Articles filed under Coronavirus
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Stopping virus a huge challenge at crowded US meat plantsApr 23, 2020 1:00 am - OMAHA, Neb. - Daily reports of giant meat-processing plants closing because workers tested positive for the coronavirus have called into question whether slaughterhouses...
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Mount Prospect cobbler boosting business with crossesApr 23, 2020 1:00 am - Larry DeAngelo has been repairing shoes for 46 years — including the last 16 in downtown Mount Prospect — and he never imagined he'd have customers from across the count...
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Rules for May: Face-covering requirement, more business activities, some fishing and golfApr 23, 2020 1:00 am - Gov. J.B. Pritzker's new executive order will include the following changes, effective May 1: Face coverings Beginning on May 1, individuals will be required to wea...
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Lawmakers, many in masks, debate mammoth new aid packageApr 23, 2020 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - A nearly $500 billion measure helping businesses and hospitals ride out the coronavirus' devastation edged toward House passage Thursday, as lawmakers' face...
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Kane County court operations scaled back through June 1Apr 23, 2020 1:00 am - Scaled-back court operations to combat the COVID-19 pandemic will continue in Kane County through June 1, extending the previous order from May 4, officials announced Th...
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'COVID toes' reported in some patients with the coronavirusApr 23, 2020 1:00 am - Just great. Laying waste to lives and livelihoods, dividing people in regard to “opening up” states and economies, the coronavirus again looks to kick us when we're down...
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Spring very different for local college football programsApr 23, 2020 1:00 am - Jesse Scott was all set for his first season of spring football as Wheaton College's head coach. Not that it's been on his mind or anything. "Right now we're supposed t...
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Suburban Chicago closing in on Florida for number of COVID-19 deathsApr 23, 2020 1:00 am - We broke down COVID-119 statistics available April 23 and came up with some interesting comparisons: • If the Chicago suburbs were a state, it would have the 11th-highes...
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Elgin firefighter tests positive, is in isolationApr 23, 2020 1:00 am - The Elgin Fire Department on Thursday reported its first firefighter to test positive for COVID-19. The employee's last work day was Tuesday before being tested on Wedn...
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TV in the age of COVID-19: The dystopia of 'Westworld' doesn't seem so badApr 22, 2020 11:00 pm - In the third season of HBO's "Westworld," which has two episodes left over the next two Sundays, vengeful theme-park robot Dolores (Evan Rachel Wood) is gunning for an e...