Articles filed under Illinois
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Illinois urges residents to join worldwide earthquake drillOct 17, 2021 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Do you know what to do in an earthquake? Illinois officials are urging the public to prepare by participating in a worldwide drill they say is t...
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Illinois police dog comforts grieving after loss of handlerOct 16, 2021 7:00 am - URBANA, Ill. (AP) - As he approaches his annual employee evaluation, Winston has a lock on 'œexceeds expectations.'ť Consider that since December, the chocolate Labrador...
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High court rejects gas company's pipeline stay requestOct 15, 2021 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Chief Justice John Roberts has rejected a Supreme Court stay request from the St. Louis-based natural gas company Spire Inc. to allow it to keep operat...
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Illinois Dems unveil proposed congressional mapOct 15, 2021 1:00 am - Illinois Democrats are poised to approve new congressional district maps that would give Democratic candidates an advantage in elections over the next decade as their pa...
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COVID-19 update: 2,413 new cases, 30 additional deaths, 1,550 hospitalizationsOct 15, 2021 1:00 am - New cases of COVID-19 reached 2,413 Friday with 30 more people dying from the respiratory disease, the Illinois Department of Public Health reported. Patients in the hos...
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COVID-19 hospitalizations, ICU use down by about 21% in OctoberOct 14, 2021 1:00 am - Hospitalizations for COVID-19 and ICU bed use have both declined by about 21% this month compared to September, Illinois Department of Public Health data showed Thursday...
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Clarity coming from FDA on the mixing and matching of COVID-19 booster brandsOct 13, 2021 1:00 am - Can I top off my Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine with a Moderna booster? Or what about a Johnson & Johnson shot and a Moderna chaser six months later? Those questions a...
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Report: Illinois nursing homes in crisis with staff shortagesOct 13, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — A new report released Wednesday says staffing shortages at nursing homes in Illinois have reached crisis proportions and that people of color are most at r...
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Springfield transportation hub to relieve rail congestionOct 12, 2021 1:00 am - A railway improvement project intended to greatly improve traffic congestion between St. Louis and Chicago reached a milestone Tuesday as work began on a multimodal tran...
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New COVID-19 cases drop by 27% on average in October, yes to mingling flu and COVID shotsOct 12, 2021 1:00 am - The average number of new COVID-19 cases has dropped by 27% this month compared to September's average, Illinois Department of Public Health data indicated Tuesday. So f...