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'We Are Not Playing': Chicago's teams join mayor to help stop spread of coronavirusApr 06, 2020 1:00 am - Speaking on reducing the spread of COVID-19 at an empty Soldier Field Monday, Chicago Mayor Lightfoot offered some hope. “We see a tiny pinprick of light at the end of t...
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Suburban Chicago zoo gets 2 lions named Brutus and TitusApr 05, 2020 7:00 am - BROOKFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A zoo in suburban Chicago is getting two new lions named Brutus and Titus after the previous lions ones were euthanized, officials said. Brookfie...
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Chicago opens shelters for newly homeless in virus crisisApr 05, 2020 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago has opened shelters at five new locations to house the homeless as the city grapples with the COVID-19 pandemic. The city's homeless numbers are e...
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Chicago's new top cop guided by Dallas tenure, son's deathApr 03, 2020 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - As daunting as the challenges that await him as the new chief of a Chicago Police Department under pressure to implement sweeping court-ordered reforms ma...
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Suburban Chicago boy, 4, dies after being shot in headApr 03, 2020 7:00 am - THORNTON, Ill. (AP) - A 4-year-old suburban Chicago boy has died from an apparent accidental gunshot wound to his head, police say. The child was pronounced dead Thursda...
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Chicago-area priest is next bishop in southern IllinoisApr 03, 2020 7:00 am - BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) - Pope Francis has picked a Chicago-area priest as the next bishop of the Catholic Diocese in southern Illinois. The Rev. Michael McGovern follows...
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Union gains COVID-19 pay for nurses at Chicago hospitalApr 03, 2020 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A Chicago hospital and its nurses union have agreed on hazard pay for nurses working during the COVID-19 pandemic. The University of Illinois Hospital an...
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Chicago Bar Association attorneys field COVID-19-related legal questionsApr 03, 2020 1:00 am - Chicago Bar Association members are available to provide legal assistance on consumer and employment complaints related to the COVID-19 pandemic, the organization announ...
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More than 14K Illinois jobs lost in March due to virusApr 03, 2020 1:00 am - Note: This story has been updated to remove mention of layoffs by Fabrik Molded Plastics at its McHenry plant, as they have been removed from the state report. And i...
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Mayor taps ex-Dallas chief to head Chicago police forceApr 02, 2020 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Thursday named former Dallas police Chief David Brown to head the police force in the nation's third largest city, touting...