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Leader of Teachers' Retirement System forced outAug 06, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Richard Ingram, the long-serving executive director of the Illinois Teachers' Retirement System, resigned from that position this week after being placed o...
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Aug. 6 COVID-19 cases per county; search by ZIP codeAug 06, 2020 1:00 am - Interactive map Suburbs' portion Since the outbreak began, there have been 92,146 cases in the suburbs as of Thursday. That's 49% of the state's total, a...
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University of Illinois rolls out new test as state reports almost 2,000 more COVID-19 infectionsAug 06, 2020 1:00 am - New cases of COVID-19 rose by 1,953 Thursday, the highest daily tally since May 24, officials said, as University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign scientists ramp up a saliv...
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Reports: Chicago schools to announce all-remote learningAug 05, 2020 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago Public Schools is expected to announce Wednesday that it will start the school year with all-remote learning in response to coronavirus concerns, ...
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Indiana officials maintain it's 'safe' for schools to reopenAug 05, 2020 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Gov. Eric Holcomb and other state officials defended brick-and-mortar school re-openings Wednesday despite mounting reports of students and education...
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Indiana to crack down on motorist passing idle school busesAug 05, 2020 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana police agencies are planning additional patrols to crack down on motorists who pass stopped school buses as Hoosier students begin fall class...
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Man killed in Chicago shooting was local rapper, police sayAug 05, 2020 7:00 am - A man who was fatally shot as he stood with another man on one of Chicago's most fashionable streets was a local rapper, police said. The Cook County Medical Examiner's ...
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Chicago police charge suspect in slaying of 10-year-old girlAug 05, 2020 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The suspected driver of a car from which a 10-year-old girl was shot and killed as she watched television in her grandmother's Chicago home has been charg...
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Police: Chicago police officer shot, suspect in custodyAug 05, 2020 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A Chicago police officer was shot and seriously wounded early Wednesday on the city's West Side by a suspect who fired at officers from a third-floor wind...
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Trump's envoy close to Brazil's leader -- some say too closeAug 05, 2020 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - At a time of warming U.S.-Brazil relations, a diplomatic dilemma of sorts has emerged for the American ambassador: how much to embrace a polarizing...