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Ethan Thompson
Ethan Thompson
Sports Reporter · Rockford, IL
A lifelong resident of Rockford, Ethan graduated from Rockford University and has worked as a sports journalist for over 8 years, covering local high school sports for the Rockford Register Star. His enthusiasm for local athletics shines through in his reporting.
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Microsoft said progress is being made in bringing its popular workplace software back online as a global outage enters its second day, disrupting business communications, police emergency calls, court operations and AI tools.
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