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Changing How You Think Helps The Transition From Prisoner Back To Citizen

Reentry programs work like a bridge between the world of corrections and the world of social services. Here's what one of those programs is doing to help folks stay out for good.

University and government officials, including Gov. JB Pritzker, convened for a ceremonial groundbreaking Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2025 at the ISU Center for Performing Arts. Capital improvements, expected to be complete by 2028, include facility upgrades, demolishing Centennial West, building a new commons and additions to the Center for Visual Arts and Center for Performing Arts.

Groundbreaking ceremony kicks off long-awaited change to ISU's fine arts facilities

Upgrades to ISU's aging arts complex have been discussed for decades. The project broke ground Tuesday, with $87 million in state funds helping to get it to the starting line.

This satellite image taken on Tuesday shows Tropical Storm Bret chugging westward toward the eastern Caribbean.

Tropical Storm Bret is making its way toward various eastern Caribbean islands

Bret is expected to make its way across the Lesser Antilles Islands Thursday and move through the eastern and central Caribbean Sea on Friday and Saturday before weakening and dissipating.

Supporters cheer in Colorado Springs, Colo., as a television broadcast declares that Republicans have taken control of the Senate. Republican candidates, party committees and outside groups spent about $44 million more than Democrats, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.

2014 Midterm Election Was The Most Expensive One Yet

The $3.77 billion appeared to come from a smaller cadre of donors than in the 2010 midterms, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.

Alisha Lalani, 10, of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., looks at her phone as her mother and brother check in for their flight to Miami at Washington's Reagan National Airport. Their flight was one of thousands delayed as a result of a technical glitch with an FAA automated system.

East Coast Flights Returning To Normal After Glitch Causes Delays

The FAA says it has resolved problems in an automated system that caused problems for thousands of travelers in New York and the Washington, D.C., metro area.

A view of the New Century Global Center in Chengdu, China. The structure — located in a suburb of Chengdu, in southwest China's Sichuan province — is home to an indoor beach and a faux Mediterranean village.

China Unveils Massive Building — With Fake Beach, Fake Sun

The New Century Global Center in Chengdu, China, boasts shopping malls, luxury hotels — even a Mediterranean village. Inside, you can fit 20 Sydney Opera Houses, four Vaticans and three Pentagons.

Rock Island Corps Plays Key Role in U.S. Flood Fights

Local employees of the Corps of Engineers are ready to help hold back the rising Mississippi River. And they've already been very busy during this wet,...

"On the forecast track, the center of Laura is forecast to move over Arkansas tonight, the mid-Mississippi Valley on Friday, and the mid-Atlantic states on Saturday," the National Hurricane Center says.

Laura Weakens Into A Tropical Storm, But Dangers Persist

Even as the storm's center nears Louisiana's border with Arkansas, a storm surge warning remains in effect for a large section of the coast.

4 Skiers Dead In Utah Avalanche

The Saturday avalanche was one of the most deadly in the state's history. Forecasters had warned of dangerous avalanche conditions.

NASA is looking for volunteers to test its Mars simulator for a year

Mars Dune Alpha1, a 1,700 square foot replica of the red planet's habitat at the Johnson Space Center, will simulate things such as: resource limitations, equipment failures and communication delays.

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