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Expert: Food deserts in black communities partly explain coronavirus vulnerabilityApr 11, 2020 1:00 am - Lack of access to healthy foods and grocery stores in impoverished communities is one reason African Americans have a higher propensity for chronic illnesses, experts sa...
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Facts Matter: Don't reverse medical masks, despite social media claimsApr 11, 2020 1:00 am - False information making the rounds on social media instructs people to wear a medical mask with the colored side out if the wearer is sick, in order to not spread germs...
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Body-weight workouts are perfect alternative for when the gym is closedApr 10, 2020 11:00 pm - Our body-weight workout is a great option when the gym is closed and you have a lack of exercise equipment at home. This total body routine uses nothing more than your o...
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Rugged school walks as a youth? Let Fitbit provide the dataApr 10, 2020 6:00 am - Because taking walks remains one of the few things we can still do during the coronavirus outbreak, it was important to take one that could prove a point. I took this pa...
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Wizard World takes its convention celebrities online during pandemicApr 10, 2020 6:00 am - An earlier-than-usual start date this year meant that C2E2, the long-running pop culture convention at Chicago's McCormick Place, just beat the wave of event cancellatio...
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Pandemic causes panic for homebuyers and rentersApr 10, 2020 6:00 am - Q. I'm sure you are getting many questions about this, but my husband and I signed a contract to purchase our first house in early March. Since then, both of our salarie...
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With academies closed, arrival of needed rookie cops is on holdApr 10, 2020 5:30 am - By Charles Keeshan and Susan Sarkauskas copsandcrime@dailyherald.com Elburn Police Chief Nick Sikora had hoped to have a new police officer working for him by now. That'...
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Wear the face maskApr 10, 2020 1:00 am - In the last month, I've left our home in my car exactly once, to go to the drive-through window of our local pharmacy for a necessary prescription. On the way, I had to ...
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Feder: Chicago Tribune offers staffers pay cuts or severanceApr 10, 2020 1:00 am - Salary reductions were announced Thursday for employees at the Chicago Tribune as parent company Tribune Publishing seeks to offset "sharp declines" in advertising reven...
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Rozner: Steve Stone says baseball in Arizona could workApr 10, 2020 1:00 am - • First in a series Steve Stone has been having himself quite the time on Twitter lately. As good a color analyst as has ever set foot in a baseball broadcast booth — fo...