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Quick grants from tech billionaires aim to speed up science research. But not all scientists approve

By EDEN STIFFMAN of The Chronicle of Philanthropy Chronicle of Philanthropy Patrick Collison, the now 34-year-old billionaire CEO of the online payments company Stripe, and economist Tyler Cowen worried scientific progress seemed to be slowing down. They wanted to chage that. Collison and his brother, John — a Stripe co-founder — contributed and along with Cowen raised more

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High court upholds cash-free bail in Illinois, takes effect in September

By JOHN O’CONNOR AP Poltical Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the constitutionality of a state law ending cash bail, ordering implementation in mid-September. The ruling overturns a Kankakee County judge’s opinion in December that the law violated the constitution’s provision that  “all persons shall be bailable by sufficient

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