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Report paints grim picture of Chicago-area gun deathsJan 03, 2022 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - More people were shot to death in Chicago and surrounding Cook County in 2021 than in any other year on record, officials announced Monday, two days after...
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Indiana's GOP governor, lawmakers differing on top issuesJan 03, 2022 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb proposed a tax cut for some businesses Monday that is decidedly less ambitious than what many of his fellow Republicans wan...
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Today in HistoryJan 03, 2022 6:00 am - Today in History Today is Monday, Jan. 3, the third day of 2022. There are 362 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Jan. 3, 1990, ousted Panamanian...
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COVID-19 disruptions loom over start of Chicago schoolsJan 03, 2022 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Public school students in Chicago returned to classes Monday after winter break, but the latest COVID-19 surge has escalated a fight between the district ...
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Peoria schools add week to winter break amid COVID-19 surgeJan 03, 2022 6:00 am - PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - A central Illinois school district has extended students' winter break by one week to give administrators more time prepare for in-person learning as...
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Court upholds state legislative redistricting planJan 03, 2022 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - A three-judge federal court panel upheld the legislative redistricting plan that state lawmakers approved during a special session last summer, thus leavin...
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'Frustrating and tragic': Illinois sets new COVID-19 hospitalization recordJan 03, 2022 12:00 am - More COVID-19 patients are currently hospitalized in Illinois than at any other point of the pandemic. That's according to new Illinois Department of Public Health data ...
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Rush won't seek 16th term in CongressJan 03, 2022 12:00 am - Longtime U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush, a onetime Black Panther with a dramatic rise in Illinois politics, won't seek reelection after 15 terms representing his Chicago-area dist...
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Conservation group lands $1M to protect biodiverse forestJan 02, 2022 6:00 am - TRAFALGAR, Ind. (AP) - A conservation group has landed a $1 million gift aimed at protecting and improving a central Indiana nature preserve that's part of one of the st...
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Ambulance stolen from outside Gary hospital but soon foundJan 02, 2022 6:00 am - GARY, Ind. (AP) - An ambulance was stolen from a Gary hospital parking lot but was recovered a few miles away, police said. Gary police received a call about the ambulan...