Articles filed under Illinois
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Chicago urged to extend lifeguard hours after drowningJul 12, 2018 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The drowning of a 13-year-old girl in Lake Michigan a half-hour after lifeguards at the beach went off duty has triggered a petition that urges Chicago of...
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Watchdog says Education Dept. stonewalls student loan suitJul 12, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The nation's consumer watchdog agency is accusing the Education Department of impeding a lawsuit that could potentially bring financial relief to million...
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Iowa health officials looking into rise in parasitic illnessJul 12, 2018 7:00 am - DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Iowa health officials are investigating an increase in people becoming sick from the parasite Clycospora. The Iowa Department of Public Health is...
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Historic Illinois mansion sold for $505KJul 12, 2018 7:00 am - LINCOLN, Ill. (AP) - A historic Illinois mansion built in the late 1800s has been sold for $505,000. The State Journal-Register reports that Court and Ka...
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Fact check: No proof Rauner profits off family separationJul 12, 2018 1:00 am - A new television campaign ad accuses Gov. Bruce Rauner, a Republican seeking another term in November, of profiting off President Donald Trump's since abandoned “zero to...
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McDonald's pulls salads after illness sickens 90 across IllinoisJul 12, 2018 1:00 am - An outbreak of foodborne illness has sickened about 90 people in Illinois, with some cases linked to McDonald's salads, the Illinois Department of Public Health said Thu...
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Federer stunned in Wimbledon QF; Nadal, Djokovic, Isner winJul 11, 2018 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Roger Federer was a point away from a rather tidy, straight-set victory in the Wimbledon quarterfinals. One lousy point. And then, slowly, over the next tw...
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Jail walls reinforced after 3 men escape in S. IllinoisJul 11, 2018 7:00 am - CARMI, Ill. (AP) - Cinder blocks have been reinforced with concrete and metal bars after three men broke out of a southern Illinois jail, the White County sheriff said. ...
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Aircraft makes emergency landing on I-55, near LincolnJul 11, 2018 7:00 am - LINCOLN, Ill. (AP) - A small aircraft has made an emergency landing on the northbound lanes of Interstate 55 just north of Lincoln, Illinois. Illinois State Police are o...
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Trial starting for man, 68, charged in sister-in-law's deathJul 11, 2018 7:00 am - HENNEPIN, Ill. (AP) - A jury has been seated in the trial of an Illinois man who is charged with killing his sister-in-law and burying her body in a shallow grave. Judge...