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The NFL has turned to technology in recent years, partnering with Amazon Web Services on an injury prediction tool that uses data and artificial intelligence to help teams manage the health of their players.

NFL uses AI to predict injuries, aiming to keep players healthier

Injuries are a big part of the NFL, and staying healthy can make or break a season. The NFL has partnered with Amazon Web Services to use technology and AI

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The shutdown entered its 14th day with the Senate returning from its holiday break, Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson refusing to call lawmakers back to Washington and President Donald Trump’s budget director vowing to keep firing federal workers.

The Latest: No end in sight to government shutdown as House speaker refuses to negotiate

The shutdown entered its 14th day with the Senate returning from its holiday break, Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson refusing to call lawmakers back to Washington and President Donald Trump’s

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Leaf-peeping season has arrived in the Northeast and beyond, but weeks of drought have muted this year's autumn colors, and sent leaves fluttering to the ground earlier than usual.

Leaf-peeping season hampered by drought: Fall foliage dropping sooner, showing less color

Leaf-peeping season has arrived in the Northeast and beyond, but weeks of drought have muted this year’s autumn colors, and sent leaves fluttering to the ground earlier than usual. Soaking

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Meta says teenagers on Instagram will be restricted to seeing PG-13 content by default and won’t be able to change their settings without a parent’s permission.

Instagram says it's safeguarding teens by limiting them to PG-13 content

Meta says teenagers on Instagram will be restricted to seeing PG-13 content by default and won’t be able to change their settings without a parent’s permission. This means that teens

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The front that rolled through yesterday leaves a few high clouds in its wake early this morning, however, sunshine will return this afternoon.

Unseasonably warm midweek

(WAND) - The front that rolled through yesterday leaves a few high clouds in its wake early this morning, however, sunshine will return this afternoon.

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After the release of the last living hostages and Palestinian prisoners, the tenuous ceasefire in Gaza was holding Tuesday while questions remain over other key parts of a U.S. plan for the region.

The Latest: Gaza ceasefire holds as questions loom over next steps in US plan

The tenuous ceasefire in Gaza is holding after the release of the last living hostages and Palestinian prisoners. However, questions remain about key parts of a U.S. plan for the

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Prosecutors say he waited for hours near the trooper’s home before shooting him with a rifle and shotgun after he got out of his patrol vehicle.

Missouri man who maintains innocence set to be executed for killing state trooper

A Missouri man is set to be executed for killing a state trooper over 20 years ago. Prosecutors say Lance Shockley waited for hours near the trooper's home before shooting

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Bears wide receiver D.J. Moore was taken from Monday night’s game in an ambulance to a nearby hospital, where he remained overnight.

Bears announce D.J. Moore hospitalized after game for “precautionary medical attention”

Bears wide receiver D.J. Moore was taken from Monday night’s game in an ambulance to a nearby hospital, where he remained overnight

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State lawmakers are set to return to Springfield Tuesday for a two-week veto session. The six days of the session will be jam-packed with discussions on Chicago transit, energy and criminal justice reform.

Illinois lawmakers could vote on Chicago transit, energy, criminal justice bills during veto session

Illinois lawmakers are set to return to Springfield Tuesday for a two-week veto session, with discussions on Chicago transit, energy and criminal justice reform.

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Lawyers for Louisiana and the Trump administration will try to persuade the justices to wipe away the state's second majority Black congressional district and make it much harder, if not impossible, to take account of race in redistricting.

Supreme Court takes up Republican attack on Voting Rights Act in case over Black representation

A Republican attack on a core provision of the Voting Rights Act that's designed to protect racial minorities comes to the Supreme Court this week, more than a decade after

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Today is the day: WAND News is partnering with the American Red Cross to host a blood drive from noon to 6 p.m. at the Decatur Blood Donation Center.

WAND hosting blood drive Tuesday with the American Red Cross

If you donate blood between September 22 and October 19 you will get a $10 Amazon gift card by email.

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Those outlets say the policy threatens to punish them for routine news gathering protected by the First Amendment. The Washington Post, The Atlantic and Reuters on Monday also publicly joined the group that says it will not be signing.

New York Times, AP, Newsmax among news outlets who say they won't sign new Pentagon rules

The New York Times, The Associated Press and the conservative television network Newsmax are among five outlets on Monday who say they won't sign a new Defense Department document about

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WAND News @wandnews.bsky.social · 7h

The parents of the 29-year-old gunman who opened fire on a Dallas immigration facility in September told police their son was “completely normal” before he moved to Washington state and returned home several years ago believing he had radiation sicknes

Dallas ICE facility shooter feared radiation exposure and practiced shooting, records show

Newly released records reveal details about the gunman who attacked a Dallas immigration facility in September. Joshua Jahn's parents described him as “completely normal” before moving to Washington state, where

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U.S. lawmakers are worried that China is taking advantage of open research to catch up with the U.S. on military technology and even gain an edge. And they are calling for action.

