Articles filed under Illinois
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Virus forces home delivery of Sikh holiday fare and prayersApr 13, 2020 7:00 am - SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) - This year the temple gathering, and the pizza that highlights the children's menu at the Guru Nanak Mission's Vaisakhi celebration will be home...
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Trump's disdain for 'Obamacare' could hamper virus responseApr 13, 2020 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration's unrelenting opposition to 'œObamacare'ť could become an obstacle for millions of uninsured people in the coronavirus outbrea...
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In the shadow of COVID-19, suburbanites recall polio crisis of the 1950sApr 13, 2020 5:30 am - When Palatine native Cheri Pinchot was growing up in the 1950s, polio was the scourge adults and children feared. First reported in the United States in the mid-19th ce...
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State reports first-year hemp production totalsApr 12, 2020 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois farmers produced 2.3 million pounds (1 million kilograms) of industrial hemp in the first year of legal cultivation in decades, state o...
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Illinois' COVID-19 cases could peak soon. Then what?Apr 10, 2020 5:30 am - Despite a painful death toll from COVID-19 and mounting cases of the respiratory disease, state experts anticipate a peak is coming soon. But what does a peak mean and w...
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COVID-19 cases near 18,000 in Illinois; more testing for minority communitiesApr 10, 2020 1:00 am - The state will ramp up testing for minorities hit hard by COVID-19, officials said Friday, while announcing the number of Illinoisans testing positive for the respirator...
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Jobless claims up again in Illinois, 200K another new recordApr 09, 2020 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Unemployment claims in Illinois jumped nearly 13% last week, with 201,041 new claims largely attributable to the spread of the coronavirus. The...
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Pritzker: Start thinking about a summer with no festivalsApr 09, 2020 1:00 am - It's time to start thinking about a summer without any festivals, Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Thursday during his daily coronavirus briefing. "I think everyone needs to thin...
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Rural hospitals brace for downstate surge of COVID-19Apr 08, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Although the COVID-19 outbreak in Illinois so far has been mainly concentrated around the Chicago area, public health officials are bracing for a surge of ...
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2 found fatally shot in car along Metro-East Interstate 64Apr 07, 2020 7:00 am - EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) - Two men found shot to death inside a car along Interstate 64 in Illinois' Metro-East area, were identified Tuesday by the St. Clair County co...