Articles filed under Political Figures
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U.S. special envoy to Haiti resigns over migrant expulsionsSep 23, 2021 1:00 am - The Biden administration's special envoy to Haiti resigned in protest of "inhumane" large-scale expulsions of Haitian migrants to their homeland as it is wracked by civi...
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EPA rule sharply limits HFCs, gases used as refrigerantsSep 23, 2021 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - In what officials call a key step to combat climate change, the Environmental Protection Agency is sharply limiting domestic production and use of hydrofluo...
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Tensions grow as U.S., allies deepen Indo-Pacific involvementSep 23, 2021 1:00 am - BANGKOK - With increasingly strong talk in support of Taiwan, a new deal to supply Australia with nuclear submarines, and the launch of a European strategy for greater e...
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Biden doubles U.S. global donation of COVID-19 vaccine shotsSep 22, 2021 1:00 am - President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that the United States is doubling its purchase of Pfizer's COVID-19 shots to share with the world to 1 billion doses as he embra...
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Cook measures lowest COVID-19 transmission rate in state, but it's not out of the woodsSep 21, 2021 1:00 am - This story has been updated to correct the seven-day case positivity rate. Cook County maintains the lowest COVID-19 transmissibility rate in Illinois per capita, f...
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'That's like the Oscars': Palatine junior high among new Blue Ribbon winnersSep 21, 2021 1:00 am - U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona and Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker visited Palatine's Walter R. Sundling Junior High School on Tuesday to personally congratulate st...
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Illinois' eviction moratorium set to expire Oct. 3Sep 20, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The state's moratorium on enforcement of residential evictions will expire on Oct. 3, according to Gov. J.B. Pritzker's latest COVID-19 executive order. Pr...
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Pentagon admits Kabul drone strike mistakenly killed only civilians and not an ISIS targetSep 17, 2021 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - The Pentagon retreated from its defense of a drone strike that killed multiple civilians in Afghanistan last month, announcing Friday that a review revealed...
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Milley: Calls to China were 'perfectly' within scope of jobSep 17, 2021 1:00 am - ATHENS, Greece - The top U.S. military officer said Friday that calls he made to his Chinese counterpart in the final stormy months of Donald Trump's presidency were "pe...
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Sweeping energy overhaul signed into lawSep 15, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. J.B. Pritzker was joined by environmental and social justice activists, union representatives, and lawmakers from both parties Wednesday as he signed ...