China and the US have long collaborated in 'open research.' Some in Congress say that must change

U.S. lawmakers and national security officials are increasingly alarmed that long-standing research ties between the U.S. and China could give China an advantage when it comes to developing new military

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“I did a little childish thing, but I’m tired of people doing stuff in between the play and refs don’t catch it," Branch said after the game. "They be trying to bully me out there and I don’t — I shouldn’t have did it. It was childish.”

Lions safety Brian Branch gets 1-game suspension for punching Chiefs' JuJu Smith-Schuster

The NFL has suspended Detroit Lions safety Brian Branch for one game without pay for unsportsmanlike conduct following a loss at Kansas City. Branch punched Chiefs receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster on

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Brandon Dawson, of Santa Rosa, California, clinched the victory Monday at the 52nd World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off in Half Moon Bay, south of San Francisco.

California engineer wins pumpkin contest with 2,346-pound gourd

A California engineer and gardening enthusiast has won the top prize at a pumpkin-weighing contest in Northern California. Brandon Dawson of Santa Rosa clinched victory Monday at the 52nd World

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A meeting between Zelenskyy and Trump could take place as early as Friday, the Ukrainian president said, adding that he also would meet with defense and energy companies and members of Congress.

Zelenskyy to visit Washington this week seeking long-range weapons and a Trump meeting

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he will travel to the United States this week for talks on the potential U.S. provision of long-range weapons. He spoke a day after U.S.

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SpaceX launched another of its mammoth Starship rockets on a test flight Monday, successfully making it halfway around the world while releasing mock satellites like last time.

SpaceX launches the 11th test flight of its mega Starship rocket with another win

SpaceX has launched another of its mammoth Starship rockets on a test flight. The 403-foot Starship thundered into the evening sky Monday from Texas. The booster peeled away and made

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Mark your calendars, 217 residents as tickets for Trees on the Tees go on sale on the Decatur Park District's website in November.

Almost time for tee off with Trees on the Tees tickets going on sale in Nov.

Mark your calendars, 217 residents as tickets for Trees on the Tees go on sale on the Decatur Park District's website in November.

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Mexico has deployed some 10,000 troops in addition to civilian rescue teams. Helicopters have ferried food and water to the 200 some communities that remained cut off by ground and carried out the sick and injured.

Death toll from torrential rains in Mexico rises to 64 as search expands

The death toll from last week’s torrential rains in east-central Mexico has jumped to 64. Search operations have expanded to communities cut off by landslides. Authorities said Monday another 65

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Three people have been arrested on murder charges and a fourth person on an attempted murder charge in a weekend shooting that left six dead and more than a dozen injured in a small Mississippi town, the FBI announced Monday.

4 arrests made in connection with mass shooting that left 6 dead in Mississippi, FBI says

The FBI says four people have been arrested, three of them on murder charges, in a weekend shooting that left six people dead and more than a dozen injured in

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The PURPLE (People United for Reform, Power, Liberation and Equity) Coalition will hold its first meeting at the Old State Capitol in Springfield on Tuesday.

New community advocacy group holding first meeting at Old State Capitol

A new community advocacy group is holding its first meeting at the Old State Capitol in Springfield this week.

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At its core, the shutdown is a debate over health care policy — and particularly the ACA subsidies that are expiring for millions of Americans who rely on government aid to purchase their own health insurance policies on the Obamacare exchanges.

Government shutdown could be the longest ever, Speaker Johnson warns

Republican Speaker Mike Johnson predicts the federal government shutdown may become the longest in history. He says he “won’t negotiate” with Democrats until they hit pause on their health care

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WAND News @wandnews.bsky.social · 16h

SKATE for Girls provides fourth through eighth grade girls a chance to learn math and science from college students while skating on the ice.

STEM Minute | SKATE for Girls program teaches math, ice skating

SKATE for Girls provides fourth through eighth grade girls a chance to learn math and science from college students while skating on the ice.

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The man who led the Illinois House and state Democratic party for nearly half a century is starting his next chapter as a federal prisoner. Madigan will serve 90 months behind bars, along with three years of probation and pay a $2.5 million fine.

Longtime IL House Speaker Michael Madigan begins prison sentence for ComEd corruption scheme

Michael Madigan is set to serve seven and a half years behind bars for public corruption.

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