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Parents charged after Chicago boy shot in struggle over gunJan 30, 2020 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The parents of a 1-year-old boy who was shot in the head as his parents struggled over a gun inside a Chicago home were each ordered held on Thursday in l...
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Couple in Hoffman Estates hospital are first U.S. case of person-to-person coronavirus spreadJan 30, 2020 12:00 am - Health officials confirmed Thursday that the first U.S. case of person-to-person transmission of coronavirus has occurred between a Chicago woman and her husband, who ar...
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Secretary of state no longer will forward 16-year-olds' info to voter registration systemJan 30, 2020 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - While the information for approximately 4,700 16-year-olds was forwarded from the Illinois secretary of state's office to the State Board of Elections as p...
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Indiana man wanted for 2018 home repair fraud in AlgonquinJan 30, 2020 12:00 am - A 39-year-old Indiana man is wanted on a felony charge of aggravated home repair fraud stemming from a 2018 agreement to do a project in Algonquin. Kane County prosecuto...
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Illinois ethics laws among the weakest in the nation, legislators toldJan 30, 2020 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Government reform advocates told a panel of state lawmakers Thursday that Illinois has some of the weakest governmental ethics rules in the country and tha...
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Interim police chief begins shakeupJan 29, 2020 10:00 pm - One of the biggest police reorganizations in Chicago in decades was launched Thursday by Charlie Beck, the former Los Angeles police chief who's temporarily running the ...
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Brothers: Smollett 'scheme was accomplished'Jan 29, 2020 10:00 pm - The bodybuilding brothers targeted in Jussie Smollett's malicious prosecution lawsuit took a shot at the actor in a new court filing as they asked a judge to toss his co...
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Indiana governor signs spending plan for unexpected revenueJan 29, 2020 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana's governor has signed off on a plan for spending $291 million in unexpected state tax revenue on college campus construction projects after l...
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Plane crash killed former Springfield mayor, coronerJan 29, 2020 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Former Springfield, Illinois, Mayor Frank Edwards and his wife, Sangamon County Coroner Cinda Edwards, were two of the three people killed when ...
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Ban on drivers using handheld phones clears Indiana HouseJan 29, 2020 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The Indiana House endorsed a proposal Wednesday that would ban motorists from using handheld cellphones, a step that supporters say is aimed at comba...