![A pro-Palestinian protestor, chained to other protesters with their arms locked, is hit across the face with a baton by a police officer donned in riot gear.](/images/uploads/_small/AP24127740311810.jpg)
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![A pro-Palestinian protestor, chained to other protesters with their arms locked, is hit across the face with a baton by a police officer donned in riot gear.](/images/uploads/_small/AP24127740311810.jpg)
![Thurgood Marshall, sporting a mustache and wearing a double-breasted suit, speaks into a public address microphone](/images/uploads/_small/Associated_Press_Domestic_News_New_York_United_St_560923016a.jpg)
Best of: Black leaders of 2024 react to Thurgood Marshall’s 1956 visit to the University of Illinois
A modern-day civil rights leader and Black studies professor react to Thurgood Marshall's 1956 speech at the University of Illinois.
![A photo of the pro-Palestinian encampment at UIUC near the Alma Mater, side-by-side with a photo of a Jewish Pride event at the same location, days later.](/images/uploads/_small/UIUC_Isreal_Palestine2.png)
![Gopnik alongside his new book,](/images/uploads/_small/Gopnik_Book.png)
![A serval escaped in Decatur last fall and was on the loose for about two months before the cat was captured and sent to animal control, according to Ronald Atkins, administrator for Macon County Animal Control.](/images/uploads/_small/IMG_0939.jpg)
Wild animal pet trend prompts legislation banning servals, kangaroos and other animals in Illinois
The new measure would ban the ownership of exotic animals including servals, caracals, kangaroos and wallabies along with any hybrid of these animals. This bill is an amendment to the 2012 criminal code act which includes a section that makes it illegal to own certain animals.