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Religious conservatives object to 'Culturally Responsive Teaching and Leading' standardsNov 10, 2020 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois State Board of Education is considering a set of new standards for teachers and administrators that are aimed at making them more sensitive to...
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Feder: Editor Karen Hawkins named co-publisher of Chicago ReaderNov 10, 2020 12:00 am - Karen Hawkins, co-editor in chief of the Chicago Reader, has been named co-publisher of the alternative newspaper, Robert Feder reports. “I am so excited to be joined by...
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Woman held in slayings of suburban Chicago coupleNov 09, 2020 6:00 am - ALGONQUIN, Ill. (AP) - A suburban Chicago woman has been arrested in Colorado in connection with the slayings of a couple she reportedly lived with. The McHenry County C...
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SW Indiana police fatally shoot armed man in home's backyardNov 09, 2020 6:00 am - EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) - Evansville police officers fatally shot an armed man in the southwestern Indiana city after police said the man failed to comply with officers' o...
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Man charged with supplying gun in deadly Wisconsin protestNov 09, 2020 6:00 am - KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) - Prosecutors have charged a Wisconsin man with supplying the gun that police say an Illinois teen used to kill two people during a protest over polic...
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Southern Illinois federal trials canceled due to COVID-19Nov 09, 2020 6:00 am - EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) - The coronavirus pandemic has led to federal civil and criminal trials in southern Illinois being canceled through Jan. 24. U.S. District Judg...
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Indiana COVID-19 hospitalizations near 2,200, new state highNov 09, 2020 6:00 am - INDIANPOLIS (AP) - Indiana's hospitals were treating the largest number of COVID-19 patients on Sunday since the state began releasing public reports on coronavirus hosp...
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Groups fight to keep gray wolf protections for most of USNov 09, 2020 6:00 am - BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - Wildlife advocates and environmental groups have announced that they are challenging the removal of federal protections for gray wolves across mos...
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'This is proof': Biden's win reveals power of Black votersNov 09, 2020 6:00 am - DETROIT (AP) - Power. Respect. Finally. When Eric Sheffield first saw Joe Biden take the lead in the vote count in Georgia, the 52-year-old Black man immediately thought...
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AP Explains: Trump's baseless tweets about vote in 4 statesNov 09, 2020 6:00 am - President Donald Trump on Monday continued to tweet out baseless claims about vote counting, targeting four states that he has already lost or where he is trailing Presi...