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The 21st Show

Hantavirus has been in the news after a fatal outbreak on a cruise ship. Separately, there was an unrelated case in northern Illinois.

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As the United States celebrates its 250th birthday, there are few things as American as the hamburger. So how has Illinois and the greater Midwest contributed to America’s favorite hand-held food? 

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The Iran war has caused a massive hike in gas prices across the nation. 

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is overhauling its family planning programs- prioritizing natural methods over contraceptives. How do the two approaches compare? 

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As the overturning of Roe v. Wade by the Supreme Court approaches four years, what is the status of abortion care in Illinois today? 

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An Illinois man has been part of some of the more memorable Super Bowl commercials of the past 15 years. 

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SCS Software, the makers of American Truck Simulator, is soon releasing an expansion for the game that highlights several cities across Illinois, including Chicago, Champaign, Peoria, Quincy, Moline, Rockford, several interstates and Davenport, Iowa.

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A settlement has been reached between AFSCME Council 31 and Illinois State University following a strike that lasted nearly four weeks.

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Lee Hawkins is a journalist, a podcast producer, and a Pulitzer Prize finalist. But in his new book, he turns his skills toward telling his own family’s story. It’s a memoir across 400 years of enslavement, Jim Crow, and beyond — and how the trauma of those experiences is passed from one generation to the next. The book is called, “I Am Nobody’s Slave: How Uncovering My Family’s History Set Me Free.”
 

Weather Realness

Dust storms are unusual in Illinois, but they can be dangerous. We talk about the dust warning we received earlier this week and how it happened.