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Chicago police announces plan to combat surge in carjackingsJan 21, 2021 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago police officials said Thursday they will put a stronger focus on prosecution and increased collaboration with other police agencies to combat a sp...
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Pedestrian killed in Iowa hit-and-run was Illinois manJan 21, 2021 6:00 am - DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) - Police in Davenport have identified a pedestrian killed in a hit-and-run just north of Genesis Medical Center as an Illinois man. On Wednesday, p...
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Bankers survey shows gains in rural economy of 10 statesJan 21, 2021 6:00 am - OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The rural economy in parts of 10 Plains and Western states continues to grow, but rural bank CEOs say their biggest fears for the 2021 economy are exc...
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Nevadan plans to celebrate 100th birthday by skydivingJan 21, 2021 6:00 am - GARDNERVILLE, Nev. (AP) - Soon-to-be centenarian Charlie Montanaro says he'll be celebrating the milestone by jumping out of an airplane. Montanaro's 100th birthday is S...
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Chicago family law attorney charged with more sex crimesJan 21, 2021 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A prominent Chicago family law attorney who was charged last summer with sexually assaulting a colleague has been charged with doing the same thing to two...
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Police: Illinois girl, 3, fell from window, died from coldJan 21, 2021 6:00 am - ROCK ISLAND, Ill. (AP) - A 3-year-old Illinois girl died after she apparently fell from a window on a frigid night and couldn't get back inside her family's home in the ...
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Indiana not yet broadening COVID-19 vaccine eligibilityJan 21, 2021 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana health officials aren't ready to start a further expansion of coronavirus vaccine eligibility as they said Thursday that the state isn't rece...
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McConnell seeks to push Trump impeachment trial to FebruaryJan 21, 2021 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell is proposing to push back the start of Donald Trump's impeachment trial to February to give the former preside...
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Illinois data shows long-term care vaccinations lag behind health care worker inoculationsJan 21, 2021 12:00 am - To correct a number, 524,050 COVID-19 vaccine doses were sent to long-term care facilities. COVID-19 vaccinations at long-term care facilities lag behind the rest o...
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Trying to win Mega Millions? These are the numbers that come up mostJan 21, 2021 12:00 am - With a jackpot nearing $1 billion, sales of Mega Millions lottery tickets are soaring ahead of the next scheduled drawing Friday. When 70 sequentially numbered white bal...