Articles filed under Health Crises
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Virus traps, sickens foreign laborers in Gulf Arab statesApr 23, 2020 1:00 am - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Long a lifeline for families back home, migrant workers in oil-rich Gulf Arab states now find themselves trapped by the coronavirus pandemi...
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Legal battles loom as businesses hit by virus sue insurersApr 23, 2020 1:00 am - CHICAGO - A once-bustling bar and grill tucked below a Michigan Avenue overpass famously inspired a "Saturday Night Live" skit starring John Belushi and Bill Murray. But...
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DeVos excludes DACA recipients, foreign students from grantsApr 23, 2020 1:00 am - The Trump administration is barring most international students and all students who entered the U.S. illegally from receiving emergency college grants approved by Congr...
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Virus pushes U.S. unemployment toward highest since DepressionApr 23, 2020 1:00 am - NEW YORK - Unemployment in the U.S. is swelling to levels last seen during the Great Depression of the 1930s, with 1 in 6 American workers thrown out of a job by the cor...
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Iran, like wider Mideast, relies on deliveries amid pandemicApr 23, 2020 1:00 am - TEHRAN, Iran - For some $15 a day, deliverymen don masks and gloves in Iran's capital to zip across its pandemic-subdued streets to drop off groceries and food for those...
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'Mundelein Strong' T-shirts raise $1,050 for food banksApr 23, 2020 1:00 am - Mundelein residents with a desire to give back partnered with a local screen printer to raise $1,050 in a little more than two weeks. Martijn Loerakker said the money fr...
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How a Geneva family turned their nightly dinners at home into a themed occasionApr 23, 2020 1:00 am - Twenty-one days. Twenty-one themed dinners. Twenty-one sets of coordinating costumes, props and activities. Stuck at home during the coronavirus pandemic, the McCall fam...
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Greater Elgin Family Care Center offers COVID-19 testing at 3 locationsApr 23, 2020 1:00 am - COVID-19 testing will be available to everyone, whether they have symptoms or not, starting Friday at the Elgin, Sycamore and McHenry locations of Greater Elgin Family C...
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Lake County government employees collect food for Northern Illinois Food BankApr 23, 2020 1:00 am - More than 25 Lake County government employees volunteered their time Thursday for a food collection event in Waukegan. The county courthouse's parking garage served as ...
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Buffalo Grove mayor orders face coverings be worn at essential businessesApr 23, 2020 1:00 am - Buffalo Grove Village President Beverly Sussman has issued an executive order requiring the use of face coverings over the nose and mouth for everyone 5 years of age and...