Articles filed under Illinois
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Timeline of R. Kelly's life, lurid rumor to criminal chargesAug 18, 2021 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - R. Kelly has long faced allegations of lurid sexual behavior and abuse, some of which have been made public through documentaries or court documents. The...
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Illinois businessman gets 4 years for $8M payroll tax schemeAug 18, 2021 7:00 am - TROY, Ill. (AP) - A southern Illinois business owner has been sentenced to four years in prison for withholding more than $8 million in payroll taxes from employee paych...
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State: 21 school districts on probation for not complying with mask mandateAug 18, 2021 1:00 am - Since last week, the Illinois State Board of Education has put 21 school districts on probation for flouting a universal mask mandate for students ordered by Gov. J.B. P...
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Illinois records most deaths in a day since May; breakthrough cases a quarter of week's deathsAug 18, 2021 1:00 am - State health officials reported 45 more COVID-19 deaths Wednesday, the most in a single day since mid-May. Additionally, new Illinois data on breakthrough hospitalizatio...
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State Democrats try to project picture of unityAug 18, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Ten months before Illinois' 2022 primary elections, Democrats from across the state descended on the capital city for the annual political events that coin...
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EPA orders SW Illinois city to address overflow-prone sewersAug 17, 2021 7:00 am - CAHOKIA HEIGHTS, Ill. (AP) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has ordered officials in a southwestern Illinois city to address problems with the community's sewe...
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Chicago reinstitutes indoor mask requirement; Pritzker won't follow suit for stateAug 17, 2021 1:00 am - Health officials in suburban Cook County are considering following the Chicago Department of Public Health's lead to reinstitute indoor masking requirements in public pl...
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Illinois Senate president reports 'breakthrough' COVID caseAug 16, 2021 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois Senate President Don Harmon tested positive for a 'œmild breakthrough'ť case of COVID-19 and was recovering from symptoms, his office a...
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EXPLAINER: Why Haiti is prone to devastating earthquakesAug 16, 2021 7:00 am - Earthquakes have been wreaking havoc in Haiti since at least the 18th century, when the city of Port-au-Prince was destroyed twice in 19 years. Saturday's powerful quake...
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3 members of Illinois family killed in car crashAug 15, 2021 7:00 am - BETHALTO, Ill. (AP) - Authorities were investigating a two-vehicle crash that killed three members of a southwestern Illinois family. The crash happened Friday before 8...