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Chicago convenience store ransacked twice since MayAug 14, 2020 7:00 am - Security cameras captured the pillaging of a West Side Chicago convenience store hours after Mayor Lori Lightfoot warned vandals that the city would hold them accountabl...
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Democrats tested in first party convention of pandemic eraAug 14, 2020 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Joe Biden is poised to unveil his vision for the modern Democratic Party in the first presidential nominating convention of the coronavirus era, an all-v...
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Weather Service confirms 14 tornadoes hit northern IllinoisAug 14, 2020 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Survey teams with the National Weather Service have confirmed that 14 tornadoes touched down Monday in northern Illinois when a rare storm known as a dere...
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Trump's counter to Democratic convention? Swing state trips.Aug 14, 2020 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump is looking to counter next week's Democratic National Convention with travel to several swing states - including Wisconsin, whic...
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Indiana top attorney calls for special legislative sessionAug 14, 2020 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - In a letter sent Friday to Gov. Eric Holcomb and leaders of the state General Assembly, Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill questioned the governor'...
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How the deal to turn McCormick Place into a $66M field hospital happenedAug 14, 2020 1:00 am - Taxpayers spent nearly $66 million fashioning McCormick Place into an emergency coronavirus hospital with 2,750 beds this past spring amid fears that COVID-19 patients w...
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Weather Service confirms 14 tornadoes hit northern IllinoisAug 14, 2020 1:00 am - Survey teams with the National Weather Service have confirmed that 14 tornadoes touched down Monday in northern Illinois when a rare storm known as a derecho swept parts...
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New COVID-19 cases push past 2,000 again; Kane, Will counties put in 'warning level'Aug 14, 2020 1:00 am - New cases of COVID-19 surged by 2,264 Friday, a 73% increase from a month ago, the Illinois Department of Public Health reported. The development mirrors last week when ...
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Number of confirmed Illinois COVID-19 cases passes 200,000Aug 13, 2020 7:00 am - BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (AP) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Illinois has surpassed 200,000 with the Department of Public Health's announcement Thursday of 1,834 n...
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Schools mull outdoor classes amid virus, ventilation worriesAug 13, 2020 7:00 am - It has been seven years since the central air conditioning system worked at the New York City middle school where Lisa Fitzgerald O'Connor teaches. As a new school year ...