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How the Sept. 11 attacks would shape Biden's presidencySep 09, 2021 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - For then-Sen. Joe Biden, Sept. 11, 2001, started like most days: riding the 8:35 a.m. Amtrak to work. He had a relatively quiet day planned, including ...
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Indiana governor visits Afghan evacuees at Camp AtterburySep 09, 2021 7:00 am - EDINBURGH, Ind. (AP) - Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb visited Afghan refugees at the Indiana National Guard's Camp Atterbury training base nearly a week after the first wave ...
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10 years, $6 billion later, controversial O'Hare Modernization Program is wrapping upSep 09, 2021 1:00 am - Aircraft won't be able to land on Runway 9-Right/27-Left until December, but Chicago leaders on Thursday called the extension of 9R/27L and the contentious, game-changin...
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One lawsuit involving ComEd and Madigan tossed, while feds seek to protect grand jury secretsSep 09, 2021 1:00 am - Federal prosecutors sought to halt fact-finding Thursday in a civil case related to the ongoing bribery investigation involving ComEd that has implicated former House Sp...
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Illinois House poised to approve compromise energy planSep 09, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois House was poised on Thursday to approve a wide-ranging plan to eliminate carbon emissions by 2050, with a compromise allowing two coal-fired p...
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Ethics bill clears House on second try, will head back to governorSep 09, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois House on Thursday voted to accept changes to an ethics bill that Gov. J.B. Pritzker had requested, paving the way for it to become law once th...
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Pritzker won't follow Biden's lead on vaccine requirement just yetSep 09, 2021 1:00 am - Governor urges shots, but unvaccinated workers still can submit to weekly tests
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A U.S. Marine, a curious Afghan boy, an unfathomable momentSep 08, 2021 7:00 am - One day not long ago, I watched my soon-to-be 3-year-old son jump up and down to the sound of 'œho'ť and 'œhey.'ť It's a song by the Lumineers, an American folk-rock ban...
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New life for suit over Chicago police stop-and-frisk policySep 08, 2021 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A federal judge has granted class-action status in a lawsuit filed six years ago that alleged the Chicago Police Department's stop-and-frisk policy target...
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They were some of 9/11's biggest names. Where are they now?Sep 08, 2021 7:00 am - Rudolph Giuliani was a hero before he was a punchline. Lisa Beamer was a wife and mother before she became a symbol of Sept. 11 - and though her celebrity passed, her wi...