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Watchdog expects number of Black officers in Chicago to dropAug 30, 2020 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The number of Black police officers in the Chicago Police Department is likely to decrease as officers retire in the coming years, according to the city's...
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State reports another 1,992 COVID-19 cases, 11 deathsAug 30, 2020 1:00 am - State health authorities reported 1,992 new confirmed COVID-19 cases on Sunday, along with 11 additional deaths from the coronavirus. Eight of those additional deaths oc...
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'~It's absolutely humbling': Bortner takes on new role at DNRAug 29, 2020 7:00 am - BEDFORD, Ind. (AP) - As the son of a freelance nature photographer who often worked for the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Dan Bortner has spent his life enjoy...
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Illinois family's bison farm becomes a thriving businessAug 29, 2020 7:00 am - MONTICELLIO, Ill. (AP) - Raising bison started as a hobby for an Illinois man, but as the herd began to grow, it became a thriving family business. Terry Lieb bought his...
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Some Amish practices could contribute to spread of COVID-19Aug 29, 2020 7:00 am - NAPPANEE, Ind. (AP) - Vonda Yoder tested positive for COVID-19 this spring. She thinks the rest of her family also had the virus, but they couldn't be tested at the time...
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Arizona student group slammed for raising money for gunmanAug 29, 2020 7:00 am - TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) - A Republican student group at Arizona State University is receiving backlash for donating money to the 17-year-old gunman who fatally shot two protes...
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Woman in custody after man fatally shot in southern IndianaAug 29, 2020 7:00 am - BIRDSEYE, Ind. (AP) - A 57-year-old woman was arrested in the fatal shooting of a man in southern Indiana, police said Saturday. Michael Harris, 56, died at Jasper Memor...
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Coronavirus put more cyclists on Illinois trailsAug 29, 2020 7:00 am - BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) - Stores haven't faced this serious of a bike shortage since a 1970s boom driven by environmental concerns, and metro-east trails are busier than e...
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At D.C. march, families decry 'two systems of justice'Aug 29, 2020 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Standing on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. famously laid out a vision for harmony between white and Black peo...
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Trump still faces skepticism in suburbs following conventionAug 29, 2020 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Pat Newell backed Donald Trump in 2016. But after Trump's speech at the Republican National Convention this week included no mention of the police sho...