Year: 2024

(WIFR) – The new laws will go into effect across Illinois Jan. 1.
This law prohibits the use of Artificial Intelligence technology to create child sexual abuse images involving real children or obscene imagery.
Experts testified that AI images of real children used to generate child sexual abuse images cause real reputational, emotional and privacy injuries. Even when the technology doesn’t use images of real children, child abuse sexual abuse images can perpetuate abusive and predatory behavior.
The Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force investigates child exploitation crimes and trains law enforcement agencies.
This law enhances civil rights protections for residents and provides the following clarifications to the Illinois Human Rights Act:
This law protects workers from retaliatory conduct by employers, strengthens current protections under state law and codifies the right of the Workplace Rights Bureau to investigate and hold employers who retaliate accountable.
The definition of retaliation is expanded under this law to include blacklisting an employee from future opportunities and immigration-based retaliation.
This law increases accessibility to the Illinois Crime Victims Compensation Program, providing reimbursement to eligible victims of violent crime and their families to help pay expenses like hospital and medical charges, funeral and burial costs, relocation expenses and lost wages related to the crime.
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Hall County Government  announced which facilities will close in observance of New Years Day on Jan., 1, 2025. 
A release from the county said administrative offices, community centers, courts, animal shelter, libraries, recycling center and landfill, as well as the Hall County Government Family Health Center and UGA Extension Office will be closed on that day. 
Essential public safety and public works personnel will continue service as usual during the holiday, and all of Hall County’s compactor sites will operate during normal business hours.
Additionally, some offices will close early on Dec. 31, 2025, including all library and community centers, which will close at 5 p.m.
Hall County Family Health Clinic, which is utilized by Hall County Government employees, their dependents and retirees on the County’s health insurance plan, will also close at 12 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 31, and will not reopen until 8 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 8.  While the clinic is closed, visitors may utilize  Longstreet Urgent Care, located at 725 Jesse Jewell Parkway in Gainesville, according to a release from the county. 
 The Hall County Family Health Center Pharmacy will close for New Year’s Day only. For more information, clinic users can contact Hall County Benefits Administration at 770-297-4547 or [email protected].
The county also reminded residents that many services will still be available online, including the renewal of vehicle tags, payment of taxes and finding adoptable pets.  

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At least three people have died in a bus crash in Norway, state media is reporting.
The accident happened at around 13:30 local time (12:30GMT) in the Hadsel district on the country's north-western coast.
The bus came off the road and ended up partially in the Åsvatnet lake, according to public broadcaster NRK.
It is thought to have been carrying 58 people at the time of the crash.
The Norwegian Red Cross said on social media that it was sending teams to help with a "serious bus accident" on the E10 road.
There have been reports of heavy snowdrifts and strong winds in the area.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — No one won the $1 billion Mega Millions jackpot in Tuesday’s drawing, but nine tickets sold in Florida still won a nice chunk of change.
Florida Lottery’s website shows that seven tickets matched four numbers and the Mega Ball and those tickets won $10,000.
Two tickets with the Megaplier of 3 applied also matched four numbers and the Mega Ball and those tickets won $30,000.
Tuesday’s winning numbers were 11-14-38-45-46 with 3 as the Mega Ball.
With no winners in Tuesday night’s jackpot, Friday’s drawing will be for an estimated $1.15 billion. You can see if your numbers match with the Mega Millions drawing live on CBS47 and FOX30 before Action News Jax at 11 p.m. Friday.
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Florida Lottery says any prizes less than $600 can be claimed at any of its retailers; however, prizes over $600 must be claimed at the lottery headquarters or district offices or mailed for the payment.
Florida winners of prizes more than $600 must fill out a winner claim form and have a valid government-issued photo ID with a social security card.
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In Florida, draw game prizes must be claimed within 180 days of the applicable draw date. Draw game prizes for which a single-payment cash option is available must be claimed within the first 60 days after the applicable draw date to elect the cash option.
In Florida, Scratch-Off and Fast Play game prizes must be claimed within 60 days of the official end-of-game date.
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