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But Illinois is about to overhaul the system that upended Ross’ life. Illinois’ Pretrial Fairness Act, which abolishes cash bail as a condition of pretrial release, will take effect Sept. 18, making Illinois the first state to end cash bail and a testing ground for whether — and how — it works on a large scale....

The image is made to look like a screen grab from a television news report. At the upper left corner a small red rectangle with white text reads “Live” in all capital letters. The majority of the image is dominated by a photo of a fairly chubby tabby cat laying on its side on a wooden floor as a rainbow appears to brightly...

“They did not spend more money on alcohol or drugs, contrary to what people believe, and instead they spent the money on rent, food, housing, transit, furniture, a used car, clothes. It’s entirely the opposite of what people think they’re going to do with the money.”

(Not mine)

I am not criticizing them, I’m just out of the loop.

Corporations are a lot more willing than usual to raise their prices lately, and it’s putting more of the burden of high inflation on consumers....

Almost one in five men in IT explain why fewer females work in the profession by arguing that “women are naturally less well suited to tech roles than men.”...

The researchers don’t know which ancient human species made the structure and the tools, but it’s unlikely to have been Homo sapiens. The earliest fossils of Homo sapiens found so far date from around 300,000 years ago and were found in Israel, Dull told CNN. He believes the people who made the structure were cognitively...