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Mealworms may have been dropped on a table in a Chicago hotel where delegates to the Democratic National Convention had breakfast.CHICAGO (AP) — Mealworms may have been the culprit behind guests falling ill while dining at a Chicago hotel during the Democratic National Convention earlier this week, Chicago Police Superintendent Larry Snelling said Thursday when asked for an update on Wednesday's incident. Police said multiple suspects entered the Fairmont Chicago, which was hosting a breakfast for Democratic National Convention delegates, and began placing “unidentified objects” on food tables before leaving just before 7 a.m. Wednesday. One person who ingested the…

Reading time: 2 minutesThe CSEAS team organizes the Asia-Pacific Museum Exchange Program The Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS) at the University of Hawaii at Manoa hopes to support museums and cultural heritage professionals at the forefront of preserving the cultures, collections, and traditions of the Asia-Pacific region with a $429,872 grant. Funded by the U.S. Department of State’s Cultural Heritage Center (CHC), the grant will support a two-year Asia-Pacific Museum Exchange Program with a focus on diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility. “We hope that this project will leverage local knowledge to forge closer collaboration among Asia-Pacific countries, creating new…

Taste, image and lifestyle all come into play when thinking about garlic. Garlic can take many forms, but it always makes the food you pair it with more delicious. Stephen Chamberlain, owners of Duchess Farm in Castleton, and his partner Beth Palmer grow garlic as well as many other vegetables. This is their second year attending Garlic Town USA in Bennington over Labor Day weekend, with the goal of understanding not only garlic's potential, but also the journey it takes to get to your table.Their life is about balance, working the land a few miles away and sitting at their…

On Sunday, Procreate, maker of the popular illustration and animation app for iOS, vowed not to introduce AI-generated features into its software programs, saying the technology was “built on a foundation of theft.” The announcement has been widely welcomed within the creative community and contrasts with other creative software makers who have rushed to incorporate AI capabilities into their programs. Procreate released a statement on their website explaining their decision to support creativity that is “made, not generated.” The statement reads: Generative AI is taking the humanity out of things. This technology is built on the foundation of theft and…

Wisconsin's high school football season kicked off with a few games on Thursday, but the action gets serious on Friday. Here are some intriguing matchups in the western part of the state.Eau Claire Memorial, Hudson, 7 p.m.Eau Claire Memorial and Eau Claire North will compete in the Wisconsin Valley Conference this year, and Big Rivers' realignment will see the return of defending Division 3 state champion Rice Lake.But to keep the rivalry and tradition going, Hudson will play the Old Abes, except this time it will be a non-conference Week 1 game. Memorial and Eau Claire North will play Big…

Global Markets: US Treasury yields were quite volatile last week, dropping on Wednesday before rising on Thursday ahead of Chairman Jerome Powell's long-awaited (and perhaps over-hyped) speech in Jackson Hole. The 2-year yield rose 7.3 basis points yesterday, while the 10-year yield rose 5.1 basis points to 3.852%. The market is pricing in a 25 basis point cut at the September FOMC meeting, with a roughly 25% chance of a 50 basis point cut, so there is still room for today's speech to either excite or disappoint the market. However, since the decision to deviate from market prices is based…

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From the Village Sun | With Kamala Harris set to officially accept the Democratic presidential nomination in Chicago tonight, local politicians in New York City are taking notice. Tonight, two convention delegates from Downtown Manhattan, City Councilwoman Carlina Rivera and State Assemblywoman Grace Lee, are being talked about all over Fox News, in a photo that was featured in a lead story on a conservative website: “The DNC is buzzing about a big name coming out on the final night, but it's not Harris.” Rivera and Lee liven up Fox. (Fox) The tongue-in-cheek piece slams Harris for reporting that a…

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WFIE) – 14News investigative reporter Caroline Clapp investigated people's concerns about elevated radon levels detected in the basement of the old Vanderburgh County Courthouse.Our 14 News team received several calls Thursday from people who said they worked in the Old Courthouse Catacombs and said they have health issues from their time working in the courthouse basement.(Previous article: Old Court Catacombs to be relocated to new location due to radon levels in building)Breanna Alvey worked in the Old Courthouse Catacombs when she was 15 in 2014. She said she worked there four days a week, about seven hours each…

Among the speedboats, luxury yachts and wooden fishing boats parked in a Hong Kong marina, one vessel is more unusual: an unassuming, 3-meter (10-foot) unmanned catamaran that deftly glides through the water, gobbling up floating trash like Pac-Man.Discarded plastic bottles, juice boxes and cartons are carried along a conveyor belt through a gap at the front of the ship, where cameras capture the collected trash before it is dumped into a collection basket in the center of the ship.According to the US non-profit Oceana, an estimated 33 billion pounds (15 billion kilograms) of plastic waste enters the ocean every year…