All Stories from April 29, 2020 (Change date)
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GOP legislators question Pritzker's authority to extend stay-at-home orderApr 29, 2020 1:00 am - Three Republican state representatives Wednesday questioned Gov. J.B. Pritzker's authority to extend his stay-at-home order beyond May 1 without support from the Illinoi...
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We're losing rightsApr 29, 2020 1:00 am - Our governor apparently thinks if it works for Chicago, then it must be applied to the entire state. I have felt this was wrong from the beginning when the governor issu...
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Economists agree: No quick rebound from recession is likelyApr 29, 2020 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Devastated by the coronavirus, the U.S. economy is sinking. And the plunge is accelerating. Now, as some businesses in a few states start to trickle back to...
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Don't make us choose between health, votingApr 29, 2020 1:00 am - Vote like your life depends on it. We've heard this in so many elections, but in a strange twist, this year going to the polls may truly be a life or death decision. We...
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China to convene Congress, showing confidence in virus fightApr 29, 2020 1:00 am - BEIJING - China, taking a step toward a return to business as normal, announced Wednesday that its previously postponed national legislature session will be held in late...
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Ex-NAACP leader Kweisi Mfume wins Maryland seat in CongressApr 29, 2020 1:00 am - BALTIMORE - Democrat Kweisi Mfume easily won a mostly mail-in election to finish the term of the late Elijah Cummings, retaking a Maryland congressional seat he held for...
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Irrfan Khan, of 'Slumdog Millionaire,' 'Life of Pi,' diesApr 29, 2020 1:00 am - NEW DELHI - Irrfan Khan, a veteran character actor in Bollywood movies and one of India's best-known exports to Hollywood, has died. He was 54. Khan played the police in...
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Some Kane County residents distrust COVID-19 info, want to reopen local economyApr 29, 2020 1:00 am - Based on what they perceive to be flawed data and a dearth of COVID-19 cases in the area, about 50 local residents urged a return to normalcy Tuesday night during a vide...
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One in custody after standoff on EdensApr 29, 2020 1:00 am - A truck driver was taken into custody Wednesday after a nearly four-hour standoff on the Edens Expressway in Skokie. Negotiators coaxed a 54-year-old woman from Michigan...
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Vernon Township hands out thousands of face masksApr 29, 2020 1:00 am - The early morning downpour Wednesday didn't deter Vernon Hills resident Sandy Josephsen from driving to the Vernon Township office in Buffalo Grove for masks to protect ...