All Stories from August 16, 2020 (Change date)
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Illinois State Museum's suburban Chicago gallery to reopenAug 16, 2020 7:00 am - LOCKPORT, Ill. (AP) - An Illinois State Museum gallery closed due to the coronavirus pandemic will reopen this month. Museum officials said the Lockport Gallery is set ...
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Telephone calls between UAE, Israel ring for the first timeAug 16, 2020 7:00 am - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Telephone calls began ringing Sunday between the United Arab Emirates and Israel, marking the first concrete step of a U.S.-brokered d...
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Boston kicks off playoffs against PhiladelphiaAug 16, 2020 7:00 am - Philadelphia 76ers (43-30, sixth in the Eastern Conference during the regular season) vs. Boston Celtics (48-24, third in the Eastern Conference during the regular seaso...
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Telephone service between the United Arab Emirates and Israel begins as two countries open diplomatic tiesAug 16, 2020 7:00 am - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Telephone service between the United Arab Emirates and Israel begins as two countries open diplomatic ties. ...
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Do southern Illinois police forces mirror their towns?Aug 16, 2020 7:00 am - CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) - As scrutiny has again been put on the way police interact with minority communities, a look at regional police racial demographic data shows many...
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State employee killed after mask dispute disciplined 3 timesAug 16, 2020 7:00 am - DETROIT (AP) - A state employee who was accused of stabbing a man after a face mask dispute and was later fatally shot by a sheriff's deputy had been reprimanded for thr...
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Somalia forces end rebel siege of Mogadishu hotel; 15 killedAug 16, 2020 7:00 am - MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Somalia's security forces on Sunday ended a nearly five-hour siege by Islamic extremists at a beachside hotel in Somalia's capital, said police...
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FIU says assistant Aubrey Hill, 48, dies after cancer fightAug 16, 2020 7:00 am - MIAMI (AP) - FIU said Sunday night that wide receivers coach Aubrey Hill, a standout player at Florida before becoming a longtime coach at Miami and other places, has di...
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Hunger, squalor mar South Sudan post-war unification effortsAug 16, 2020 7:00 am - BOR, South Sudan (AP) - Here in crowded camps in South Sudan, former enemies are meant to be joining forces after a five-year civil war so they can help the shattered co...
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Portland police declare riot, use smoke to clear crowdAug 16, 2020 7:00 am - PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A riot was declared in Oregon's biggest city as protesters demonstrated outside a law enforcement building early Sunday, continuing a nightly ritua...