ROSARIO, Argentina (AP) — Argentina on Wednesday mourned five victims of the bike path attack near the World Trade Center who were part of a group of friends celebrating the 30th anniversary of their high school graduation with a trip to New York City.
Argentine school mourns 5 alumni killed in bike path attack
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Administration won't pursue talking car mandate
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has quietly set aside plans to require new cars to be able to wirelessly talk to each other, auto industry officials said, jeopardizing one of the most promising technologies for preventing traffic deaths.
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Construction spending up 0.3% in September
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. construction spending increased 0.3 percent in September as the biggest advance in government building activity in four months offset weakness in other areas.
The Commerce Department said Wednesday that the September gain followed a tiny 0.1 percent rise in August and declines in June and July.
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Former Illinois State president to lead state's higher-education board
Al Bowman, 64, will be paid $150,000 annually under terms of a contract approved by the Illinois Board of Higher Education on Tuesday.
SPRINGFIELD — Al Bowman, the former president of Illinois State University, has been named executive director of the Illinois Board of Higher Education.
He replaces James Applegate, who stepped down earlier this year after only three years in the position.
Bowman, 64, will be paid $150,000 annually under terms of a contract approved by the IBHE board Tuesday.
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Probe continues after 2 kids hit by car near Westville trunk-or-treat event
A 7-year-old boy and his 12-year-old sister are in separate hospitals after being hit by a small four-door vehicle driven by a 22-year-old Westville-area woman near Zamberletti Park.
WESTVILLE — Police in Westville are still investigating a vehicle-pedestrian accident that injured a 7-year-old boy and his 12-year-old sister Tuesday night during a trunk-or-treat event at Zamberletti Park.
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Multiple crashes on I-74 in Champaign
Multiple crashes reported on Interstate 74 westbound between Prospect and Lincoln Avenue
CHAMPAIGN -- State police say there have been multiple crashes on Interstate 74 westbound between Prospect and Lincoln Avenue.
State police said traffic is backing up and urged drivers in the area to use caution.
Multiple crashes on I-74 westbound between Prospect and Lincoln Avenue.
Use caution.
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UI forges partnerships with four Israeli universities
Memorandums of understanding signed during trade mission attended by Governor Bruce Rauner and UI President Tim Killeen.
Four new partnerships between the University of Illinois and four universities in Israel will focus on three research areas: agriculture, health care and data science.
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Smoke-detector blitz set Saturday in Champaign mobile-home park
The Champaign Fire Department will hand out the free detectors from 1 to 4 p.m. in the park off North Market Street; volunteers from the UI chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity will help install them.
CHAMPAIGN — Two fires this year that heavily damaged homes in a north Champaign neighborhood have prompted fire officials to hand out free smoke detectors in the Shadowwood Mobile Home park.
A smoke-detector blitz is slated for 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday in the park, located just east of North Market Street and south of Interstate 74.
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October clocks in as eighth-wettest on record
The month's 6.31 inches of rain was nearly twice as much as the October average of 3.26 inches. It was also the wettest month of 2017, surpassing the 5.91 inches of rain in May.
CHAMPAIGN — Last month was the eighth-wettest October in local weather history, with 6.31 inches of rain, nearly twice as much as the October average of 3.26 inches.
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As veil of silence falls, Weinstein effect keeps growing
NEW YORK (AP) — In the three weeks since the string of allegations against Harvey Weinstein first began, an ongoing domino effect has tumbled through not just Hollywood but at least a dozen other industries. It's open season on open secrets.
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Trump to announce Jerome Powell as next Fed chairman
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has selected Federal Reserve board member Jerome Powell as the next chairman of the nation's central bank, succeeding Janet Yellen, two senior administration officials said Thursday.
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Productivity jumps 3 percent in third quarter
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. workers' productivity jumped 3 percent in the third quarter, the strongest gain in three years, while labor costs remained moderate.
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Health care enrollment counselors facing stiff challenges
MIAMI (AP) — It's not easy being an advocate for the Affordable Care Act right now.Health care advocacy groups are making an against-all-odds effort to sign people up despite confusion and hostility fostered by Republicans opposed to President Barack Obama's signature domestic policy achievement.
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Police arrest man in killing of 3 at Colorado Walmart
THORNTON, Colo. (AP) — A man suspected of walking into a suburban Denver Walmart and immediately opening fire with a handgun, killing two men and a woman, was arrested Thursday, about 14 hours after fleeing the store.
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Complaint: Truck attack suspect plotted rampage for 2 months
NEW YORK (AP) — The suspect in the deadly New York City truck rampage was inspired by the Islamic State group's online videos and plotted his attack for two months, renting a truck ahead of time to practice turning it, federal authorities said in bringing terrorism charges against the Uzbek immigrant.
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Kraft Heinz quarterly profit rises 12% as costs fall
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Kraft Heinz said Wednesday that its third-quarter profit rose 12 percent as the food maker's costs fell.
But Kraft Heinz said sales slipped in the United States, the company's biggest market, making it the latest packaged food company to have a hard time boosting sales as more people avoid processed foods.
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3 women killed in southern Illinois crash
NASHVILLE, Ill. (AP) — Illinois State Police say three women have been killed in a traffic crash in southern Illinois.
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Man charged in abduction attempts in Urbana
An Urbana man is in police custody, charged with child abduction after he allegedly offered to give rides to two teenage girls who were walking alone at different times near the downtown area.
URBANA — An Urbana man is in police custody, charged with child abduction after he allegedly offered to give rides to two girls who were walking alone at different times Wednesday near downtown Urbana.
A release from Urbana police said officers arrested Desit Tecle, 22, who listed an address in the 2000 block of Rainbow View Drive, about 6:30 p.m. Wednesday.
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Prosecutors group pressing FCC on prison cellphones
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A group of national prosecutors is pressing federal regulators to find a solution to the dangers they say are posed by inmates' access to illegal cellphones inside prisons, adding their voices to others adamant that a technological fix is needed to shut down the dangerous devices.
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UI chancellor: Challenges put 'excellence at risk'
Robert Jones will kick off his 'Critical Conversations' series later this semester with a hot topic: Native American imagery.
URBANA — Chancellor Robert Jones will kick off his "Critical Conversations" series later this semester with a hot topic: Native American imagery.
The campus will bring in a seasoned outside facilitator to lead the discussion, which Jones hopes will provide a comfortable environment where both sides on the Chief Illiniwek debate can listen to each other without fear of attack.
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