, is being marketed in an auction
2+ week, 6+ day ago (156+ words) Chicago Tribune More tickets for Obama Presidential Center museum to go on sale West Loop woman dies in late-night boat collision near Monroe Harbor and 4 others injured: ‘She was the very best of us’ First felony conviction from Operation Midway…...
Kenneth Okeke: I learned how to be an accountable leader at 11 years old — thanks to a Nintendo 3DS
3+ week, 1+ day ago (831+ words) My response is different. I was 11 when I got into “Super Smash Bros.” Like many kids, I spent countless hours playing video games with friends after a long school day, battling players on Discord, learning new techniques and trying to…...
Anthropic shuts down Mythos access after sweeping US order
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (750+ words) Anthropic PBC has disabled access to its most advanced artificial intelligence models, including Mythos, following an unprecedented order by the Trump administration to keep the technology out of the hands of all foreign nationals. The US government told Anthropic to…...
President Donald Trump signs an executive order to vet top AI models for national security risks
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (220+ words) Chicago Tribune President Donald Trump signed an executive order on artificial intelligence Tuesday, less than two weeks after postponing a White House ceremony over his concerns that a similar policy could dull America’s edge on AI technology. The order establishes…...
Biblioracle: The AI scandal around ‘The Future of Truth: How AI Reshapes Reality’
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (624+ words) It was, sadly, inevitable that some AI “hallucinated” prose was going to show up in a major nonfiction book from a Big 5 publisher, but the irony of that book being titled “The Future of Truth: How AI Reshapes Reality” is…...
Aurora investigating cyber attack that led to fraudulent payments from city accounts
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (559+ words) The city of Aurora is actively investigating a cyber attack that resulted in fraudulent payments being made from city accounts, according to authorities. The incident has been confirmed by the Aurora city government, the Aurora Police Department and the FBI,…...
University of Illinois finals set for Sunday after cyberattack delay
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (275+ words) Finals week exams at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will begin Sunday following a delay triggered by a global attack on the online learning system used by universities across the country. University officials late Saturday morning announced in a…...
Hantavirus isn’t immediate threat to Chicago, experts say: ‘People should not be alarmed’
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (751+ words) Amid the high-profile hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean, experts say there is no reason for Illinoisans to be afraid. There’s no immediate risk of the disease spreading to Chicagoland, they say, unless an infected individual…...