Belleville News-Democrat | IL

• Photo gallery support: Swipe through full-screen photo galleries right in the app. • Listen to your Edition: Have Edition articles read aloud to you. More improvements: • Video credits now appear with videos • Fixed an issue with vertical videos not displaying properly on articles • Ability to close an Edition ad banner on a per session basis • Improved author biography text support • Minor stability improvements

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