Articles filed under Illinois
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Western Illinois University tops in physics masters' degreesMar 08, 2019 6:00 am - MACOMB, Ill. (AP) - Western Illinois University has awarded more master's degrees, on average, than any other school nationally. The school announced Thursday that the A...
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Victim in Aurora warehouse shooting sues Illinois State PoliceMar 08, 2019 12:00 am - One of the people injured in a deadly warehouse shooting last month sued Illinois State Police on Friday, saying authorities wrongly let the gunman purchase the weapon u...
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How Aurora factory union steward saw shooting begin, survived two attempts on his lifeMar 08, 2019 12:00 am - A union steward who was in the room for the disciplining of a worker who went on to kill five people at a factory in Aurora, as well as wound five police officers and th...
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Study: Illinois auto plant layoffs may trigger more job lossMar 07, 2019 6:00 am - ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) - Fiat Chrysler's decision to cut almost 1,400 jobs from a northern Illinois plant could trigger the loss of nearly 2,300 additional jobs across the ...
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Advocates seek more funding for Great Lakes water qualityMar 07, 2019 6:00 am - TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) - Advocacy groups are lobbying Congress to pump more money into programs to protect Great Lakes water quality. More than 100 representatives of...
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New Mexico, others allowing high school video games 'sport'Mar 07, 2019 6:00 am - ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - New Mexico is joining a handful of other states in allowing high school students to participate in a growing sport - video games. Around three d...
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Southern Illinois filmmaker looking for movie extrasMar 07, 2019 6:00 am - BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) - A southern Illinois filmmaker is looking for movie extras. Dan Steadman wants to fill Lincoln Theater in Belleville on Saturday to play a game-sh...
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Soldiers from Missouri, Illinois die in wreck in KuwaitMar 07, 2019 6:00 am - BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) - Two soldiers from an Army Reserve unit in Illinois have died while serving in Kuwait. The Department of Defense on Thursday announced the deaths ...
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AP News in Brief at 9:04 p.m. ESTMar 07, 2019 6:00 am - Ex-Trump campaign boss Manafort sentenced to 47 months ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort was sentenced Thursday to nearly four years in...
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'Dark day for McHenry County': How state police caught man accused of fatally shooting deputyMar 07, 2019 12:00 am - A McHenry County sheriff's deputy died after being shot Thursday morning while working with federal agents at a Rockford hotel, and the suspect was taken into custody af...