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Woman killed in fiery gas pump crash ID'd as Gary residentApr 06, 2021 7:00 am - EAST CHICAGO, Ind. (AP) - A woman who died Sunday after a sport-utility vehicle crashed into a gas pump at a northwest Indiana gas station and caught fire has been ident...
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2-year-old shot in head on Lake Shore Drive near Grant ParkApr 06, 2021 1:00 am - CHICAGO - A 2-year-old boy was shot in the head Tuesday morning while riding in a car on Chicago's famed Lake Shore Drive just hours after seven people were shot and wou...
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Harris visits Chicago, urges vaccinationsApr 06, 2021 1:00 am - Vice President Kamala Harris made her first visit to Chicago Tuesday since her historic election, touting a "sense of renewal" on the city's warmest day yet and urging r...
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State elections board chief targeted in extortion attempt, placed on leaveApr 06, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - One day before Tuesday's consolidated election, the Illinois State Board of Elections executive director was placed on administrative leave after being the...
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Harris: Vaccinated can be 'role models' for friends, familyApr 06, 2021 1:00 am - Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday urged Chicago union members to share their experience receiving a COVID-19 vaccine and act as "role models" for family and friend...
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$1.64 million in counterfeit currency seized so far this year at O'HareApr 06, 2021 1:00 am - Customs agents have seized more than $1 million in counterfeit currency so far this year at O'Hare International Airport. The fake cash and coins were seized in more tha...
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Body firefighters found while dousing brush fire identifiedApr 05, 2021 7:00 am - HOBART, Ind. (AP) - A body discovered by firefighters as they were extinguishing a weekend brush fire in northwest Indiana has been identified as that of a man who lived...
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Reward in 2017 killings of 2 Indiana teens grows to $325KApr 05, 2021 7:00 am - DELPHI, Ind. (AP) - The reward for information leading to a conviction in the 2017 killings of two teenage girls slain during a hiking trip in northern Indiana has grown...
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Charges filed in death of suburban Chicago police lieutenantApr 05, 2021 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A northern Illinois man was charged Monday in the death of a suburban Chicago police officer who was killed when struck by a vehicle while providing traff...
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Mayor demands to know how teen killed by Chicago cop got gunApr 05, 2021 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Monday that she has directed the Chicago Police Department to capture and bring to justice whoever gave a 13-year-old boy the ha...